diff --git a/crates/chain/src/rusqlite_impl.rs b/crates/chain/src/rusqlite_impl.rs
index 7e9e2f6f9..b6f7a54bd 100644
--- a/crates/chain/src/rusqlite_impl.rs
+++ b/crates/chain/src/rusqlite_impl.rs
@@ -96,6 +96,20 @@ impl ToSql for Impl<bitcoin::BlockHash> {
     }
 }
 
+impl FromSql for Impl<BlockId> {
+    fn column_result(value: ValueRef<'_>) -> FromSqlResult<Self> {
+        BlockId::from_str(value.as_str()?)
+            .map(Self)
+            .map_err(from_sql_error)
+    }
+}
+
+impl ToSql for Impl<BlockId> {
+    fn to_sql(&self) -> rusqlite::Result<ToSqlOutput<'_>> {
+        Ok(self.to_string().into())
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(feature = "miniscript")]
 impl FromSql for Impl<DescriptorId> {
     fn column_result(value: ValueRef<'_>) -> FromSqlResult<Self> {
diff --git a/crates/core/src/block_id.rs b/crates/core/src/block_id.rs
index 2e64c9cb2..e578b1dfa 100644
--- a/crates/core/src/block_id.rs
+++ b/crates/core/src/block_id.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+use core::fmt::{self, Display};
+use core::str::FromStr;
+
 use bitcoin::{hashes::Hash, BlockHash};
 
 /// A reference to a block in the canonical chain.
@@ -40,6 +43,57 @@ impl From<(&u32, &BlockHash)> for BlockId {
     }
 }
 
+impl Display for BlockId {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut core::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> core::fmt::Result {
+        write!(f, "{}:{}", self.height, self.hash)
+    }
+}
+
+impl FromStr for BlockId {
+    type Err = ParseBlockIdError;
+
+    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
+        let (height_str, hash_str) = s.split_once(':').ok_or(ParseBlockIdError::InvalidFormat)?;
+
+        let height = height_str
+            .parse::<u32>()
+            .map_err(|_| ParseBlockIdError::InvalidHeight)?;
+
+        let hash = hash_str
+            .parse::<BlockHash>()
+            .map_err(|_| ParseBlockIdError::InvalidBlockhash)?;
+
+        Ok(BlockId { height, hash })
+    }
+}
+
+/// [`BlockId`] parsing errors.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum ParseBlockIdError {
+    /// Invalid [`BlockId`] representation (missing `:` separator).
+    InvalidFormat,
+    /// Invalid block height (failed to parse into a `u32`).
+    InvalidHeight,
+    /// Invalid block hash (failed to parse into a [`Blockhash`]).
+    InvalidBlockhash,
+}
+
+impl Display for ParseBlockIdError {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut core::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        match self {
+            Self::InvalidFormat => write!(
+                f,
+                "Failed to parse string into `BlockId`, expected `<height>:<hash>`"
+            ),
+            Self::InvalidHeight => write!(f, "Failed to parse height into a u32."),
+            Self::InvalidBlockhash => write!(f, "Failed to parse hash into a `Blockhash`."),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "std")]
+impl std::error::Error for ParseBlockIdError {}
+
 /// Represents the confirmation block and time of a transaction.
 #[derive(Debug, Default, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Copy, PartialOrd, Ord, core::hash::Hash)]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(serde::Deserialize, serde::Serialize))]