diff --git a/app/server/Main.hs b/app/server/Main.hs
index 9407a950321..72be213c41b 100644
--- a/app/server/Main.hs
+++ b/app/server/Main.hs
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ import System.Environment
 import Text.Read
     ( readMaybe )
 
+import Cardano.Wallet.BlockSyncer
+    ( startBlockSyncer )
+
+import qualified Data.Text as T
 
 -- | Command-Line Interface specification. See http://docopt.org/
 cli :: Docopt
@@ -64,6 +68,7 @@ main = do
         ",\n      connecting to " ++ (show network) ++
         " node on port " ++ (show nodePort)
 
+    startBlockSyncer (showNetwork network) nodePort
 
 -- Functions for parsing the values of command line options
 --
@@ -81,6 +86,9 @@ readNetwork "mainnet" = Right Mainnet
 readNetwork "testnet" = Right Testnet
 readNetwork s = Left $ show s ++ " is neither \"mainnet\" nor \"testnet\"."
 
+showNetwork :: Network -> T.Text
+showNetwork = T.toLower . T.pack . show
+
 getArg
     :: Arguments
     -> Option
diff --git a/cardano-wallet.cabal b/cardano-wallet.cabal
index 688cb2c223a..c92721429cc 100644
--- a/cardano-wallet.cabal
+++ b/cardano-wallet.cabal
@@ -81,7 +81,9 @@ executable cardano-wallet-server
       -O2
   build-depends:
       base
+    , cardano-wallet
     , docopt
+    , text
   hs-source-dirs:
       app/server
   main-is:
diff --git a/src/Cardano/ChainProducer/RustHttpBridge.hs b/src/Cardano/ChainProducer/RustHttpBridge.hs
index 24292750511..9e555b89a3c 100644
--- a/src/Cardano/ChainProducer/RustHttpBridge.hs
+++ b/src/Cardano/ChainProducer/RustHttpBridge.hs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 module Cardano.ChainProducer.RustHttpBridge
     ( RustBackend
     , runRustBackend
+    , newRustBackend
     ) where
 
 import Control.Monad.Except
@@ -21,10 +22,14 @@ import Data.Bifunctor
     ( first )
 import Data.Maybe
     ( fromMaybe )
+import Data.Text
+    ( Text )
 import Prelude
 
 import Cardano.ChainProducer
     ( ErrGetNextBlocks (..), MonadChainProducer (..) )
+import Cardano.ChainProducer.RustHttpBridge.Client
+    ( newNetworkLayer )
 import Cardano.ChainProducer.RustHttpBridge.NetworkLayer
     ( NetworkLayer (..), NetworkLayerError )
 import Cardano.Wallet.Primitive
@@ -44,14 +49,18 @@ newtype RustBackend a = RustBackend {
     } deriving (Monad, Applicative, Functor,
                 MonadReader (NetworkLayer IO), MonadIO)
 
+instance MonadChainProducer RustBackend where
+    nextBlocks = rbNextBlocks
+
 runRustBackend :: NetworkLayer IO -> RustBackend a -> IO a
 runRustBackend network action = runReaderT (runRB action) network
 
 getNetwork :: RustBackend (NetworkLayer IO)
 getNetwork = ask
 
-instance MonadChainProducer RustBackend where
-    nextBlocks = rbNextBlocks
+newRustBackend :: Text -> Int -> IO (RustBackend a -> IO a)
+newRustBackend networkName port =
+    runRustBackend <$> newNetworkLayer networkName port
 
 -- Note: This will be quite inefficient for at least two reasons.
 -- 1. If the number of blocks requested is small, it will fetch the same epoch
diff --git a/src/Cardano/ChainProducer/RustHttpBridge/Client.hs b/src/Cardano/ChainProducer/RustHttpBridge/Client.hs
index 81ac6146d39..d48d96f3082 100644
--- a/src/Cardano/ChainProducer/RustHttpBridge/Client.hs
+++ b/src/Cardano/ChainProducer/RustHttpBridge/Client.hs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 -- | An API client for the Cardano HTTP Bridge.
 module Cardano.ChainProducer.RustHttpBridge.Client
     ( mkNetworkLayer
+    , newNetworkLayer
     ) where
 
 import Prelude
@@ -23,12 +24,14 @@ import Data.Bifunctor
     ( first )
 import Data.ByteArray
     ( convert )
+import Data.Text
+    ( Text )
 import Network.HTTP.Client
-    ( Manager )
+    ( Manager, defaultManagerSettings, newManager )
 import Servant.API
     ( (:<|>) (..) )
 import Servant.Client
-    ( BaseUrl, ClientM, client, mkClientEnv, runClientM )
+    ( BaseUrl (..), ClientM, Scheme (Http), client, mkClientEnv, runClientM )
 import Servant.Extra.ContentTypes
     ( Hash (..), WithHash (..) )
 
@@ -81,3 +84,9 @@ hashToApi' h = case hashToApi h of
     Just h' -> pure h'
     Nothing -> throwError
         $ NetworkLayerError "hashToApi: Digest was of the wrong length"
+
+newNetworkLayer :: Text -> Int -> IO (NetworkLayer IO)
+newNetworkLayer network port = do
+    mgr <- newManager defaultManagerSettings
+    let baseUrl = BaseUrl Http "localhost" port ""
+    pure $ mkNetworkLayer mgr baseUrl (Api.NetworkName network)
diff --git a/src/Cardano/Wallet/BlockSyncer.hs b/src/Cardano/Wallet/BlockSyncer.hs
index f68516dad0d..1aadc16bb5a 100644
--- a/src/Cardano/Wallet/BlockSyncer.hs
+++ b/src/Cardano/Wallet/BlockSyncer.hs
@@ -12,23 +12,37 @@
 -- catching up).
 
 module Cardano.Wallet.BlockSyncer
-  (
-    BlockHeadersConsumed(..)
+  ( BlockHeadersConsumed(..)
   , tickingFunction
+  , startBlockSyncer
   ) where
 
 
 import Prelude
 
+import Cardano.ChainProducer
+    ( nextBlocks )
+import Cardano.ChainProducer.RustHttpBridge
+    ( newRustBackend )
 import Cardano.Wallet.Primitive
-    ( Block (..), BlockHeader )
+    ( Block (..), BlockHeader, epochIndex, headerSlot, slotNumber )
+import Cardano.Wallet.Slotting
+    ( SlotId (SlotId) )
 import Control.Concurrent
     ( threadDelay )
+import Control.Monad.Except
+    ( runExceptT )
+import Data.IORef
+    ( newIORef, readIORef, writeIORef )
+import qualified Data.List as L
+import Data.Text
+    ( Text )
 import Data.Time.Units
     ( Millisecond, toMicroseconds )
-
-import qualified Data.List as L
-
+import Fmt
+    ( fmt, (+||), (||+) )
+import System.Exit
+    ( die )
 
 newtype BlockHeadersConsumed =
     BlockHeadersConsumed [BlockHeader]
@@ -68,3 +82,33 @@ tickingFunction getNextBlocks action tickTime = go
           -> Bool
       checkIfAlreadyConsumed consumedHeaders (Block theHeader _) =
           theHeader `L.notElem` consumedHeaders
+
+-- | Start the chain producer process, consuming blocks by printing their slot.
+startBlockSyncer :: Text -> Int -> IO ()
+startBlockSyncer networkName port = do
+    runRustBackend <- newRustBackend networkName port
+
+    startSlotRef <- newIORef (SlotId 0 0)
+
+    let chunkSize = 30000
+        interval = 20000
+
+        produceBlocks :: IO [Block]
+        produceBlocks = do
+            start <- readIORef startSlotRef
+            res <- runRustBackend (runExceptT $ nextBlocks chunkSize start)
+            case res of
+                Left err -> die $ "Chain producer error: " ++ show err
+                Right [] -> pure []
+                Right blocks -> do
+                    let start' = headerSlot . header . last $ blocks
+                    writeIORef startSlotRef start'
+                    pure blocks
+
+        logBlock :: Block -> IO ()
+        logBlock block = putStrLn msg
+            where
+                msg = fmt ("Received block "+||epochIndex h||+"."+||slotNumber h||+"")
+                h = header block
+
+    tickingFunction produceBlocks logBlock interval (BlockHeadersConsumed [])