diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index a57fcb0711..9a87af2efc 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ BITCOIN_CORE_H = \
   netaddress.h \
   netbase.h \
   netmessagemaker.h \
+  node/transaction.h \
   noui.h \
   optional.h \
   outputtype.h \
@@ -255,6 +256,7 @@ libbitcoin_server_a_SOURCES = \
   miner.cpp \
   net.cpp \
   net_processing.cpp \
+  node/transaction.cpp \
   noui.cpp \
   outputtype.cpp \
   policy/fees.cpp \
diff --git a/src/node/transaction.cpp b/src/node/transaction.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..47c0323f14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/node/transaction.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2010 Satoshi Nakamoto
+// Copyright (c) 2009-2018 The Bitcoin Core developers
+// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+
+#include <consensus/validation.h>
+#include <net.h>
+#include <rpc/server.h>
+#include <txmempool.h>
+#include <validation.h>
+#include <validationinterface.h>
+#include <node/transaction.h>
+
+#include <future>
+
+uint256 BroadcastTransaction(const CTransactionRef tx, const bool allowhighfees) {
+    std::promise<void> promise;
+    const uint256& hashTx = tx->GetHash();
+
+    CAmount nMaxRawTxFee = maxTxFee;
+    if (allowhighfees)
+        nMaxRawTxFee = 0;
+
+    { // cs_main scope
+    LOCK(cs_main);
+    CCoinsViewCache &view = *pcoinsTip;
+    bool fHaveChain = false;
+    for (size_t o = 0; !fHaveChain && o < tx->vout.size(); o++) {
+        const Coin& existingCoin = view.AccessCoin(COutPoint(hashTx, o));
+        fHaveChain = !existingCoin.IsSpent();
+    }
+    bool fHaveMempool = mempool.exists(hashTx);
+    if (!fHaveMempool && !fHaveChain) {
+        // push to local node and sync with wallets
+        CValidationState state;
+        bool fMissingInputs;
+        if (!AcceptToMemoryPool(mempool, state, std::move(tx), &fMissingInputs,
+                                nullptr /* plTxnReplaced */, false /* bypass_limits */, nMaxRawTxFee)) {
+            if (state.IsInvalid()) {
+                throw JSONRPCError(RPC_TRANSACTION_REJECTED, FormatStateMessage(state));
+            } else {
+                if (fMissingInputs) {
+                    throw JSONRPCError(RPC_TRANSACTION_ERROR, "Missing inputs");
+                }
+                throw JSONRPCError(RPC_TRANSACTION_ERROR, FormatStateMessage(state));
+            }
+        } else {
+            // If wallet is enabled, ensure that the wallet has been made aware
+            // of the new transaction prior to returning. This prevents a race
+            // where a user might call sendrawtransaction with a transaction
+            // to/from their wallet, immediately call some wallet RPC, and get
+            // a stale result because callbacks have not yet been processed.
+            CallFunctionInValidationInterfaceQueue([&promise] {
+                promise.set_value();
+            });
+        }
+    } else if (fHaveChain) {
+        throw JSONRPCError(RPC_TRANSACTION_ALREADY_IN_CHAIN, "transaction already in block chain");
+    } else {
+        // Make sure we don't block forever if re-sending
+        // a transaction already in mempool.
+        promise.set_value();
+    }
+
+    } // cs_main
+
+    promise.get_future().wait();
+
+    if(!g_connman)
+        throw JSONRPCError(RPC_CLIENT_P2P_DISABLED, "Error: Peer-to-peer functionality missing or disabled");
+
+    CInv inv(MSG_TX, hashTx);
+    g_connman->ForEachNode([&inv](CNode* pnode)
+    {
+        pnode->PushInventory(inv);
+    });
+
+    return hashTx;
+}
diff --git a/src/node/transaction.h b/src/node/transaction.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1916c6db26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/node/transaction.h
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2017-2018 The Bitcoin Core developers
+// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+
+#ifndef BITCOIN_NODE_TRANSACTION_H
+#define BITCOIN_NODE_TRANSACTION_H
+
+#include <primitives/transaction.h>
+#include <uint256.h>
+
+/** Broadcast a transaction */
+uint256 BroadcastTransaction(CTransactionRef tx, bool allowhighfees = false);
+
+#endif // BITCOIN_NODE_TRANSACTION_H
diff --git a/src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp b/src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp
index 9dac989b97..8e561c6184 100644
--- a/src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #include <key_io.h>
 #include <keystore.h>
 #include <merkleblock.h>
-#include <net.h>
+#include <node/transaction.h>
 #include <policy/policy.h>
 #include <policy/rbf.h>
 #include <primitives/transaction.h>
@@ -24,13 +24,11 @@
 #include <script/script_error.h>
 #include <script/sign.h>
 #include <script/standard.h>
-#include <txmempool.h>
 #include <uint256.h>
 #include <util/strencodings.h>
 #include <validation.h>
 #include <validationinterface.h>
 
-#include <future>
 #include <stdint.h>
 
 #include <univalue.h>
@@ -1041,8 +1039,6 @@ static UniValue sendrawtransaction(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
                 },
             }.ToString());
 
-    std::promise<void> promise;
-
     RPCTypeCheck(request.params, {UniValue::VSTR, UniValue::VBOOL});
 
     // parse hex string from parameter
@@ -1050,67 +1046,10 @@ static UniValue sendrawtransaction(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
     if (!DecodeHexTx(mtx, request.params[0].get_str()))
         throw JSONRPCError(RPC_DESERIALIZATION_ERROR, "TX decode failed");
     CTransactionRef tx(MakeTransactionRef(std::move(mtx)));
-    const uint256& hashTx = tx->GetHash();
-
-    CAmount nMaxRawTxFee = maxTxFee;
-    if (!request.params[1].isNull() && request.params[1].get_bool())
-        nMaxRawTxFee = 0;
-
-    { // cs_main scope
-    LOCK(cs_main);
-    CCoinsViewCache &view = *pcoinsTip;
-    bool fHaveChain = false;
-    for (size_t o = 0; !fHaveChain && o < tx->vout.size(); o++) {
-        const Coin& existingCoin = view.AccessCoin(COutPoint(hashTx, o));
-        fHaveChain = !existingCoin.IsSpent();
-    }
-    bool fHaveMempool = mempool.exists(hashTx);
-    if (!fHaveMempool && !fHaveChain) {
-        // push to local node and sync with wallets
-        CValidationState state;
-        bool fMissingInputs;
-        if (!AcceptToMemoryPool(mempool, state, std::move(tx), &fMissingInputs,
-                                nullptr /* plTxnReplaced */, false /* bypass_limits */, nMaxRawTxFee)) {
-            if (state.IsInvalid()) {
-                throw JSONRPCError(RPC_TRANSACTION_REJECTED, FormatStateMessage(state));
-            } else {
-                if (fMissingInputs) {
-                    throw JSONRPCError(RPC_TRANSACTION_ERROR, "Missing inputs");
-                }
-                throw JSONRPCError(RPC_TRANSACTION_ERROR, FormatStateMessage(state));
-            }
-        } else {
-            // If wallet is enabled, ensure that the wallet has been made aware
-            // of the new transaction prior to returning. This prevents a race
-            // where a user might call sendrawtransaction with a transaction
-            // to/from their wallet, immediately call some wallet RPC, and get
-            // a stale result because callbacks have not yet been processed.
-            CallFunctionInValidationInterfaceQueue([&promise] {
-                promise.set_value();
-            });
-        }
-    } else if (fHaveChain) {
-        throw JSONRPCError(RPC_TRANSACTION_ALREADY_IN_CHAIN, "transaction already in block chain");
-    } else {
-        // Make sure we don't block forever if re-sending
-        // a transaction already in mempool.
-        promise.set_value();
-    }
-
-    } // cs_main
-
-    promise.get_future().wait();
-
-    if(!g_connman)
-        throw JSONRPCError(RPC_CLIENT_P2P_DISABLED, "Error: Peer-to-peer functionality missing or disabled");
-
-    CInv inv(MSG_TX, hashTx);
-    g_connman->ForEachNode([&inv](CNode* pnode)
-    {
-        pnode->PushInventory(inv);
-    });
 
-    return hashTx.GetHex();
+    bool allowhighfees = false;
+    if (!request.params[1].isNull()) allowhighfees = request.params[1].get_bool();
+    return BroadcastTransaction(tx, allowhighfees).GetHex();
 }
 
 static UniValue testmempoolaccept(const JSONRPCRequest& request)