diff --git a/nomos-cli/Cargo.toml b/nomos-cli/Cargo.toml
index c8309006..0c82201e 100644
--- a/nomos-cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nomos-cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ nomos-consensus = { path = "../nomos-services/consensus" }
 nomos-libp2p = { path = "../nomos-libp2p"}
 nomos-core = { path = "../nomos-core" }
 nomos-node = { path = "../nodes/nomos-node" }
-nomos-consensus = { path = "../nomos-services/consensus" }
 full-replication = { path = "../nomos-da/full-replication" }
 reqwest = "0.11"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/nomos-cli/src/api/consensus.rs b/nomos-cli/src/api/consensus.rs
index d370be74..80bd6a16 100644
--- a/nomos-cli/src/api/consensus.rs
+++ b/nomos-cli/src/api/consensus.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use super::CLIENT;
+use consensus_engine::{Block, BlockId};
 use nomos_consensus::CarnotInfo;
 use reqwest::Url;
 
@@ -11,3 +12,20 @@ pub async fn carnot_info(node: &Url) -> Result<CarnotInfo, reqwest::Error> {
         .json::<CarnotInfo>()
         .await
 }
+
+pub async fn get_blocks_info(
+    node: &Url,
+    from: Option<BlockId>,
+    to: Option<BlockId>,
+) -> Result<Vec<Block>, reqwest::Error> {
+    const NODE_CARNOT_INFO_PATH: &str = "carnot/blocks";
+    let mut req = CLIENT.get(node.join(NODE_CARNOT_INFO_PATH).unwrap());
+    if let Some(from) = from {
+        req = req.query(&[("from", from)]);
+    }
+    if let Some(to) = to {
+        req = req.query(&[("to", to)]);
+    }
+
+    req.send().await?.json().await
+}
diff --git a/nomos-cli/src/cmds/chat/mod.rs b/nomos-cli/src/cmds/chat/mod.rs
index 78ddf5ed..7c093f87 100644
--- a/nomos-cli/src/cmds/chat/mod.rs
+++ b/nomos-cli/src/cmds/chat/mod.rs
@@ -4,24 +4,25 @@
 ///
 mod ui;
 
-use crate::da::{
-    disseminate::{
-        DaProtocolChoice, DisseminateApp, DisseminateAppServiceSettings, Settings, Status,
+use crate::{
+    api::consensus::get_blocks_info,
+    da::{
+        disseminate::{
+            DaProtocolChoice, DisseminateApp, DisseminateAppServiceSettings, Settings, Status,
+        },
+        retrieve::get_block_blobs,
     },
-    retrieve::get_block_blobs,
 };
 use clap::Args;
 use full_replication::{
     AbsoluteNumber, Attestation, Certificate, FullReplication, Settings as DaSettings,
 };
-use nomos_consensus::CarnotInfo;
 use nomos_core::{block::BlockId, da::DaProtocol, wire};
 use nomos_network::{backends::libp2p::Libp2p, NetworkService};
 use overwatch_rs::{overwatch::OverwatchRunner, services::ServiceData};
 use reqwest::Url;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::{
-    collections::HashSet,
     io,
     path::PathBuf,
     sync::{
@@ -205,56 +206,58 @@ struct ChatMessage {
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn check_for_messages(sender: Sender<Vec<ChatMessage>>, node: Url) {
-    let mut old_blocks = HashSet::new();
+    // Should ask for the genesis block to be more robust
+    let mut last_tip = BlockId::zeros();
 
     loop {
-        if let Ok(messages) = fetch_new_messages(&mut old_blocks, node.clone()).await {
+        if let Ok((new_tip, messages)) = fetch_new_messages(&last_tip, &node).await {
             sender.send(messages).expect("channel closed");
+            last_tip = new_tip;
         }
         tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(100)).await;
     }
 }
 
 async fn fetch_new_messages(
-    old_blocks: &mut HashSet<BlockId>,
-    node: Url,
-) -> Result<Vec<ChatMessage>, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
-    const NODE_CARNOT_INFO_PATH: &str = "carnot/info";
-
+    last_tip: &BlockId,
+    node: &Url,
+) -> Result<(BlockId, Vec<ChatMessage>), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
     let mut new_messages = Vec::new();
-
-    let info = reqwest::get(node.join(NODE_CARNOT_INFO_PATH).unwrap())
+    // 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?
-        .json::<CarnotInfo>()
-        .await?;
-
-    let new_blocks = info
-        .committed_blocks
         .into_iter()
-        .filter(|id| !old_blocks.contains(id) && id != &BlockId::zeros())
+        .map(|block| block.id)
         .collect::<Vec<_>>();
 
-    // note that number of attestations is ignored here since we only use the da protocol to
+    // The first block is the most recent one.
+    // Note that the 'to' is inclusive so the above request will always return at least one block
+    // as long as the block exists (which is the case since it was returned by a previous call)
+    let new_tip = new_blocks[0];
+    // 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
             },
         );
 
     for block in new_blocks {
-        let blobs = get_block_blobs(node.clone(), block).await?;
+        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
+            // 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);
             }
         }
-        old_blocks.insert(block);
     }
 
-    Ok(new_messages)
+    Ok((new_tip, new_messages))
 }