diff --git a/doc/articles/client.md b/doc/articles/client.md
index c96460f..367dccb 100644
--- a/doc/articles/client.md
+++ b/doc/articles/client.md
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ string text = await ipfs.FileSystem.ReadAllTextAsync(filename);
 | ------- | ------- |
 | [Bitswap](xref:Ipfs.CoreApi.IBitswapApi) | Data trading module for IPFS; requests blocks from and sends blocks to other peers |
 | [Block](xref:Ipfs.CoreApi.IBlockApi) | Manages the blocks |
+| [BlockRepository](xref:Ipfs.CoreApi.IBlockRepositoryApi) | Manages the repository of blocks |
 | [Bootstrap](xref:Ipfs.CoreApi.IBootstrapApi) | Trusted peers |
 | [Config](xref:Ipfs.CoreApi.IConfigApi) | Manages the configuration of the local peer |
 | [Dag](xref:Ipfs.CoreApi.IDagApi) | Manages the IPLD (linked data) Directed Acrylic Graph |
diff --git a/src/CoreApi/BlockRepositoryApi.cs b/src/CoreApi/BlockRepositoryApi.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ca8a257
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/CoreApi/BlockRepositoryApi.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
+using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Net.Http;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Ipfs.CoreApi;
+using System.IO;
+
+namespace Ipfs.Http
+{
+
+    class BlockRepositoryApi : IBlockRepositoryApi
+    {
+        IpfsClient ipfs;
+
+        internal BlockRepositoryApi(IpfsClient ipfs)
+        {
+            this.ipfs = ipfs;
+        }
+
+        public async Task RemoveGarbageAsync(CancellationToken cancel = default(CancellationToken))
+        {
+            await ipfs.DoCommandAsync("repo/gc", cancel);
+        }
+
+        public Task<RepositoryData> StatisticsAsync(CancellationToken cancel = default(CancellationToken))
+        {
+            return ipfs.DoCommandAsync<RepositoryData>("repo/stat", cancel);
+        }
+
+        public async Task VerifyAsync(CancellationToken cancel = default(CancellationToken))
+        {
+            await ipfs.DoCommandAsync("repo/verify", cancel);
+        }
+
+        public async Task<string> VersionAsync(CancellationToken cancel = default(CancellationToken))
+        {
+            var json = await ipfs.DoCommandAsync("repo/version", cancel);
+            var info = JObject.Parse(json);
+            return (string)info["Version"];
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/IpfsClient.cs b/src/IpfsClient.cs
index 093e349..0b8ce55 100644
--- a/src/IpfsClient.cs
+++ b/src/IpfsClient.cs
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ public IpfsClient()
             Bootstrap = new BootstrapApi(this);
             Bitswap = new BitswapApi(this);
             Block = new BlockApi(this);
+            BlockRepository = new BlockRepositoryApi(this);
             Config = new ConfigApi(this);
             Pin = new PinApi(this);
             Dht = new DhtApi(this);
@@ -138,6 +139,9 @@ public IpfsClient(string host)
         /// <inheritdoc />
         public IBlockApi Block { get; private set; }
 
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public IBlockRepositoryApi BlockRepository { get; private set; }
+
         /// <inheritdoc />
         public IConfigApi Config { get; private set; }
 
diff --git a/src/IpfsHttpClient.csproj b/src/IpfsHttpClient.csproj
index 303b7a9..9034510 100644
--- a/src/IpfsHttpClient.csproj
+++ b/src/IpfsHttpClient.csproj
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Ipfs.Core" Version="0.50.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Ipfs.Core" Version="0.51.1" />
     <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="12.0.1" />
 	  <PackageReference Include="System.Net.Http" Version="4.3.3" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard14'" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Net.Http" Version="4.3.3" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net45'" />
diff --git a/test/CoreApi/BlockRepositoryTest.cs b/test/CoreApi/BlockRepositoryTest.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..569e3da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/CoreApi/BlockRepositoryTest.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
+using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
+using System;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace Ipfs.Http
+{
+ 
+    [TestClass]
+    public class BlockRepositoryTest
+    {
+
+        [TestMethod]
+        public async Task Stats()
+        {
+            var ipfs = TestFixture.Ipfs;
+            var stats = await ipfs.BlockRepository.StatisticsAsync();
+            Assert.IsNotNull(stats);
+        }
+
+        [TestMethod]
+        public async Task Version()
+        {
+            var ipfs = TestFixture.Ipfs;
+            var version = await ipfs.BlockRepository.VersionAsync();
+            Assert.IsFalse(string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(version));
+        }
+
+    }
+}