diff --git a/src/main/java/org/qortal/controller/Controller.java b/src/main/java/org/qortal/controller/Controller.java
index 31337b42..4ec03ee3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/qortal/controller/Controller.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/qortal/controller/Controller.java
@@ -567,6 +567,9 @@ public class Controller extends Thread {
 		LOGGER.info("Starting foreign fees manager");
 		ForeignFeesManager.getInstance().start();
 
+		LOGGER.info("Starting follower");
+		Follower.getInstance().start();
+
 		LOGGER.info("Starting transaction importer");
 		TransactionImporter.getInstance().start();
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/qortal/controller/arbitrary/Follower.java b/src/main/java/org/qortal/controller/arbitrary/Follower.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c2f04a33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/qortal/controller/arbitrary/Follower.java
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+package org.qortal.controller.arbitrary;
+
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
+import org.qortal.data.transaction.ArbitraryTransactionData;
+import org.qortal.repository.Repository;
+import org.qortal.repository.RepositoryManager;
+import org.qortal.settings.Settings;
+import org.qortal.utils.ListUtils;
+import org.qortal.utils.NamedThreadFactory;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.OptionalInt;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+public class Follower {
+
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LogManager.getLogger(Follower.class);
+
+    private ScheduledExecutorService service
+            = Executors.newScheduledThreadPool(2, new NamedThreadFactory("Follower", Thread.NORM_PRIORITY));
+
+    private Follower() {
+
+    }
+
+    private static Follower instance;
+
+    public static Follower getInstance() {
+
+        if( instance == null ) {
+            instance = new Follower();
+        }
+
+        return instance;
+    }
+
+    public void start() {
+
+        // fetch arbitrary transactions from followed names from the last 100 blocks every 2 minutes
+        service.scheduleWithFixedDelay(() -> fetch(OptionalInt.of(100)), 10, 2, TimeUnit.MINUTES);
+
+        // fetch arbitrary transaction from followed names from any block every 24 hours
+        service.scheduleWithFixedDelay(() -> fetch(OptionalInt.empty()), 4, 24, TimeUnit.HOURS);
+    }
+
+    private void fetch(OptionalInt limit) {
+
+        try {
+            // for each followed name, get arbitraty transactions, then examine those transactions before fetching
+            for (String name : ListUtils.followedNames()) {
+
+                List<ArbitraryTransactionData> transactionsInReverseOrder;
+
+                // open database to get the transactions in reverse order for the followed name
+                try (final Repository repository = RepositoryManager.getRepository()) {
+
+                    List<ArbitraryTransactionData> latestArbitraryTransactionsByName
+                            = repository.getArbitraryRepository().getLatestArbitraryTransactionsByName(name);
+
+                    if (limit.isPresent()) {
+                        final int blockHeightThreshold = repository.getBlockRepository().getBlockchainHeight() - limit.getAsInt();
+
+                        transactionsInReverseOrder
+                                = latestArbitraryTransactionsByName.stream().filter(tx -> tx.getBlockHeight() > blockHeightThreshold)
+                                .collect(Collectors.toList());
+                    } else {
+                        transactionsInReverseOrder = latestArbitraryTransactionsByName;
+                    }
+
+                } catch (Exception e) {
+                    LOGGER.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+                    transactionsInReverseOrder = new ArrayList<>(0);
+                }
+
+                // collect process transaction hashes, so we don't fetch outdated transactions
+                Set<ArbitraryTransactionDataHashWrapper> processedTransactions = new HashSet<>();
+
+                ArbitraryDataStorageManager storageManager = ArbitraryDataStorageManager.getInstance();
+
+                // for each arbitrary transaction for the followed name process, evaluate, fetch
+                for (ArbitraryTransactionData arbitraryTransaction : transactionsInReverseOrder) {
+
+                    boolean examined = false;
+
+                    try (final Repository repository = RepositoryManager.getRepository()) {
+
+                        // if not processed
+                        if (!processedTransactions.contains(new ArbitraryTransactionDataHashWrapper(arbitraryTransaction))) {
+                            boolean isLocal = repository.getArbitraryRepository().isDataLocal(arbitraryTransaction.getSignature());
+
+                            // if not local, then continue to evaluate
+                            if (!isLocal) {
+
+                                // evaluate fetching status for this transaction on this node
+                                ArbitraryDataExamination examination = storageManager.shouldPreFetchData(repository, arbitraryTransaction);
+
+                                // if the evaluation passed, then fetch
+                                examined = examination.isPass();
+                            }
+                            // if locally stored, then nothing needs to be done
+
+                            // add to processed transactions
+                            processedTransactions.add(new ArbitraryTransactionDataHashWrapper(arbitraryTransaction));
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    // if passed examination for fetching, then fetch
+                    if (examined) {
+                        LOGGER.info("for {} on {}, fetching {}", name, arbitraryTransaction.getService(), arbitraryTransaction.getIdentifier());
+                        boolean fetched
+                            = ArbitraryDataFileListManager.getInstance().fetchArbitraryDataFileList(
+                                arbitraryTransaction, ArbitraryDataConstants.REQUEST_TIMEOUT);
+
+                        LOGGER.info("fetched = " + fetched);
+                    }
+
+                    // pause a second before moving on to another transaction
+                    Thread.sleep(1000);
+                }
+            }
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            LOGGER.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+        }
+    }
+}