diff --git a/backend/src/api/bitcoin/bitcoin-api.ts b/backend/src/api/bitcoin/bitcoin-api.ts
index 85d548f8e..8d7de3bf7 100644
--- a/backend/src/api/bitcoin/bitcoin-api.ts
+++ b/backend/src/api/bitcoin/bitcoin-api.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { IBitcoinApi, SubmitPackageResult, TestMempoolAcceptResult } from './bit
 import { IEsploraApi } from './esplora-api.interface';
 import blocks from '../blocks';
 import mempool from '../mempool';
+import indexer from '../../indexer';
 import { TransactionExtended } from '../../mempool.interfaces';
 import transactionUtils from '../transaction-utils';
 import { Common } from '../common';
@@ -235,15 +236,37 @@ class BitcoinApi implements AbstractBitcoinApi {
   async $getOutspends(txId: string): Promise<IEsploraApi.Outspend[]> {
     const outSpends: IEsploraApi.Outspend[] = [];
     const tx = await this.$getRawTransaction(txId, true, false);
-    for (let i = 0; i < tx.vout.length; i++) {
-      if (tx.status && tx.status.block_height === 0) {
+    if (indexer.isCoreIndexReady('txospenderindex') === null) {
+      for (let i = 0; i < tx.vout.length; i++) {
+        if (tx.status && tx.status.block_height === 0) {
+          outSpends.push({
+            spent: false
+          });
+        } else {
+          const txOut = await this.bitcoindClient.getTxOut(txId, i);
+          outSpends.push({
+            spent: txOut === null,
+          });
+        }
+      }
+    } else {
+      const batchedOutpoints = Array.from(Array(tx.vout.length).keys()).map(x =>({txid: txId, vout:x}));
+      const spendingsResume = await this.bitcoindClient.getTxSpendingPrevOut(batchedOutpoints);
+      for (const outpointStatus of spendingsResume) {
+        if (outpointStatus.spendingtxid === undefined) {
+          outSpends.push({spent: false});
+          continue;
+        }
+        const spendingTx = await this.$getRawTransaction(outpointStatus.spendingtxid, true, false);
+        const inputIndex = spendingTx.vin.findIndex(x => x.txid === txId);
         outSpends.push({
-          spent: false
-        });
-      } else {
-        const txOut = await this.bitcoindClient.getTxOut(txId, i);
-        outSpends.push({
-          spent: txOut === null,
+          spent: true,
+          txid: outpointStatus.spendingtxid,
+          vin: inputIndex,
+          status: {
+            confirmed: true,
+          }
+
         });
       }
     }
diff --git a/backend/src/rpc-api/commands.ts b/backend/src/rpc-api/commands.ts
index 475200fee..d4de8c513 100644
--- a/backend/src/rpc-api/commands.ts
+++ b/backend/src/rpc-api/commands.ts
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ module.exports = {
   getTxOut: 'gettxout', // bitcoind v0.7.0+
   getTxOutProof: 'gettxoutproof', // bitcoind v0.11.0+
   getTxOutSetInfo: 'gettxoutsetinfo', // bitcoind v0.7.0+
+  getTxSpendingPrevOut: 'gettxspendingprevout', // bitcoind #24539
   getUnconfirmedBalance: 'getunconfirmedbalance', // bitcoind v0.9.0+
   getWalletInfo: 'getwalletinfo', // bitcoind v0.9.2+
   help: 'help',
diff --git a/backend/src/tasks/lightning/forensics.service.ts b/backend/src/tasks/lightning/forensics.service.ts
index 7c6b6f6ac..bd8533af2 100644
--- a/backend/src/tasks/lightning/forensics.service.ts
+++ b/backend/src/tasks/lightning/forensics.service.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import logger from '../../logger';
 import channelsApi from '../../api/explorer/channels.api';
 import bitcoinApi from '../../api/bitcoin/bitcoin-api-factory';
 import config from '../../config';
+import indexer from '../../indexer';
 import { IEsploraApi } from '../../api/bitcoin/esplora-api.interface';
 import { Common } from '../../api/common';
 import { ILightningApi } from '../../api/lightning/lightning-api.interface';
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ class ForensicsService {
     try {
       logger.debug(`Running forensics scans`);
 
-      if (config.MEMPOOL.BACKEND === 'esplora') {
+      if (config.MEMPOOL.BACKEND === 'esplora' || indexer.isCoreIndexReady('txospenderindex')) {
         await this.$runClosedChannelsForensics(false);
         await this.$runOpenedChannelsForensics();
       }
@@ -64,9 +65,9 @@ class ForensicsService {
          └──────────────────┘
   */
 
-  public async $runClosedChannelsForensics(onlyNewChannels: boolean = false): Promise<void> {
+public async $runClosedChannelsForensics(onlyNewChannels: boolean = false): Promise<void> {
     // Only Esplora backend can retrieve spent transaction outputs
-    if (config.MEMPOOL.BACKEND !== 'esplora') {
+    if (config.MEMPOOL.BACKEND !== 'esplora' && indexer.isCoreIndexReady('txospenderindex') !== null) {
       return;
     }
 
diff --git a/contributors/pantamis.txt b/contributors/pantamis.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..94bb5c312
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contributors/pantamis.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+I hereby accept the terms of the Contributor License Agreement in the CONTRIBUTING.md file of the mempool/mempool git repository as of 03 April, 2023.
+
+Signed: pantamis