diff --git a/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/ingest/service.go b/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/ingest/service.go
index 931abfe8..2abaf17b 100644
--- a/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/ingest/service.go
+++ b/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/ingest/service.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	Logger            *log.Entry
 	DB                db.ReadWriter
 	EventStore        *events.MemoryStore
-	TransactionStore  *transactions.MemoryStore
+	TransactionStore  transactions.TransactionStore
 	NetworkPassPhrase string
 	Archive           historyarchive.ArchiveInterface
 	LedgerBackend     backends.LedgerBackend
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ type Service struct {
 	logger            *log.Entry
 	db                db.ReadWriter
 	eventStore        *events.MemoryStore
-	transactionStore  *transactions.MemoryStore
+	transactionStore  transactions.TransactionStore
 	ledgerBackend     backends.LedgerBackend
 	timeout           time.Duration
 	networkPassPhrase string
@@ -308,7 +308,8 @@ func (s *Service) ingestLedgerCloseMeta(tx db.WriteTx, ledgerCloseMeta xdr.Ledge
 		return err
 	}
 	s.metrics.ingestionDurationMetric.
-		With(prometheus.Labels{"type": "ledger_close_meta"}).Observe(time.Since(startTime).Seconds())
+		With(prometheus.Labels{"type": "ledger_close_meta"}).
+		Observe(time.Since(startTime).Seconds())
 
 	if err := s.eventStore.IngestEvents(ledgerCloseMeta); err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/jsonrpc.go b/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/jsonrpc.go
index b0ceb372..1fb5d678 100644
--- a/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/jsonrpc.go
+++ b/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/jsonrpc.go
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func (h Handler) Close() {
 
 type HandlerParams struct {
 	EventStore        *events.MemoryStore
-	TransactionStore  *transactions.MemoryStore
+	TransactionStore  transactions.TransactionStore
 	LedgerEntryReader db.LedgerEntryReader
 	LedgerReader      db.LedgerReader
 	Logger            *log.Entry
diff --git a/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/transactions/database.go b/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/transactions/database.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..40994127
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/transactions/database.go
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package transactions
+
+import (
+	"sync"
+
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
+	"github.com/stellar/go/xdr"
+
+	"github.com/stellar/soroban-rpc/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/daemon/interfaces"
+	"github.com/stellar/soroban-rpc/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/ledgerbucketwindow"
+)
+
+// DatabaseStore is an on-disk (sqlite) store of Stellar transactions.
+type DatabaseStore struct {
+	// passphrase is an immutable string containing the Stellar network
+	// passphrase and accessing it does not need to be protected by the lock
+	passphrase string
+
+	lock                      sync.RWMutex
+	transactions              map[xdr.Hash]transaction
+	transactionsByLedger      *ledgerbucketwindow.LedgerBucketWindow[[]xdr.Hash]
+	transactionDurationMetric *prometheus.SummaryVec
+	transactionCountMetric    prometheus.Summary
+}
+
+func NewDatabaseStore(daemon interfaces.Daemon, networkPassphrase string, retentionWindow uint32) TransactionStore {
+	return NewMemoryStore(daemon, networkPassphrase, retentionWindow)
+}
+
+// func (m *DatabaseStore) IngestTransactions(ledgerCloseMeta xdr.LedgerCloseMeta) error {
+// 	// startTime := time.Now()
+// 	return nil
+// }
+
+// // GetLedgerRange returns the first and latest ledger available in the store.
+// func (m *DatabaseStore) GetLedgerRange() ledgerbucketwindow.LedgerRange {
+// 	m.lock.RLock()
+// 	defer m.lock.RUnlock()
+// 	return m.transactionsByLedger.GetLedgerRange()
+// }
+
+// // GetTransaction obtains a transaction from the store and whether it's present and the current store range
+// func (m *DatabaseStore) GetTransaction(hash xdr.Hash) (Transaction, bool, ledgerbucketwindow.LedgerRange) {
+// 	return Transaction{}, false, ledgerbucketwindow.LedgerRange{}
+// }
diff --git a/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/transactions/interface.go b/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/transactions/interface.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..65fc6f13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/transactions/interface.go
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package transactions
+
+import (
+	"github.com/stellar/go/xdr"
+
+	"github.com/stellar/soroban-rpc/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/ledgerbucketwindow"
+)
+
+// TransactionStore lets you ingest (write) and query (read) transactions from
+// an abstract backend storage (i.e. via in-memory or sqlite).
+type TransactionStore interface {
+	IngestTransactions(ledgerCloseMeta xdr.LedgerCloseMeta) error
+	GetLedgerRange() ledgerbucketwindow.LedgerRange
+	GetTransaction(hash xdr.Hash) (Transaction, bool, ledgerbucketwindow.LedgerRange)
+}
diff --git a/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/transactions/transactions.go b/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/transactions/memory.go
similarity index 99%
rename from cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/transactions/transactions.go
rename to cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/transactions/memory.go
index e5abe55c..3a312363 100644
--- a/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/transactions/transactions.go
+++ b/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/transactions/memory.go
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ type MemoryStore struct {
 // will be included in the MemoryStore. If the MemoryStore
 // is full, any transactions from new ledgers will evict
 // older entries outside the retention window.
-func NewMemoryStore(daemon interfaces.Daemon, networkPassphrase string, retentionWindow uint32) *MemoryStore {
+func NewMemoryStore(daemon interfaces.Daemon, networkPassphrase string, retentionWindow uint32) TransactionStore {
 	window := ledgerbucketwindow.NewLedgerBucketWindow[[]xdr.Hash](retentionWindow)
 
 	// transactionDurationMetric is a metric for measuring latency of transaction store operations
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ func NewMemoryStore(daemon interfaces.Daemon, networkPassphrase string, retentio
 // removed from the store.
 func (m *MemoryStore) IngestTransactions(ledgerCloseMeta xdr.LedgerCloseMeta) error {
 	startTime := time.Now()
+
 	reader, err := ingest.NewLedgerTransactionReaderFromLedgerCloseMeta(m.networkPassphrase, ledgerCloseMeta)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -135,6 +136,7 @@ func (m *MemoryStore) IngestTransactions(ledgerCloseMeta xdr.LedgerCloseMeta) er
 	for hash, tx := range hashMap {
 		m.transactions[hash] = tx
 	}
+
 	m.transactionDurationMetric.With(prometheus.Labels{"operation": "ingest"}).Observe(time.Since(startTime).Seconds())
 	m.transactionCountMetric.Observe(float64(txCount))
 	return nil