diff --git a/client/src/components/forms/PostFormCard.tsx b/client/src/components/forms/PostFormCard.tsx
index 2059dd3..ed2029d 100644
--- a/client/src/components/forms/PostFormCard.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/forms/PostFormCard.tsx
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { useSubmitForm } from "./handleSubmit";
 import "../../styles/Form.css";
 import EmotePicker from "../modals/EmotePicker/EmotePicker";
 import emotes from "../modals/EmotePicker/custom_emojis.json"
+import { DEFAULT_DIFFICULTY } from "../../config";
 
 interface FormProps {
     refEvent?: NostrEvent;
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ interface FormProps {
 
 const NewNoteCard = ({
     refEvent,
-    tagType, 
+    tagType,
     hashtag,
 }: FormProps) => {
     const [comment, setComment] = useState("");
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ const NewNoteCard = ({
         pubkey: "",
     });
     const [difficulty, setDifficulty] = useState(
-        localStorage.getItem("difficulty") || "21"
+        localStorage.getItem("difficulty") || DEFAULT_DIFFICULTY.toString()
     );
 
     useEffect(() => {
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ const NewNoteCard = ({
         if (refEvent && tagType) {
             unsigned.tags = Array.from(new Set(unsigned.tags.concat(refEvent.tags)));
             unsigned.tags.push(['p', refEvent.pubkey]);
-        
+
             if (tagType === 'Reply') {
                 unsigned.tags.push(['e', refEvent.id, refEvent.tags.some(tag => tag[0] === 'e') ? 'root' : '']);
             } else {
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ const NewNoteCard = ({
         }));
     }, [comment]);
 
-    const { handleSubmit: originalHandleSubmit, doingWorkProp, doingWorkProgress } = useSubmitForm(unsigned, difficulty);
+    const { handleSubmit: originalHandleSubmit, doingWorkProp, hashrate, bestPow } = useSubmitForm(unsigned, difficulty);
 
     const handleSubmit = async (event: React.FormEvent) => {
         await originalHandleSubmit(event);
@@ -127,13 +128,30 @@ const NewNoteCard = ({
                     rows={comment.split('\n').length || 1}
                 />
                 <div className="h-14 flex items-center justify-between">
-                    <div className="inline-flex items-center gap-2 bg-neutral-800 px-1.5 py-1 rounded-lg">
+                    <div className="inline-flex items-center bg-neutral-800 px-1 py-0.5 rounded-lg">
                         <div className="inline-flex items-center gap-1.5 text-neutral-300">
                             <CpuChipIcon className="h-4 w-4" />
                         </div>
-                        <p className="text-xs font-medium text-neutral-400">
-                            {difficulty} Work
-                        </p>
+                        <input
+                            type="number"
+                            className="bg-neutral-800 text-white text-xs font-medium border-none rounded-lg w-10"
+                            value={difficulty}
+                            onChange={(e) => setDifficulty(e.target.value)}
+                            min="10" // Assuming a minimum difficulty value of 1
+                        />
+                        <button
+                            type="button"
+                            onClick={() => setDifficulty(String(Math.max(10, parseInt(difficulty) - 1)))} // Decrement, ensuring not below min
+                        >
+                            -
+                        </button>
+                        <button
+                            type="button"
+                            className="pl-0.5"
+                            onClick={() => setDifficulty(String(parseInt(difficulty) + 1))} // Increment
+                        >
+                            +
+                        </button>
                     </div>
                     <div>
                         <div className="flex items-center gap-4">
@@ -148,14 +166,15 @@ const NewNoteCard = ({
                         </div>
                     </div>
                 </div>
+                {doingWorkProp ? (
+                    <div className="flex animate-pulse text-xs text-gray-300">
+                        <CpuChipIcon className="h-4 w-4 ml-auto" />
+                        <span>Doing Work:</span>
+                        {hashrate && <span>{hashrate > 100000 ? `${(hashrate / 1000).toFixed(0)}k` : hashrate}</span>}H/s
+                        <span className="pl-1"> (PB:{bestPow})</span>
+                    </div>
+                ) : null}
             </div>
-            {doingWorkProp ? (
-                <div className="flex animate-pulse text-sm text-gray-300">
-                    <CpuChipIcon className="h-4 w-4 ml-auto" />
-                    <span>Doing Work:</span>
-                    {doingWorkProgress && <span>{doingWorkProgress} hashes</span>}
-                </div>
-            ) : null}
             <div id="postFormError" className="text-red-500" />
         </form>
     );
diff --git a/client/src/components/forms/RepostNote.tsx b/client/src/components/forms/RepostNote.tsx
index 388ab72..99729d8 100644
--- a/client/src/components/forms/RepostNote.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/forms/RepostNote.tsx
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { useState, useEffect } from "react";
 import { UnsignedEvent, Event as NostrEvent, nip19 } from "nostr-tools";
 import { useSubmitForm } from "./handleSubmit";
 import "../../styles/Form.css";
+import { DEFAULT_DIFFICULTY } from "../../config";
 
 interface FormProps {
     refEvent: NostrEvent;
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ const RepostNote = ({
     refEvent
 }: FormProps) => {
     const [difficulty, setDifficulty] = useState(
-        localStorage.getItem("difficulty") || "21"
+        localStorage.getItem("difficulty") || DEFAULT_DIFFICULTY.toString()
     );
     const [unsigned] = useState<UnsignedEvent>({
         kind: 6,
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ const RepostNote = ({
         };
     }, []);
 
-    const { handleSubmit, doingWorkProp, doingWorkProgress } = useSubmitForm(unsigned, difficulty);
+    const { handleSubmit, doingWorkProp, hashrate } = useSubmitForm(unsigned, difficulty);
 
     return (
         <form
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ const RepostNote = ({
                 <div className="flex animate-pulse text-sm text-gray-300">
                     <CpuChipIcon className="h-4 w-4 ml-auto" />
                     <span>Doing Work:</span>
-                    {doingWorkProgress && <span>{doingWorkProgress} hashes</span>}
+                    {hashrate && <span>{hashrate} H/s</span>}
                 </div>
             ) : null}
             <div id="postFormError" className="text-red-500" />
diff --git a/client/src/components/forms/handleSubmit.ts b/client/src/components/forms/handleSubmit.ts
index 909721f..c2542e2 100644
--- a/client/src/components/forms/handleSubmit.ts
+++ b/client/src/components/forms/handleSubmit.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@ import { publish } from "../../utils/relays";
 
 const useWorkers = (numCores: number, unsigned: UnsignedEvent, difficulty: string, deps: any[]) => {
     const [messageFromWorker, setMessageFromWorker] = useState(null);
-    const [doingWorkProgress, setDoingWorkProgress] = useState(0);
+    const [hashrate, setHashrate] = useState(0);
+    const [bestPow, setBestPow] = useState(0);
+
+    const startTime = Date.now();
 
     const startWork = () => {
         const workers = Array(numCores).fill(null).map(() => new Worker(new URL("../../powWorker", import.meta.url)));
@@ -12,8 +15,10 @@ const useWorkers = (numCores: number, unsigned: UnsignedEvent, difficulty: strin
         workers.forEach((worker, index) => {
             worker.onmessage = (event) => {
                 if (event.data.status === 'progress') {
-                    console.log(`Worker progress: Checked ${event.data.currentNonce} nonces.`);
-                    setDoingWorkProgress(event.data.currentNonce);
+                    setHashrate(Math.floor(event.data.currentNonce/((Date.now() - startTime)/1000)));
+                    if (event.data.bestPoW > bestPow) {
+                        setBestPow(event.data.bestPoW)
+                    }
                 } else if (event.data.found) {
                     setMessageFromWorker(event.data.event);
                     // Terminate all workers once a solution is found
@@ -30,7 +35,7 @@ const useWorkers = (numCores: number, unsigned: UnsignedEvent, difficulty: strin
         });
     };
 
-    return { startWork, messageFromWorker, doingWorkProgress };
+    return { startWork, messageFromWorker, hashrate, bestPow };
 };
 
 export const useSubmitForm = (unsigned: UnsignedEvent, difficulty: string) => {
@@ -44,7 +49,7 @@ export const useSubmitForm = (unsigned: UnsignedEvent, difficulty: string) => {
     // Initialize the worker outside of any effects
     const numCores = navigator.hardwareConcurrency || 4;
 
-    const { startWork, messageFromWorker, doingWorkProgress } = useWorkers(numCores, unsignedWithPubkey, difficulty, [unsignedWithPubkey]);
+    const { startWork, messageFromWorker, hashrate, bestPow } = useWorkers(numCores, unsignedWithPubkey, difficulty, [unsignedWithPubkey]);
 
     useEffect(() => {
         if (unsignedPoWEvent) {
@@ -99,5 +104,5 @@ export const useSubmitForm = (unsigned: UnsignedEvent, difficulty: string) => {
         }
     }, [messageFromWorker]);
 
-    return { handleSubmit, doingWorkProp, doingWorkProgress };
+    return { handleSubmit, doingWorkProp, hashrate, bestPow };
 };
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diff --git a/client/src/components/routes/Home.tsx b/client/src/components/routes/Home.tsx
index 4680b9a..94048b7 100644
--- a/client/src/components/routes/Home.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/routes/Home.tsx
@@ -17,16 +17,7 @@ const Home = () => {
       (event.kind !== 1 || !event.tags.some((tag) => tag[0] === "e" || tag[0] === "a"))
     )
 
-  const sortedEvents = postEvents
-    .sort((a, b) => {
-      // Sort by PoW in descending order
-      const powDiff = verifyPow(b) - verifyPow(a);
-      if (powDiff !== 0) return powDiff;
-
-      // If PoW is the same, sort by created_at in descending order
-      return b.created_at - a.created_at;
-    }
-  );
+  const sortedEvents = postEvents.sort((a, b) => b.created_at - a.created_at);
 
   // Render the component
   return (
diff --git a/client/src/powWorker.ts b/client/src/powWorker.ts
index 61c6fce..9d126e1 100644
--- a/client/src/powWorker.ts
+++ b/client/src/powWorker.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ export function getPow(hex: string): number {
  */
 export function minePow<K extends number>(unsigned: UnsignedEvent, difficulty: number, nonceStart: number, nonceStep: number): { found: boolean, event?: Omit<Event, 'sig'> } {
     let nonce = nonceStart;
-
+    let bestPoW = 0;
+    
     const event = unsigned as Omit<Event, 'sig'>
     const tag = ['nonce', nonce.toString(), difficulty.toString()]
 
@@ -57,15 +58,20 @@ export function minePow<K extends number>(unsigned: UnsignedEvent, difficulty: n
         tag[1] = (nonce).toString();
 
         event.id = getEventHash(event);
+        let leadingZeroes = getPow(event.id);
 
-        if (getPow(event.id) >= difficulty) {
+        if (leadingZeroes > bestPoW) {
+            bestPoW = leadingZeroes;
+        }
+
+        if (leadingZeroes >= difficulty) {
             return { found: true, event: event };
         }
 
         nonce += nonceStep;
 
         if (nonce % (nonceStep * 10000) === 0) {
-            ctx.postMessage({ status: 'progress', currentNonce: nonce });
+            ctx.postMessage({ status: 'progress', currentNonce: nonce,  bestPoW});
         }
     }
     return { found: false };
diff --git a/client/src/styles/Form.css b/client/src/styles/Form.css
index e83d125..041ac41 100644
--- a/client/src/styles/Form.css
+++ b/client/src/styles/Form.css
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
 textarea {
     caret-color: rgb(0, 38, 255);
+}
+
+/* Hide the increment and decrement buttons on number inputs */
+input[type="number"]::-webkit-inner-spin-button,
+input[type="number"]::-webkit-outer-spin-button {
+    -webkit-appearance: none;
+    margin: 0;
+}
+
+input[type="number"] {
+    -moz-appearance: textfield; /* Firefox */
 }
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