diff --git a/bigchaindb/events.py b/bigchaindb/events.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a061ad50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bigchaindb/events.py
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+from enum import Enum
+from multiprocessing import Queue
+
+
+class EventTypes(Enum):
+    BLOCK_VALID = 1
+    BLOCK_INVALID = 2
+
+
+class Event(object):
+
+    def __init__(self, event_type, event_data):
+        self.type = event_type
+        self.data = event_data
+
+
+class EventHandler(object):
+
+    def __init__(self, events_queue):
+        self.events_queue = events_queue
+
+    def put_event(self, event, timeout=None):
+        # TODO: handle timeouts
+        self.events_queue.put(event, timeout=None)
+
+    def get_event(self, timeout=None):
+        # TODO: handle timeouts
+        return self.events_queue.get(timeout=None)
+
+
+def setup_events_queue():
+    # TODO: set bounds to the queue
+    return Queue()
diff --git a/bigchaindb/pipelines/election.py b/bigchaindb/pipelines/election.py
index a5818b3e..b17f5722 100644
--- a/bigchaindb/pipelines/election.py
+++ b/bigchaindb/pipelines/election.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ from bigchaindb import backend
 from bigchaindb.backend.changefeed import ChangeFeed
 from bigchaindb.models import Block
 from bigchaindb import Bigchain
+from bigchaindb.events import EventHandler, Event, EventTypes
 
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -22,8 +23,9 @@ logger_results = logging.getLogger('pipeline.election.results')
 class Election:
     """Election class."""
 
-    def __init__(self):
+    def __init__(self, events_queue):
         self.bigchain = Bigchain()
+        self.event_handler = EventHandler(events_queue)
 
     def check_for_quorum(self, next_vote):
         """
@@ -42,6 +44,7 @@ class Election:
         next_block = self.bigchain.get_block(block_id)
 
         result = self.bigchain.block_election(next_block)
+        self.handle_block_events(result, block_id)
         if result['status'] == self.bigchain.BLOCK_INVALID:
             return Block.from_dict(next_block)
 
@@ -67,9 +70,20 @@ class Election:
             self.bigchain.write_transaction(tx)
         return invalid_block
 
+    def handle_block_events(self, result, block_id):
+        if result['status'] == self.bigchain.BLOCK_UNDECIDED:
+            return
+        elif result['status'] == self.bigchain.BLOCK_INVALID:
+            event_type = EventTypes.BLOCK_INVALID
+        elif result['status'] == self.bigchain.BLOCK_VALID:
+            event_type = EventTypes.BLOCK_VALID
 
-def create_pipeline():
-    election = Election()
+        event = Event(event_type, {'block_id': block_id})
+        self.event_handler.put_event(event)
+
+
+def create_pipeline(events_queue):
+    election = Election(events_queue)
 
     election_pipeline = Pipeline([
         Node(election.check_for_quorum),
@@ -84,8 +98,8 @@ def get_changefeed():
     return backend.get_changefeed(connection, 'votes', ChangeFeed.INSERT)
 
 
-def start():
-    pipeline = create_pipeline()
+def start(events_queue):
+    pipeline = create_pipeline(events_queue)
     pipeline.setup(indata=get_changefeed())
     pipeline.start()
     return pipeline
diff --git a/bigchaindb/pipelines/events_consumer_example.py b/bigchaindb/pipelines/events_consumer_example.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7e833c82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bigchaindb/pipelines/events_consumer_example.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import multiprocessing as mp
+
+from bigchaindb.events import EventHandler
+
+
+def consume_events(events_queue):
+    event_handler = EventHandler(events_queue)
+    while True:
+        event = event_handler.get_event()
+        print('Event type: {} Event data: {}'.format(event.type, event.data))
+
+
+def events_consumer(events_queue):
+    return mp.Process(target=consume_events, args=(events_queue,))
diff --git a/bigchaindb/processes.py b/bigchaindb/processes.py
index 01d7a55a..687422ca 100644
--- a/bigchaindb/processes.py
+++ b/bigchaindb/processes.py
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import multiprocessing as mp
 
 import bigchaindb
 from bigchaindb.pipelines import vote, block, election, stale
+from bigchaindb.pipelines.events_consumer_example import events_consumer
+from bigchaindb.events import setup_events_queue
 from bigchaindb.web import server
 
 
@@ -25,6 +27,13 @@ BANNER = """
 def start():
     logger.info('Initializing BigchainDB...')
 
+    # Create the events queue
+    # The events queue needs to be initialized once and shared between
+    # processes. This seems the best way to do it
+    # At this point only the election processs and the event consumer require
+    # this queue.
+    events_queue = setup_events_queue()
+
     # start the processes
     logger.info('Starting block')
     block.start()
@@ -36,12 +45,17 @@ def start():
     stale.start()
 
     logger.info('Starting election')
-    election.start()
+    election.start(events_queue)
 
     # start the web api
     app_server = server.create_server(bigchaindb.config['server'])
     p_webapi = mp.Process(name='webapi', target=app_server.run)
     p_webapi.start()
 
+    # start the example events consumer
+    logger.info('Starting the events consumer example')
+    p_events_consumer = events_consumer(events_queue)
+    p_events_consumer.start()
+
     # start message
     logger.info(BANNER.format(bigchaindb.config['server']['bind']))