diff --git a/nomos-core/Cargo.toml b/nomos-core/Cargo.toml
index ab03b4ad..70ff5784 100644
--- a/nomos-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nomos-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ async-trait = { version = "0.1" }
 bytes = "1.3"
 futures = "0.3"
 raptorq = { version = "1.7", optional = true }
+serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 thiserror = "1.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
@@ -22,4 +23,4 @@ tokio = { version = "1.23", features = ["macros", "rt"] }
 
 [features]
 default = []
-raptor = ["raptorq"]
\ No newline at end of file
+raptor = ["raptorq"]
diff --git a/nomos-services/consensus/src/network/adapters/waku.rs b/nomos-services/consensus/src/network/adapters/waku.rs
index 9db732a8..1fb235db 100644
--- a/nomos-services/consensus/src/network/adapters/waku.rs
+++ b/nomos-services/consensus/src/network/adapters/waku.rs
@@ -72,25 +72,23 @@ impl NetworkAdapter for WakuAdapter {
         Box::new(
             BroadcastStream::new(stream_channel).filter_map(|msg| async move {
                 match msg {
-                    Ok(event) => match event {
-                        NetworkEvent::RawMessage(message) => {
-                            // TODO: this should actually check the whole content topic,
-                            // waiting for this [PR](https://github.com/waku-org/waku-rust-bindings/pull/28)
-                            if WAKU_CARNOT_BLOCK_CONTENT_TOPIC.content_topic_name
-                                == message.content_topic().content_topic_name
-                            {
-                                let payload = message.payload();
-                                Some(
-                                    ProposalChunkMsg::from_bytes::<CHUNK_SIZE>(
-                                        payload.try_into().unwrap(),
-                                    )
-                                    .chunk,
+                    Ok(NetworkEvent::RawMessage(message)) => {
+                        // TODO: this should actually check the whole content topic,
+                        // waiting for this [PR](https://github.com/waku-org/waku-rust-bindings/pull/28)
+                        if WAKU_CARNOT_BLOCK_CONTENT_TOPIC.content_topic_name
+                            == message.content_topic().content_topic_name
+                        {
+                            let payload = message.payload();
+                            Some(
+                                ProposalChunkMsg::from_bytes::<CHUNK_SIZE>(
+                                    payload.try_into().unwrap(),
                                 )
-                            } else {
-                                None
-                            }
+                                .chunk,
+                            )
+                        } else {
+                            None
                         }
-                    },
+                    }
                     Err(_e) => None,
                 }
             }),
diff --git a/nomos-services/log/src/lib.rs b/nomos-services/log/src/lib.rs
index eb303cb2..0b8c9e8d 100644
--- a/nomos-services/log/src/lib.rs
+++ b/nomos-services/log/src/lib.rs
@@ -103,7 +103,8 @@ impl ServiceCore for Logger {
 
     async fn run(self) -> Result<(), overwatch_rs::DynError> {
         // keep the handle alive without stressing the runtime
-        Ok(futures::pending!())
+        futures::pending!();
+        Ok(())
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/nomos-services/mempool/Cargo.toml b/nomos-services/mempool/Cargo.toml
index c9232138..8966508c 100644
--- a/nomos-services/mempool/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nomos-services/mempool/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,9 +7,18 @@ edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
 async-trait = "0.1"
-overwatch-rs = { git = "https://github.com/logos-co/Overwatch", branch = "main" }
+bincode = { version = "2.0.0-rc.2", features = ["serde"] }
+futures = "0.3"
 nomos-network = { path = "../network", features = ["waku"] }
 nomos-core = { path = "../../nomos-core" }
+overwatch-rs = { git = "https://github.com/logos-co/Overwatch", branch = "main" }
+serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 tracing = "0.1"
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["sync"] }
-futures = "0.3"
\ No newline at end of file
+tokio-stream = "0.1"
+waku-bindings = { version = "0.1.0-beta1", optional = true}
+
+
+[features]
+default = []
+waku = ["nomos-network/waku", "waku-bindings"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/nomos-services/mempool/src/backend/mod.rs b/nomos-services/mempool/src/backend/mod.rs
index 4d84fe62..54b28feb 100644
--- a/nomos-services/mempool/src/backend/mod.rs
+++ b/nomos-services/mempool/src/backend/mod.rs
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 use nomos_core::block::{BlockHeader, BlockId};
 
-pub trait Pool {
+pub trait MemPool {
+    type Settings;
     type Tx;
     type Id;
 
     /// Construct a new empty pool
-    fn new() -> Self;
+    fn new(settings: Self::Settings) -> Self;
 
     /// Add a new transaction to the mempool, for example because we received it from the network
-    fn add_tx(&mut self, tx: Self::Tx, id: Self::Id) -> Result<(), overwatch_rs::DynError>;
+    fn add_tx(&mut self, tx: Self::Tx) -> Result<(), overwatch_rs::DynError>;
 
     /// Return a view over the transactions contained in the mempool.
     /// Implementations should provide *at least* all the transactions which have not been marked as
diff --git a/nomos-services/mempool/src/lib.rs b/nomos-services/mempool/src/lib.rs
index 5d2ffddd..add1662a 100644
--- a/nomos-services/mempool/src/lib.rs
+++ b/nomos-services/mempool/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
-/// std
+pub mod backend;
+pub mod network;
+
+// std
 use std::fmt::{Debug, Error, Formatter};
 
-/// crates
-use tokio::sync::broadcast::Receiver;
+// crates
+use futures::StreamExt;
 use tokio::sync::oneshot::Sender;
 
-/// internal
-pub mod backend;
-use backend::Pool;
+// internal
+use crate::network::NetworkAdapter;
+use backend::MemPool;
 use nomos_core::block::{BlockHeader, BlockId};
-use nomos_network::{
-    backends::{waku::NetworkEvent, NetworkBackend},
-    NetworkService,
-};
+use nomos_network::NetworkService;
 use overwatch_rs::services::{
     handle::ServiceStateHandle,
     relay::{OutboundRelay, Relay, RelayMessage},
@@ -20,19 +20,21 @@ use overwatch_rs::services::{
     ServiceCore, ServiceData, ServiceId,
 };
 
-pub struct Mempool<N: NetworkBackend + Send + Sync + 'static, P: Pool + Send + Sync + 'static>
-where
+pub struct MempoolService<
+    N: NetworkAdapter<Tx = P::Tx> + Send + Sync + 'static,
+    P: MemPool + Send + Sync + 'static,
+> where
+    P::Settings: Clone + Send + Sync + 'static,
     P::Tx: Debug + Send + Sync + 'static,
     P::Id: Debug + Send + Sync + 'static,
 {
     service_state: ServiceStateHandle<Self>,
-    network_relay: Relay<NetworkService<N>>,
+    network_relay: Relay<NetworkService<N::Backend>>,
     pool: P,
 }
 
 pub enum MempoolMsg<Tx, Id> {
     AddTx {
-        id: Id,
         tx: Tx,
     },
     View {
@@ -58,7 +60,7 @@ impl<Tx: Debug, Id: Debug> Debug for MempoolMsg<Tx, Id> {
                     ancestor_hint
                 )
             }
-            Self::AddTx { id, tx } => write!(f, "MempoolMsg::AddTx{{id: {:?}, tx: {:?}}}", id, tx),
+            Self::AddTx { tx } => write!(f, "MempoolMsg::AddTx{{tx: {:?}}}", tx),
             Self::Prune { ids } => write!(f, "MempoolMsg::Prune{{ids: {:?}}}", ids),
             Self::MarkInBlock { ids, block } => {
                 write!(
@@ -73,43 +75,45 @@ impl<Tx: Debug, Id: Debug> Debug for MempoolMsg<Tx, Id> {
 
 impl<Tx: 'static, Id: 'static> RelayMessage for MempoolMsg<Tx, Id> {}
 
-impl<N, P> ServiceData for Mempool<N, P>
+impl<N, P> ServiceData for MempoolService<N, P>
 where
-    N: NetworkBackend + Send + Sync + 'static,
-    P: Pool + Send + Sync + 'static,
+    N: NetworkAdapter<Tx = P::Tx> + Send + Sync + 'static,
+    P: MemPool + Send + Sync + 'static,
+    P::Settings: Clone + Send + Sync + 'static,
     P::Id: Debug + Send + Sync + 'static,
     P::Tx: Debug + Send + Sync + 'static,
 {
     const SERVICE_ID: ServiceId = "Mempool";
-    type Settings = ();
+    type Settings = P::Settings;
     type State = NoState<Self::Settings>;
     type StateOperator = NoOperator<Self::State>;
-    type Message = MempoolMsg<<P as Pool>::Tx, <P as Pool>::Id>;
+    type Message = MempoolMsg<<P as MemPool>::Tx, <P as MemPool>::Id>;
 }
 
 #[async_trait::async_trait]
-impl<N, P> ServiceCore for Mempool<N, P>
+impl<N, P> ServiceCore for MempoolService<N, P>
 where
-    P: Pool + Send + Sync + 'static,
+    P: MemPool + Send + Sync + 'static,
+    P::Settings: Clone + Send + Sync + 'static,
     P::Id: Debug + Send + Sync + 'static,
     P::Tx: Debug + Send + Sync + 'static,
-    N: NetworkBackend + Send + Sync + 'static,
+    N: NetworkAdapter<Tx = P::Tx> + Send + Sync + 'static,
 {
     fn init(service_state: ServiceStateHandle<Self>) -> Result<Self, overwatch_rs::DynError> {
         let network_relay = service_state.overwatch_handle.relay();
+        let pool_settings = service_state.settings_reader.get_updated_settings();
         Ok(Self {
             service_state,
             network_relay,
-            pool: P::new(),
+            pool: P::new(pool_settings),
         })
     }
 
-    #[allow(unreachable_code, unused, clippy::diverging_sub_expression)]
     async fn run(mut self) -> Result<(), overwatch_rs::DynError> {
         let Self {
-            service_state,
+            mut service_state,
             network_relay,
-            pool,
+            mut pool,
         } = self;
 
         let network_relay: OutboundRelay<_> = network_relay
@@ -117,32 +121,33 @@ where
             .await
             .expect("Relay connection with NetworkService should succeed");
 
-        // Separate function so that we can specialize it for different network backends
-        let network_txs: Receiver<NetworkEvent> = todo!();
+        let adapter = N::new(network_relay).await;
+        let mut network_txs = adapter.transactions_stream().await;
 
         loop {
             tokio::select! {
                 Some(msg) = service_state.inbound_relay.recv() => {
                     match msg {
-                        MempoolMsg::AddTx { id, tx } => {
-                            pool.add_tx(tx, id).unwrap_or_else(|e| {
+                        MempoolMsg::AddTx { tx } => {
+                            pool.add_tx(tx).unwrap_or_else(|e| {
                                 tracing::debug!("could not add tx to the pool due to: {}", e)
                             });
                         }
                         MempoolMsg::View { ancestor_hint, rx } => {
                             rx.send(pool.view(ancestor_hint)).unwrap_or_else(|_| {
                                 tracing::debug!("could not send back pool view")
-                            })
+                            });
                         }
                         MempoolMsg::MarkInBlock { ids, block } => {
                             pool.mark_in_block(ids, block);
                         }
-                        MempoolMsg::Prune { ids } => pool.prune(ids),
+                        MempoolMsg::Prune { ids } => { pool.prune(ids); },
                     }
                 }
-                Ok(msg) = network_txs.recv() => {
-                    // filter incoming transactions and add them to the pool
-                    todo!()
+                Some(tx) = network_txs.next() => {
+                    pool.add_tx(tx).unwrap_or_else(|e| {
+                        tracing::debug!("could not add tx to the pool due to: {}", e)
+                    });
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/nomos-services/mempool/src/network/adapters/mod.rs b/nomos-services/mempool/src/network/adapters/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ac25906e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nomos-services/mempool/src/network/adapters/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#[cfg(feature = "waku")]
+pub mod waku;
diff --git a/nomos-services/mempool/src/network/adapters/waku.rs b/nomos-services/mempool/src/network/adapters/waku.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bf40bd8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nomos-services/mempool/src/network/adapters/waku.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+use bincode::config::{Fixint, LittleEndian, NoLimit, WriteFixedArrayLength};
+use std::marker::PhantomData;
+// std
+// crates
+use futures::{Stream, StreamExt};
+use serde::de::DeserializeOwned;
+use tokio_stream::wrappers::BroadcastStream;
+// internal
+use crate::network::messages::TransactionMsg;
+use crate::network::NetworkAdapter;
+use nomos_network::backends::waku::{EventKind, NetworkEvent, Waku, WakuBackendMessage};
+use nomos_network::{NetworkMsg, NetworkService};
+use overwatch_rs::services::relay::OutboundRelay;
+use overwatch_rs::services::ServiceData;
+use waku_bindings::{Encoding, WakuContentTopic, WakuPubSubTopic};
+
+static WAKU_CARNOT_PUB_SUB_TOPIC: WakuPubSubTopic =
+    WakuPubSubTopic::new("CarnotSim", Encoding::Proto);
+
+static WAKU_CARNOT_TX_CONTENT_TOPIC: WakuContentTopic =
+    WakuContentTopic::new("CarnotSim", 1, "CarnotTx", Encoding::Proto);
+
+pub struct WakuAdapter<Tx> {
+    network_relay: OutboundRelay<<NetworkService<Waku> as ServiceData>::Message>,
+    _tx: PhantomData<Tx>,
+}
+
+#[async_trait::async_trait]
+impl<Tx> NetworkAdapter for WakuAdapter<Tx>
+where
+    Tx: DeserializeOwned + Send + Sync + 'static,
+{
+    type Backend = Waku;
+    type Tx = Tx;
+
+    async fn new(
+        network_relay: OutboundRelay<<NetworkService<Self::Backend> as ServiceData>::Message>,
+    ) -> Self {
+        // Subscribe to the carnot pubsub topic
+        if let Err((e, _)) = network_relay
+            .send(NetworkMsg::Process(WakuBackendMessage::RelaySubscribe {
+                topic: WAKU_CARNOT_PUB_SUB_TOPIC.clone(),
+            }))
+            .await
+        {
+            // We panic, but as we could try to reconnect later it should not be
+            // a problem. But definitely something to consider.
+            panic!(
+                "Couldn't send subscribe message to the network service: {}",
+                e
+            );
+        };
+        Self {
+            network_relay,
+            _tx: Default::default(),
+        }
+    }
+    async fn transactions_stream(&self) -> Box<dyn Stream<Item = Self::Tx> + Unpin + Send> {
+        let (sender, receiver) = tokio::sync::oneshot::channel();
+        if let Err((_, _e)) = self
+            .network_relay
+            .send(NetworkMsg::Subscribe {
+                kind: EventKind::Message,
+                sender,
+            })
+            .await
+        {
+            todo!("log error");
+        };
+        let receiver = receiver.await.unwrap();
+        Box::new(Box::pin(BroadcastStream::new(receiver).filter_map(
+            |event| async move {
+                match event {
+                    Ok(NetworkEvent::RawMessage(message)) => {
+                        if message.content_topic().content_topic_name
+                            == WAKU_CARNOT_TX_CONTENT_TOPIC.content_topic_name
+                        {
+                            let (tx, _): (TransactionMsg<Self::Tx>, _) =
+                                // TODO: This should be temporary, we can probably extract this so we can use/try/test a variety of encodings
+                                bincode::serde::decode_from_slice(
+                                    message.payload(),
+                                    bincode::config::Configuration::<
+                                        LittleEndian,
+                                        Fixint,
+                                        WriteFixedArrayLength,
+                                        NoLimit,
+                                    >::default(),
+                                )
+                                .unwrap();
+                            Some(tx.tx)
+                        } else {
+                            None
+                        }
+                    }
+                    Err(_e) => None,
+                }
+            },
+        )))
+    }
+}
diff --git a/nomos-services/mempool/src/network/messages.rs b/nomos-services/mempool/src/network/messages.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0dbdb9b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nomos-services/mempool/src/network/messages.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// std
+// crates
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+// internal
+
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct TransactionMsg<Tx> {
+    pub tx: Tx,
+}
diff --git a/nomos-services/mempool/src/network/mod.rs b/nomos-services/mempool/src/network/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bcb190d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nomos-services/mempool/src/network/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+pub mod adapters;
+mod messages;
+
+// std
+
+// crates
+use futures::Stream;
+// internal
+use nomos_network::backends::NetworkBackend;
+use nomos_network::NetworkService;
+use overwatch_rs::services::relay::OutboundRelay;
+use overwatch_rs::services::ServiceData;
+
+#[async_trait::async_trait]
+pub trait NetworkAdapter {
+    type Backend: NetworkBackend + Send + Sync + 'static;
+    type Tx: Send + Sync + 'static;
+    async fn new(
+        network_relay: OutboundRelay<<NetworkService<Self::Backend> as ServiceData>::Message>,
+    ) -> Self;
+    async fn transactions_stream(&self) -> Box<dyn Stream<Item = Self::Tx> + Unpin + Send>;
+}