diff --git a/miner/src/lib.rs b/miner/src/lib.rs
index 73ef2ad1..27cd1bde 100644
--- a/miner/src/lib.rs
+++ b/miner/src/lib.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ mod cpu_miner;
 mod fee;
 mod memory_pool;
 
-pub use block_assembler::BlockAssembler;
+pub use block_assembler::{BlockAssembler, BlockTemplate};
 pub use cpu_miner::find_solution;
 pub use memory_pool::{MemoryPool, Information as MemoryPoolInformation, OrderingStrategy as MemoryPoolOrderingStrategy};
 pub use fee::{transaction_fee, transaction_fee_rate};
diff --git a/sync/src/lib.rs b/sync/src/lib.rs
index fa78b3ed..edc9dd2d 100644
--- a/sync/src/lib.rs
+++ b/sync/src/lib.rs
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ pub fn create_local_sync_node(handle: &Handle, network: Magic, db: db::SharedSto
 	use synchronization_verifier::AsyncVerifier;
 
 	let sync_client_config = SynchronizationConfig {
+		network: network,
 		// during regtests, peer is providing us with bad blocks => we shouldn't close connection because of this
 		close_connection_on_bad_block: network != Magic::Regtest,
 		// TODO: remove me
diff --git a/sync/src/local_node.rs b/sync/src/local_node.rs
index 4c5e3d7f..fe37c73d 100644
--- a/sync/src/local_node.rs
+++ b/sync/src/local_node.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ use synchronization_executor::{Task as SynchronizationTask, TaskExecutor as Sync
 use synchronization_server::{Server, SynchronizationServer};
 use synchronization_verifier::{AsyncVerifier, TransactionVerificationSink};
 use primitives::hash::H256;
+use miner::BlockTemplate;
 
 // TODO: check messages before processing (filterload' filter is max 36000, nHashFunc is <= 50, etc)
 
@@ -262,6 +263,11 @@ impl<T, U, V> LocalNode<T, U, V> where T: SynchronizationTaskExecutor + PeersCon
 		sink_data.wait()
 	}
 
+	pub fn get_block_template(&self) -> BlockTemplate {
+		let client = self.client.lock();
+		client.get_block_template()
+	}
+
 	fn transactions_inventory(&self, inventory: &[InventoryVector]) -> Vec<H256> {
 		inventory.iter()
 			.filter(|item| item.inv_type == InventoryType::MessageTx)
diff --git a/sync/src/synchronization_client.rs b/sync/src/synchronization_client.rs
index 437a08ee..6f027866 100644
--- a/sync/src/synchronization_client.rs
+++ b/sync/src/synchronization_client.rs
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ use miner::transaction_fee_rate;
 use verification::ChainVerifier;
 use time;
 use std::time::Duration;
+use miner::{BlockAssembler, BlockTemplate};
+use network::Magic;
 
 #[cfg_attr(feature="cargo-clippy", allow(doc_markdown))]
 ///! TODO: update with headers-first corrections
@@ -215,6 +217,7 @@ pub trait Client : Send + 'static {
 	fn on_peer_disconnected(&mut self, peer_index: usize);
 	fn after_peer_nearly_blocks_verified(&mut self, peer_index: usize, future: EmptyBoxFuture);
 	fn accept_transaction(&mut self, transaction: Transaction, sink: Box<TransactionVerificationSink>) -> Result<(), String>;
+	fn get_block_template(&self) -> BlockTemplate;
 }
 
 /// Synchronization client trait
@@ -238,6 +241,7 @@ pub trait ClientCore {
 	fn on_peer_disconnected(&mut self, peer_index: usize);
 	fn after_peer_nearly_blocks_verified(&mut self, peer_index: usize, future: EmptyBoxFuture);
 	fn accept_transaction(&mut self, transaction: Transaction, sink: Box<TransactionVerificationSink>) -> Result<VecDeque<(H256, Transaction)>, String>;
+	fn get_block_template(&self) -> BlockTemplate;
 	fn execute_synchronization_tasks(&mut self, forced_blocks_requests: Option<Vec<H256>>, final_blocks_requests: Option<Vec<H256>>);
 	fn try_switch_to_saturated_state(&mut self) -> bool;
 	fn on_block_verification_success(&mut self, block: IndexedBlock) -> Option<Vec<VerificationTask>>;
@@ -250,6 +254,8 @@ pub trait ClientCore {
 /// Synchronization client configuration options.
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct Config {
+	/// Network
+	pub network: Magic,
 	/// If true, connection to peer who has provided us with bad block is closed
 	pub close_connection_on_bad_block: bool,
 	/// Number of threads to allocate in synchronization CpuPool.
@@ -514,6 +520,10 @@ impl<T, U> Client for SynchronizationClient<T, U> where T: TaskExecutor, U: Veri
 		}
 		Ok(())
 	}
+
+	fn get_block_template(&self) -> BlockTemplate {
+		self.core.lock().get_block_template()
+	}
 }
 
 impl<T, U> SynchronizationClient<T, U> where T: TaskExecutor, U: Verifier {
@@ -838,6 +848,14 @@ impl<T> ClientCore for SynchronizationClientCore<T> where T: TaskExecutor {
 		}
 	}
 
+	fn get_block_template(&self) -> BlockTemplate {
+		let block_assembler = BlockAssembler::default();
+		let chain = self.chain.read();
+		let store = chain.storage();
+		let memory_pool = chain.memory_pool();
+		block_assembler.create_new_block(&store, memory_pool, time::get_time().sec as u32, self.config.network)
+	}
+
 	/// Schedule new synchronization tasks, if any.
 	fn execute_synchronization_tasks(&mut self, forced_blocks_requests: Option<Vec<H256>>, final_blocks_requests: Option<Vec<H256>>) {
 		let mut tasks: Vec<Task> = Vec::new();