diff --git a/nomos-cli/config.yaml b/nomos-cli/config.yaml
index 98f59795..a1740c24 100644
--- a/nomos-cli/config.yaml
+++ b/nomos-cli/config.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,45 @@
 backend:
-  host: "127.0.0.1"
-  port: 8000
\ No newline at end of file
+  host: 0.0.0.0
+  port: 3019
+  log_level: "fatal"
+  # Node key needs to be unique for every client.
+  node_key: "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001444"
+  discV5BootstrapNodes: []
+  initial_peers: ["/dns/testnet.nomos.tech/tcp/3000"]
+  relayTopics: []
+  # Mixclient configuration to communicate with mixnodes.
+  # The libp2p network backend always requires this mixclient configuration
+  # (cannot be disabled for now).
+  mixnet_client:
+    # A mixclient mode. For details, see the documentation of the "mixnet" crate.
+    # - Sender
+    # - !SenderReceiver [mixnode_client_listen_address]
+    mode: Sender
+    # A mixnet topology, which contains the information of all mixnodes in the mixnet.
+    # (The topology is static for now.)
+    topology:
+      # Each mixnet layer consists of a list of mixnodes.
+      layers:
+       - nodes:
+          - address: testnet.nomos.tech:7707  # A listen address of the mixnode
+            public_key: "fd3384e132ad02a56c78f45547ee40038dc79002b90d29ed90e08eee762ae715"
+       - nodes:
+          - address: testnet.nomos.tech:7717  # A listen address of the mixnode
+            public_key: "fd3384e132ad02a56c78f45547ee40038dc79002b90d29ed90e08eee762ae715"
+
+       - nodes:
+          - address: testnet.nomos.tech:7727  # A listen address of the mixnode
+            public_key: "fd3384e132ad02a56c78f45547ee40038dc79002b90d29ed90e08eee762ae715"
+
+    # A max number of connections that will stay connected to mixnodes in the first mixnet layer.
+    connection_pool_size: 255
+    max_retries: 5
+    retry_delay:
+      secs: 1
+      nanos: 0
+  # A range of total delay that will be set to each Sphinx packets
+  # sent to the mixnet for timing obfuscation.
+  # Panics if start > end.
+  mixnet_delay:
+    start: "0ms"
+    end: "0ms"
diff --git a/nomos-cli/src/cmds/chat/mod.rs b/nomos-cli/src/cmds/chat/mod.rs
index b0463b43..7e6aa575 100644
--- a/nomos-cli/src/cmds/chat/mod.rs
+++ b/nomos-cli/src/cmds/chat/mod.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ use clap::Args;
 use full_replication::{
     AbsoluteNumber, Attestation, Certificate, FullReplication, Settings as DaSettings,
 };
+use futures::{stream, StreamExt};
 use nomos_core::{block::BlockId, da::DaProtocol, wire};
 use nomos_log::{LoggerBackend, LoggerSettings, SharedWriter};
 use nomos_network::{backends::libp2p::Libp2p, NetworkService};
@@ -238,11 +239,36 @@ async fn check_for_messages(sender: Sender<Vec<ChatMessage>>, node: Url) {
     }
 }
 
+// Process a single block's blobs and return chat messages
+async fn process_block_blobs(
+    node: Url,
+    block_id: &BlockId,
+    da_settings: DaSettings,
+) -> Result<Vec<ChatMessage>, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    let blobs = get_block_blobs(&node, block_id).await?;
+
+    // Note that number of attestations is ignored here since we only use the da protocol to
+    // decode the blob data, not to validate the certificate
+    let mut da_protocol =
+        <FullReplication<AbsoluteNumber<Attestation, Certificate>> as DaProtocol>::new(da_settings);
+    let mut messages = Vec::new();
+
+    for blob in blobs {
+        da_protocol.recv_blob(blob);
+        let bytes = da_protocol.extract().unwrap();
+        if let Ok(message) = wire::deserialize::<ChatMessage>(&bytes) {
+            messages.push(message);
+        }
+    }
+
+    Ok(messages)
+}
+
+// Fetch new messages since the last tip
 async fn fetch_new_messages(
     last_tip: &BlockId,
     node: &Url,
 ) -> Result<(BlockId, Vec<ChatMessage>), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
-    let mut new_messages = Vec::new();
     // By only specifying the 'to' parameter we get all the blocks since the last tip
     let mut new_blocks = get_blocks_info(node, None, Some(*last_tip))
         .await?
@@ -257,26 +283,26 @@ async fn fetch_new_messages(
     // We already processed the last block so let's remove it
     new_blocks.pop();
 
-    // Note that number of attestations is ignored here since we only use the da protocol to
-    // decode the blob data, not to validate the certificate
-    let mut da_protocol =
-        <FullReplication<AbsoluteNumber<Attestation, Certificate>> as DaProtocol>::new(
-            DaSettings {
-                num_attestations: 1,
-                voter: [0; 32], // voter is ignored as well
-            },
-        );
+    let da_settings = DaSettings {
+        num_attestations: 1,
+        voter: [0; 32],
+    };
 
-    for block in new_blocks.iter().rev() {
-        let blobs = get_block_blobs(node, block).await?;
-        for blob in blobs {
-            da_protocol.recv_blob(blob);
-            // Full replication only needs one blob to decode the data, so the unwrap is safe
-            let bytes = da_protocol.extract().unwrap();
-            if let Ok(message) = wire::deserialize::<ChatMessage>(&bytes) {
-                new_messages.push(message);
-            }
-        }
+    let block_stream = stream::iter(new_blocks.iter().rev());
+    let results: Vec<_> = block_stream
+        .map(|block| {
+            let node = node.clone();
+            let da_settings = da_settings.clone();
+
+            process_block_blobs(node, block, da_settings)
+        })
+        .buffer_unordered(new_blocks.len())
+        .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+        .await;
+
+    let mut new_messages = Vec::new();
+    for result in results {
+        new_messages.extend(result?);
     }
 
     Ok((new_tip, new_messages))