diff --git a/src/app/provider/core.nim b/src/app/provider/core.nim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8311a5fce7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/provider/core.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import NimQml, chronicles
+import ../../status/signals/types
+import ../../status/status
+import view
+
+logScope:
+  topics = "web3-provider"
+
+type Web3ProviderController* = ref object
+  status*: Status
+  view*: Web3ProviderView
+  variant*: QVariant
+
+proc newController*(status: Status): Web3ProviderController =
+  result = Web3ProviderController()
+  result.status = status
+  result.view = newWeb3ProviderView(status)
+  result.variant = newQVariant(result.view)
+
+proc delete*(self: Web3ProviderController) =
+  delete self.variant
+  delete self.view
+
+proc init*(self: Web3ProviderController) =
+  discard
diff --git a/src/app/provider/view.nim b/src/app/provider/view.nim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ff22b01f5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/provider/view.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import NimQml
+import ../../status/status
+
+QtObject:
+  type Web3ProviderView* = ref object of QObject
+    status*: Status
+
+  proc setup(self: Web3ProviderView) =
+    self.QObject.setup
+
+  proc delete*(self: Web3ProviderView) =
+    self.QObject.delete
+
+  proc newWeb3ProviderView*(status: Status): Web3ProviderView =
+    new(result, delete)
+    result = Web3ProviderView()
+    result.status = status
+    result.setup
+
+  proc postMessage*(self: Web3ProviderView, data: string): string {.slot.} =
+    # TODO: implement code from status-react/src/status_im/browser/core.cljs
+    echo "==========================================="
+    echo "Message received from JS web3 provider: ", data
+    return "Hello World!" # This can only be seen in chrome devtools
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/nim_status_client.nim b/src/nim_status_client.nim
index 808fb1c422..18d784b8f5 100644
--- a/src/nim_status_client.nim
+++ b/src/nim_status_client.nim
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import app/utilsView/core as utilsView
 import app/profile/core as profile
 import app/onboarding/core as onboarding
 import app/login/core as login
+import app/provider/core as provider
 import status/signals/core as signals
 import status/libstatus/types
 import nim_status
@@ -81,6 +82,9 @@ proc mainProc() =
   var profile = profile.newController(status, changeLanguage)
   engine.setRootContextProperty("profileModel", profile.variant)
 
+  var provider = provider.newController(status)
+  engine.setRootContextProperty("web3Provider", provider.variant)
+
   var login = login.newController(status)
   var onboarding = onboarding.newController(status)
 
@@ -108,6 +112,7 @@ proc mainProc() =
 
   defer:
     error "TODO: if user is logged in, logout"
+    provider.delete()
     engine.delete()
     app.delete()
     signalController.delete()
diff --git a/ui/app/AppLayouts/Browser/BrowserLayout.qml b/ui/app/AppLayouts/Browser/BrowserLayout.qml
index a1100028ad..1005a12196 100644
--- a/ui/app/AppLayouts/Browser/BrowserLayout.qml
+++ b/ui/app/AppLayouts/Browser/BrowserLayout.qml
@@ -1,25 +1,64 @@
 import QtQuick 2.13
 import QtQuick.Layouts 1.13
-import QtWebView 1.14
+import QtWebEngine 1.10
+import QtWebChannel 1.13
 
 Item {
     id: browserView
-    x: 0
-    y: 0
     Layout.fillHeight: true
     Layout.fillWidth: true
 
-    WebView {
+    // TODO: example qml webbrowser available here:
+    // https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qtwebengine-webengine-quicknanobrowser-example.html
+
+    WebEngineProfile {
+        id: webProfile
+        offTheRecord: true // Private Mode on
+        persistentCookiesPolicy:  WebEngineProfile.NoPersistentCookies
+        userScripts: [
+            WebEngineScript {
+                injectionPoint: WebEngineScript.DocumentCreation
+                sourceUrl:  Qt.resolvedUrl("provider.js")
+                worldId: WebEngineScript.MainWorld // TODO: check https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qml-qtwebengine-webenginescript.html#worldId-prop 
+            },
+            WebEngineScript {
+                injectionPoint: WebEngineScript.DocumentCreation
+                name: "QWebChannel"
+                sourceUrl: "qrc:///qtwebchannel/qwebchannel.js"
+                worldId: WebEngineScript.MainWorld // TODO: check https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qml-qtwebengine-webenginescript.html#worldId-prop 
+            }
+        ]
+    }
+
+    QtObject {
+        id: provider
+        WebChannel.id: "backend"
+
+        signal web3Response(string data);
+
+        function postMessage(data){
+            console.log("Calling nim web3provider with: ", data);
+            var result = web3Provider.postMessage(data);
+            web3Response(result);
+        }
+    }
+
+    WebChannel {
+        id: channel
+        registeredObjects: [provider]
+    }
+
+    WebEngineView {
         id: browserContainer
-        anchors.top: parent.top
-        anchors.topMargin: 0
-        anchors.bottom: parent.bottom
-        anchors.bottomMargin: 0
-        anchors.right: parent.right
-        anchors.rightMargin: 0
-        anchors.left: parent.left
-        anchors.leftMargin: 0
-        url: "https://dap.ps/"
+        anchors.fill: parent
+        profile: webProfile
+        url: "https://status-im.github.io/dapp/"
+        webChannel: channel
+        onNewViewRequested: function(request) {
+            // TODO: rramos: tabs can be handled here. see: https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qml-qtwebengine-webengineview.html#newViewRequested-signal
+            // In the meantime, I'm opening the content in the same webengineview
+            request.openIn(browserContainer)
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/ui/app/AppLayouts/Browser/provider.js b/ui/app/AppLayouts/Browser/provider.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..82e9fd640a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/app/AppLayouts/Browser/provider.js
@@ -0,0 +1,283 @@
+(function(){
+  // Based on
+  // https://github.com/status-im/status-react/blob/f9fb4d6974138a276b0cdcc6e4ea1611063e70ca/resources/js/provider.js
+
+  if(typeof EthereumProvider === "undefined"){
+  var callbackId = 0;
+  var callbacks = {};
+
+  
+  var backend;
+  window.onload = function(){
+      new QWebChannel(qt.webChannelTransport, function(channel) {
+          backend = channel.objects.backend;
+          backend.web3Response.connect(function(data) {
+              // This can only be seen in chrome devtools
+              console.log("Received response from nim provider!!!!:");
+              console.log(data);
+              // TODO: implement the code from ReactNativeWebView.onMessage (~line 95)
+          });
+      });
+  }
+
+  var bridgeSend = function (data) {
+    backend.postMessage(JSON.stringify(data))
+  }
+
+  var history = window.history;
+  var pushState = history.pushState;
+  history.pushState = function(state) {
+      setTimeout(function () {
+          bridgeSend({
+             type: 'history-state-changed',
+             navState: { url: location.href, title: document.title }
+          });
+      }, 100);
+      return pushState.apply(history, arguments);
+  };
+
+  function sendAPIrequest(permission, params) {
+      var messageId = callbackId++;
+      var params = params || {};
+
+      bridgeSend({
+          type: 'api-request',
+          permission: permission,
+          messageId: messageId,
+          params: params
+      });
+
+      return new Promise(function (resolve, reject) {
+          params['resolve'] = resolve;
+          params['reject'] = reject;
+          callbacks[messageId] = params;
+      });
+  }
+
+  function qrCodeResponse(data, callback){
+      var result = data.data;
+      var regex = new RegExp(callback.regex);
+      if (!result) {
+          if (callback.reject) {
+              callback.reject(new Error("Cancelled"));
+          }
+      }
+      else if (regex.test(result)) {
+          if (callback.resolve) {
+              callback.resolve(result);
+          }
+      } else {
+          if (callback.reject) {
+              callback.reject(new Error("Doesn't match"));
+          }
+      }
+  }
+
+  function Unauthorized() {
+    this.name = "Unauthorized";
+    this.id = 4100;
+    this.code = 4100;
+    this.message = "The requested method and/or account has not been authorized by the user.";
+  }
+  Unauthorized.prototype = Object.create(Error.prototype);
+
+  function UserRejectedRequest() {
+    this.name = "UserRejectedRequest";
+    this.id = 4001;
+    this.code = 4001;
+    this.message = "The user rejected the request.";
+  }
+  UserRejectedRequest.prototype = Object.create(Error.prototype);
+  
+  
+  /*
+  TODO:
+  ReactNativeWebView.onMessage = function (message)
+  {
+      data = JSON.parse(message);
+      var id = data.messageId;
+      var callback = callbacks[id];
+
+      if (callback) {
+          if (data.type === "api-response") {
+              if (data.permission == 'qr-code'){
+                  qrCodeResponse(data, callback);
+              } else if (data.isAllowed) {
+                  if (data.permission == 'web3') {
+                      window.statusAppcurrentAccountAddress = data.data[0];
+                  }
+                  callback.resolve(data.data);
+              } else {
+                  callback.reject(new UserRejectedRequest());
+              }
+          }
+          else if (data.type === "web3-send-async-callback")
+          {
+              if (callback.beta)
+              {
+                  if (data.error)
+                  {
+                      if (data.error.code == 4100)
+                          callback.reject(new Unauthorized());
+                      else
+                          callback.reject(data.error);
+                  }
+                  else
+                  {
+                      callback.resolve(data.result.result);
+                  }
+              }
+              else if (callback.results)
+              {
+                  callback.results.push(data.error || data.result);
+                  if (callback.results.length == callback.num)
+                      callback.callback(undefined, callback.results);
+              }
+              else
+              {
+                  callback.callback(data.error, data.result);
+              }
+          }
+      }
+  };
+  */
+
+  function web3Response (payload, result){
+      return {id: payload.id,
+              jsonrpc: "2.0",
+              result: result};
+  }
+
+  function getSyncResponse (payload) {
+      if (payload.method == "eth_accounts" && (typeof window.statusAppcurrentAccountAddress !== "undefined")) {
+          return web3Response(payload, [window.statusAppcurrentAccountAddress])
+      } else if (payload.method == "eth_coinbase" && (typeof window.statusAppcurrentAccountAddress !== "undefined")) {
+          return web3Response(payload, window.statusAppcurrentAccountAddress)
+      } else if (payload.method == "net_version" || payload.method == "eth_chainId"){
+          return web3Response(payload, window.statusAppNetworkId)
+      } else if (payload.method == "eth_uninstallFilter"){
+          return web3Response(payload, true);
+      } else {
+          return null;
+      }
+  }
+
+  var StatusAPI = function () {};
+
+  StatusAPI.prototype.getContactCode = function () {
+      return sendAPIrequest('contact-code');
+  };
+
+  var EthereumProvider = function () {};
+
+  EthereumProvider.prototype.isStatus = true;
+  EthereumProvider.prototype.status = new StatusAPI();
+  EthereumProvider.prototype.isConnected = function () { return true; };
+
+  EthereumProvider.prototype.enable = function () {
+      return sendAPIrequest('web3');
+  };
+
+  EthereumProvider.prototype.scanQRCode = function (regex) {
+      return sendAPIrequest('qr-code', {regex: regex});
+  };
+
+  EthereumProvider.prototype.request = function (requestArguments)
+  {
+       if (!requestArguments) {
+         return new Error('Request is not valid.');
+       }
+       var method = requestArguments.method;
+
+       if (!method) {
+         return new Error('Request is not valid.');
+       }
+
+       //Support for legacy send method
+       if (typeof method !== 'string') {
+         return this.sendSync(method);
+       }
+
+       if (method == 'eth_requestAccounts'){
+           return sendAPIrequest('web3');
+       }
+
+       var syncResponse = getSyncResponse({method: method});
+       if (syncResponse){
+           return new Promise(function (resolve, reject) {
+                                      resolve(syncResponse.result);
+                                  });
+       }
+
+       var messageId = callbackId++;
+       var payload = {id:      messageId,
+                      jsonrpc: "2.0",
+                      method:  method,
+                      params:  requestArguments.params};
+
+       bridgeSend({type:      'web3-send-async-read-only',
+                   messageId: messageId,
+                   payload:   payload});
+
+       return new Promise(function (resolve, reject) {
+                              callbacks[messageId] = {beta:    true,
+                                                      resolve: resolve,
+                                                      reject:  reject};
+                          });
+  };
+
+  // (DEPRECATED) Support for legacy send method
+  EthereumProvider.prototype.send = function (method, params = [])
+  {
+      return this.request({method: method, params: params});
+  }
+
+  // (DEPRECATED) Support for legacy sendSync method
+  EthereumProvider.prototype.sendSync = function (payload)
+  {
+      if (payload.method == "eth_uninstallFilter"){
+          this.sendAsync(payload, function (res, err) {})
+      }
+      var syncResponse = getSyncResponse(payload);
+      if (syncResponse){
+          return syncResponse;
+      } else {
+          return web3Response(payload, null);
+      }
+  };
+
+  // (DEPRECATED) Support for legacy sendAsync method
+  EthereumProvider.prototype.sendAsync = function (payload, callback)
+  {
+    var syncResponse = getSyncResponse(payload);
+    if (syncResponse && callback) {
+        callback(null, syncResponse);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        var messageId = callbackId++;
+
+        if (Array.isArray(payload))
+        {
+            callbacks[messageId] = {num:      payload.length,
+                                    results:  [],
+                                    callback: callback};
+            for (var i in payload) {
+                bridgeSend({type:      'web3-send-async-read-only',
+                            messageId: messageId,
+                            payload:   payload[i]});
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            callbacks[messageId] = {callback: callback};
+            bridgeSend({type:      'web3-send-async-read-only',
+                        messageId: messageId,
+                        payload:   payload});
+        }
+    }
+  };
+  }
+
+  window.ethereum = new EthereumProvider();
+})();
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ui/nim-status-client.pro b/ui/nim-status-client.pro
index c1dbd7f398..2eeec3bb51 100644
--- a/ui/nim-status-client.pro
+++ b/ui/nim-status-client.pro
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 QT += quick
+QT += webchannel
 
 # The following define makes your compiler emit warnings if you use
 # any Qt feature that has been marked deprecated (the exact warnings