diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 97f404a..9b02dee 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Added
+- Add network blocklist implementation [#117]
+
 ### Changed 
 - Change `Peer::new` to return a Result [#115]
 - Change `blake2` dependency from `0.9` to `0.10` [#115]
@@ -106,6 +109,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 [#110]: https://github.com/dusk-network/kadcast/issues/110
 [#112]: https://github.com/dusk-network/kadcast/issues/112
 [#115]: https://github.com/dusk-network/kadcast/issues/115
+[#117]: https://github.com/dusk-network/kadcast/issues/117
 
 <!-- Releases -->
 
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 30bae37..7d49b75 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ arrayvec = "0.7"
 blake2 = "0.10"
 rand = "0.8"
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["rt", "net", "sync", "time", "io-std", "rt-multi-thread", "macros"] }
-raptorq = "1.6"
+raptorq = { version = "1.6", optional = true }
 tracing = "0.1"
 itertools = "0.10"
 konst = "0.2"
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ rustc_tools_util = "0.2"
 tracing-subscriber = "0.2"
 toml = "0.5"
 
+[features]
+default = [ "raptorq" ]
+
 [[example]]
 name = "kadcast"
 path = "examples/main.rs"
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 7eff581..060e371 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ pub const DEFAULT_CHANNEL_SIZE: usize = 1000;
 
 pub const DEFAULT_SEND_RETRY_COUNT: u8 = 3;
 pub const DEFAULT_SEND_RETRY_SLEEP_MILLIS: u64 = 5;
+pub const DEFAULT_BLOCKLIST_REFRESH_SECS: u64 = 10;
 
 #[derive(Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct Config {
@@ -146,6 +147,8 @@ pub struct NetworkConfig {
     #[serde(with = "humantime_serde")]
     pub udp_send_retry_interval: Duration,
     pub udp_send_retry_count: u8,
+    #[serde(with = "humantime_serde")]
+    pub blocklist_refresh_interval: Duration,
 }
 
 impl Default for FECConfig {
@@ -165,6 +168,9 @@ impl Default for NetworkConfig {
                 DEFAULT_SEND_RETRY_SLEEP_MILLIS,
             ),
             udp_send_retry_count: DEFAULT_SEND_RETRY_COUNT,
+            blocklist_refresh_interval: Duration::from_secs(
+                DEFAULT_BLOCKLIST_REFRESH_SECS,
+            ),
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/kbucket.rs b/src/kbucket.rs
index 82c264e..71df2fe 100644
--- a/src/kbucket.rs
+++ b/src/kbucket.rs
@@ -130,6 +130,14 @@ impl<V> Tree<V> {
         }
     }
 
+    pub(crate) fn remove_peer(&mut self, peer: &BinaryKey) -> Option<Node<V>> {
+        self.root.id().calculate_distance(peer).and_then(|height| {
+            self.buckets
+                .get_mut(&height)
+                .and_then(|bucket| bucket.remove_id(peer))
+        })
+    }
+
     pub(crate) fn remove_idle_nodes(&mut self) {
         self.buckets
             .iter_mut()
@@ -147,6 +155,7 @@ impl<V> Tree<V> {
             .get(&height)
             .map_or(false, |bucket| bucket.is_full())
     }
+
     pub(crate) fn new(root: Node<V>, config: BucketConfig) -> Tree<V> {
         info!(
             "Building table [K={}] with root: {:?}",
diff --git a/src/kbucket/bucket.rs b/src/kbucket/bucket.rs
index 4db3540..42458fd 100644
--- a/src/kbucket/bucket.rs
+++ b/src/kbucket/bucket.rs
@@ -213,6 +213,18 @@ impl<V> Bucket<V> {
     pub(crate) fn is_full(&self) -> bool {
         self.nodes.is_full()
     }
+
+    pub(crate) fn remove_id(&mut self, id: &[u8]) -> Option<Node<V>> {
+        let node_idx =
+            self.nodes.iter().position(|s| s.id().as_binary() == id)?;
+
+        self.nodes.pop_at(node_idx).map(|removed| {
+            if let Some(pending) = self.pending_node.take() {
+                self.nodes.push(pending);
+            }
+            removed
+        })
+    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
@@ -234,17 +246,6 @@ mod tests {
         pub fn least_used_id(&self) -> Option<&BinaryKey> {
             self.nodes.first().map(|n| n.id().as_binary())
         }
-
-        pub fn remove_id(&mut self, id: &[u8]) -> Option<Node<V>> {
-            let update_idx =
-                self.nodes.iter().position(|s| s.id().as_binary() == id)?;
-
-            let removed = self.nodes.pop_at(update_idx);
-            if let Some(pending) = self.pending_node.take() {
-                self.nodes.push(pending);
-            }
-            removed
-        }
     }
 
     impl<V> crate::kbucket::Tree<V> {
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index bd2b952..90fde7a 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 //
 // Copyright (c) DUSK NETWORK. All rights reserved.
 
+use std::collections::HashSet;
 use std::net::AddrParseError;
 use std::net::SocketAddr;
 use std::time::Duration;
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ pub struct Peer {
     outbound_sender: Sender<MessageBeanOut>,
     ktable: RwLock<Tree<PeerInfo>>,
     header: Header,
+    blocklist: RwLock<HashSet<SocketAddr>>,
 }
 
 /// [NetworkListen] is notified each time a broadcasted
@@ -94,10 +96,12 @@ impl Peer {
 
         let header = tree.root().as_header();
         let table = RwLock::new(tree, Duration::from_secs(1));
+        let blocklist = RwLock::new(HashSet::new(), Duration::from_secs(1));
         let peer = Peer {
             outbound_sender: outbound_channel_tx.clone(),
             ktable: table.clone(),
             header,
+            blocklist: blocklist.clone(),
         };
         let bootstrapping_nodes = config.bootstrapping_nodes.clone();
         MessageHandler::start(
@@ -107,7 +111,12 @@ impl Peer {
             notification_channel_tx,
             &config,
         );
-        WireNetwork::start(inbound_channel_tx, outbound_channel_rx, config);
+        WireNetwork::start(
+            inbound_channel_tx,
+            outbound_channel_rx,
+            config,
+            blocklist,
+        );
         TableMantainer::start(bootstrapping_nodes, table, outbound_channel_tx);
         task::spawn(Peer::notifier(listener_channel_rx, listener));
         Ok(peer)
@@ -238,6 +247,12 @@ impl Peer {
                 error!("Unable to send from send method {}", e)
             });
     }
+
+    pub async fn block_source(&self, source: SocketAddr) {
+        self.blocklist.write().await.insert(source);
+        let binary_key = PeerNode::compute_id(&source.ip(), source.port());
+        self.ktable.write().await.remove_peer(&binary_key);
+    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
diff --git a/src/transport.rs b/src/transport.rs
index 8f170bd..a4a66d9 100644
--- a/src/transport.rs
+++ b/src/transport.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@
 //
 // Copyright (c) DUSK NETWORK. All rights reserved.
 
+use std::collections::HashSet;
 use std::net::SocketAddr;
+use std::time::Instant;
 
 use socket2::SockRef;
 use tokio::io;
@@ -16,6 +18,7 @@ use crate::config::Config;
 use crate::encoding::message::Message;
 use crate::encoding::Marshallable;
 use crate::peer::PeerNode;
+use crate::rwlock::RwLock;
 use crate::transport::encoding::{
     Configurable, Decoder, Encoder, TransportDecoder, TransportEncoder,
 };
@@ -36,6 +39,7 @@ impl WireNetwork {
         inbound_channel_tx: Sender<MessageBeanIn>,
         outbound_channel_rx: Receiver<MessageBeanOut>,
         conf: Config,
+        blocklist: RwLock<HashSet<SocketAddr>>,
     ) {
         let c = conf.clone();
         let (dec_chan_tx, dec_chan_rx) = mpsc::channel(conf.channel_size);
@@ -51,7 +55,7 @@ impl WireNetwork {
         });
 
         tokio::spawn(async move {
-            WireNetwork::listen_in(dec_chan_tx.clone(), c1)
+            WireNetwork::listen_in(dec_chan_tx.clone(), c1, blocklist)
                 .await
                 .unwrap_or_else(|op| error!("Error in listen_in {:?}", op));
         });
@@ -60,6 +64,7 @@ impl WireNetwork {
     async fn listen_in(
         dec_chan_tx: Sender<UDPChunk>,
         conf: Config,
+        blocklist: RwLock<HashSet<SocketAddr>>,
     ) -> io::Result<()> {
         debug!("WireNetwork::listen_in started");
 
@@ -74,12 +79,21 @@ impl WireNetwork {
         };
         info!("Listening on: {}", socket.local_addr()?);
 
+        // Using a local blocklist prevent the library to constantly requests a
+        // read access to the RwLock
+        let last_blocklist_refresh = Instant::now();
+        let blocklist_refresh = conf.network.blocklist_refresh_interval;
+        let mut local_blocklist = blocklist.read().await.clone();
+
         // Try to extend socket recv buffer size
         WireNetwork::configure_socket(&socket, conf)?;
 
         // Read UDP socket recv buffer and delegate the processing to decode
         // task
         loop {
+            if last_blocklist_refresh.elapsed() > blocklist_refresh {
+                local_blocklist = blocklist.read().await.clone();
+            }
             let mut bytes = [0; MAX_DATAGRAM_SIZE];
             let (len, remote_address) =
                 socket.recv_from(&mut bytes).await.map_err(|e| {
@@ -87,6 +101,10 @@ impl WireNetwork {
                     e
                 })?;
 
+            if local_blocklist.contains(&remote_address) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
             dec_chan_tx
                 .send((bytes[0..len].to_vec(), remote_address))
                 .await
diff --git a/src/transport/encoding.rs b/src/transport/encoding.rs
index e24c180..ef80247 100644
--- a/src/transport/encoding.rs
+++ b/src/transport/encoding.rs
@@ -4,14 +4,26 @@
 //
 // Copyright (c) DUSK NETWORK. All rights reserved.
 
+#[cfg(not(feature = "raptorq"))]
 mod plain_encoder;
-mod raptorq;
 
-use std::io;
+#[cfg(not(feature = "raptorq"))]
+pub(crate) use plain_encoder::PlainEncoder as TransportDecoder;
+
+#[cfg(not(feature = "raptorq"))]
+pub(crate) use plain_encoder::PlainEncoder as TransportEncoder;
+
+#[cfg(feature = "raptorq")]
+mod raptorq;
 
+#[cfg(feature = "raptorq")]
 pub(crate) use self::raptorq::RaptorQDecoder as TransportDecoder;
+
+#[cfg(feature = "raptorq")]
 pub(crate) use self::raptorq::RaptorQEncoder as TransportEncoder;
+
 use crate::encoding::message::Message;
+use std::io;
 
 pub type TransportEncoderConfig =
     <self::TransportEncoder as Configurable>::TConf;
diff --git a/src/transport/encoding/plain_encoder.rs b/src/transport/encoding/plain_encoder.rs
index 3329d17..5e2e6a8 100644
--- a/src/transport/encoding/plain_encoder.rs
+++ b/src/transport/encoding/plain_encoder.rs
@@ -4,19 +4,16 @@
 //
 // Copyright (c) DUSK NETWORK. All rights reserved.
 
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::io;
 
 use super::{Configurable, Decoder, Encoder};
 use crate::encoding::message::Message;
 
-pub(crate) struct PlainEncoder {}
+pub struct PlainEncoder {}
 
 impl Configurable for PlainEncoder {
-    type TConf = HashMap<String, String>;
-    fn default_configuration() -> Self::TConf {
-        HashMap::new()
-    }
+    type TConf = ();
+    fn default_configuration() -> Self::TConf {}
     fn configure(_: &Self::TConf) -> Self {
         PlainEncoder {}
     }
@@ -30,10 +27,6 @@ impl Encoder for PlainEncoder {
 
 impl Decoder for PlainEncoder {
     fn decode(&mut self, chunk: Message) -> io::Result<Option<Message>> {
-        if let Message::Broadcast(header, payload) = chunk {
-            Ok(Some(Message::Broadcast(header, payload)))
-        } else {
-            Ok(Some(chunk))
-        }
+        Ok(Some(chunk))
     }
 }