diff --git a/app/app.go b/app/app.go
index 7552389175..66c4c4222d 100644
--- a/app/app.go
+++ b/app/app.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package app
 
 import (
+	"crypto/sha256"
+	"encoding/hex"
 	stderrors "errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
@@ -9,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"sort"
 
 	autocliv1 "cosmossdk.io/api/cosmos/autocli/v1"
 	reflectionv1 "cosmossdk.io/api/cosmos/reflection/v1"
@@ -175,6 +178,8 @@ const (
 	//
 	// NOTE: In the SDK, the default value is 255.
 	AddrLen = 20
+
+	FlagBlockedAddresses = "blocked-addresses"
 )
 
 var Forks = []Fork{}
@@ -918,6 +923,7 @@ func New(
 	app.SetEndBlocker(app.EndBlocker)
 	if err := app.setAnteHandler(encodingConfig.TxConfig,
 		cast.ToUint64(appOpts.Get(srvflags.EVMMaxTxGasWanted)),
+		cast.ToStringSlice(appOpts.Get(FlagBlockedAddresses)),
 	); err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
@@ -965,7 +971,35 @@ func New(
 }
 
 // use Ethermint's custom AnteHandler
-func (app *App) setAnteHandler(txConfig client.TxConfig, maxGasWanted uint64) error {
+func (app *App) setAnteHandler(txConfig client.TxConfig, maxGasWanted uint64, blacklist []string) error {
+	if len(blacklist) > 0 {
+		sort.Strings(blacklist)
+		// hash blacklist concatenated
+		h := sha256.New()
+		for _, addr := range blacklist {
+			_, err := h.Write([]byte(addr))
+			if err != nil {
+				panic(err)
+			}
+		}
+		app.Logger().Error("Setting ante handler with blacklist", "size", len(blacklist), "hash", hex.EncodeToString(h.Sum(nil)))
+		for _, addr := range blacklist {
+			app.Logger().Error("Blacklisted address", "address", addr)
+		}
+	} else {
+		app.Logger().Error("Setting ante handler without blacklist")
+	}
+	blockedMap := make(map[string]struct{}, len(blacklist))
+	for _, str := range blacklist {
+		addr, err := sdk.AccAddressFromBech32(str)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("invalid bech32 address: %s, err: %w", str, err)
+		}
+
+		blockedMap[string(addr)] = struct{}{}
+	}
+	blockAddressDecorator := NewBlockAddressesDecorator(blockedMap)
+
 	options := evmante.HandlerOptions{
 		AccountKeeper:          app.AccountKeeper,
 		BankKeeper:             app.BankKeeper,
@@ -982,6 +1016,7 @@ func (app *App) setAnteHandler(txConfig client.TxConfig, maxGasWanted uint64) er
 			sdk.MsgTypeURL(&evmtypes.MsgEthereumTx{}),
 			sdk.MsgTypeURL(&vestingtypes.MsgCreateVestingAccount{}),
 		},
+		ExtraDecorators: []sdk.AnteDecorator{blockAddressDecorator},
 	}
 
 	anteHandler, err := evmante.NewAnteHandler(options)
diff --git a/app/block_address.go b/app/block_address.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..11cb1cfa68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/block_address.go
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package app
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
+)
+
+// BlockAddressesDecorator block addresses from sending transactions
+type BlockAddressesDecorator struct {
+	blockedMap map[string]struct{}
+}
+
+func NewBlockAddressesDecorator(blacklist map[string]struct{}) BlockAddressesDecorator {
+	return BlockAddressesDecorator{
+		blockedMap: blacklist,
+	}
+}
+
+func (bad BlockAddressesDecorator) AnteHandle(ctx sdk.Context, tx sdk.Tx, simulate bool, next sdk.AnteHandler) (newCtx sdk.Context, err error) {
+	if ctx.IsCheckTx() {
+		for _, msg := range tx.GetMsgs() {
+			for _, signer := range msg.GetSigners() {
+				if _, ok := bad.blockedMap[string(signer)]; ok {
+					return ctx, fmt.Errorf("signer is blocked: %s", signer.String())
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return next(ctx, tx, simulate)
+}
diff --git a/integration_tests/configs/long_timeout_commit.jsonnet b/integration_tests/configs/long_timeout_commit.jsonnet
index 2036a74ee6..2dfe559653 100644
--- a/integration_tests/configs/long_timeout_commit.jsonnet
+++ b/integration_tests/configs/long_timeout_commit.jsonnet
@@ -7,5 +7,8 @@ default {
         timeout_commit: '15s',
       },
     },
+    'app-config'+: {
+      'blocked-addresses': ['crc16z0herz998946wr659lr84c8c556da55dc34hh'],
+    },
   },
 }
diff --git a/integration_tests/test_mempool.py b/integration_tests/test_mempool.py
index 80d54ba8f5..b565edf1a0 100644
--- a/integration_tests/test_mempool.py
+++ b/integration_tests/test_mempool.py
@@ -76,3 +76,10 @@ def test_mempool(cronos_mempool):
             break
         wait_for_new_blocks(cli, 1, sleep=0.1)
     assert len(sended_hash_set) == 0
+
+
+def test_blocked_address(cronos_mempool):
+    cli = cronos_mempool.cosmos_cli(0)
+    rsp = cli.transfer("signer1", cli.address("validator"), "1basecro")
+    assert rsp["code"] != 0
+    assert "signer is blocked" in rsp["raw_log"]