diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6733ab65d..63dda172c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ members = [
     "cardano-legacy-address",
     "sparse-array",
     "typed-bytes",
+    "chain-watch",
 ]
 
 [profile.bench]
diff --git a/chain-watch/Cargo.toml b/chain-watch/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7c713c21d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chain-watch/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+[package]
+name = "chain-watch"
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors = ["Enzo Cioppettini <ecioppettini@atixlabs.com>"]
+edition = "2018"
+
+[dependencies]
+prost = "0.7"
+
+[dependencies.tonic]
+version = "0.4"
+default-features = false
+features = ["codegen", "prost"]
+
+[build-dependencies.tonic-build]
+version = "0.4"
+default-features = false
+features = ["prost"]
+
+[features]
+default = ["tonic/transport", "tonic-build/transport"]
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diff --git a/chain-watch/build.rs b/chain-watch/build.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..98b73b44f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chain-watch/build.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+fn main() {
+    tonic_build::compile_protos("proto/watch.proto").unwrap();
+}
diff --git a/chain-watch/proto/watch.proto b/chain-watch/proto/watch.proto
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8561bc230
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chain-watch/proto/watch.proto
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+syntax = "proto3";
+
+package iohk.chain.watch;
+
+
+message Block {
+  bytes content = 1;
+}
+
+message BlockSubscriptionRequest {}
+
+message TipSubscriptionRequest {}
+
+message MempoolSubscriptionRequest {}
+
+message SyncMultiverseRequest {
+  // send blocks with this chain_length or greater
+  uint32 from = 1;
+}
+
+message BlockId {
+  bytes content = 1;
+}
+
+message MempoolEvent {
+    bytes fragment_id = 1;
+    oneof event {
+        MempoolFragmentInserted inserted = 2;
+        MempoolFragmentRejected rejected = 3;
+        MempoolFragmentInABlock in_a_block = 4;
+    };
+}
+
+
+message MempoolFragmentInserted {}
+
+message MempoolFragmentRejected {
+    string reason = 1;
+}
+
+message MempoolFragmentInABlock {
+    BlockId block = 1;
+}
+
+
+service SubscriptionService {
+  // get a stream of blocks succesfully processed by the node, this means they
+  // are already validated.
+  // the parent of a block will always be streamed before the block itself.
+  rpc BlockSubscription(BlockSubscriptionRequest) returns (stream Block);
+
+  // get tip updates
+  rpc TipSubscription(TipSubscriptionRequest) returns (stream BlockId);
+
+  rpc MempoolSubscription(MempoolSubscriptionRequest) returns (stream MempoolEvent);
+
+  // fetch all blocks from the given initial chainlength to the tip, from all
+  // possible branches and in increasing order 
+  rpc SyncMultiverse(SyncMultiverseRequest) returns (stream Block);
+}
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diff --git a/chain-watch/src/lib.rs b/chain-watch/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3ea3a24cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chain-watch/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+tonic::include_proto!("iohk.chain.watch");