diff --git a/client/src/App.tsx b/client/src/App.tsx
index a4b1847..9944934 100644
--- a/client/src/App.tsx
+++ b/client/src/App.tsx
@@ -3,9 +3,7 @@ import './App.css';
 import Home from './components/Home';
 import Settings from './components/Settings';
 import SwipeableViews from 'react-swipeable-views';
-import { NostrProvider } from './utils/relays';
 
-const relayUrls = ['wss://relay.damus.io'];
 function App() {
   const [index, setIndex] = React.useState(1);
 
@@ -15,7 +13,6 @@ function App() {
   };
 
   return (
-    <NostrProvider relayUrls={relayUrls} debug={true}>
       <SwipeableViews index={index} onChangeIndex={handleChangeIndex}>
         <div>
           <Settings />
@@ -24,7 +21,6 @@ function App() {
           <Home />
         </div>
       </SwipeableViews>
-    </NostrProvider>
   );
 }
 
diff --git a/client/src/components/Home.tsx b/client/src/components/Home.tsx
index 63a3efd..5520523 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Home.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/Home.tsx
@@ -1,48 +1,48 @@
 import React, { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
-import { relayInit } from 'nostr-tools';
 import PostCard from './PostCard/PostCard';
-import Header from './Header/Header';
 import NewThreadCard from './PostCard/NewThreadCard';
 import { getPow } from '../utils/mine';
-import { Event } from 'nostr-tools';
+import { relayInit, Event } from 'nostr-tools';
+import { subGlobalFeed, simpleSub24hFeed } from '../utils/subscriptions';
+import { uniqBy } from '../utils/utils';
 
 const relay = relayInit('wss://nostr.lu.ke');
 
+type EventRelayMap = {
+  [eventId: string]: string[];
+};
+const eventRelayMap: EventRelayMap = {}; // eventId: [relay1, relay2]
+
+
 const Home = () => {
-  // Define the type of the state variable
-  const [events, setEvents] = useState<Event[]>([]);
+  const [events, setEvents] = useState<Event[]>([]); // Initialize state
+
+  // Define your callback function for subGlobalFeed
+  const onEvent = (event: Event, relay: string) => {
+    setEvents((prevEvents) => [...prevEvents, event]);
+    console.log(event.id);
+  };
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    relay.on('connect', async () => {
-      console.log(`connected to ${relay.url}`);
+    // Subscribe to global feed when the component mounts
+    subGlobalFeed(onEvent);
 
-      const eventList = await relay.list([
-        {
-          kinds: [1],
-          limit: 200,
-        },
-      ]);
+    // Optionally, return a cleanup function to unsubscribe when the component unmounts
+    return () => {
+      // Your cleanup code here
+    };
+  }, []);  // Empty dependency array means this useEffect runs once when the component mounts
 
-      // Filter events with a difficulty greater than 10
-      const filteredEvents = eventList.filter(event => getPow(event.id) > 2);
-
-      // Assuming eventList is of type Event[]
-      setEvents(filteredEvents);
-    });
-
-    relay.on('error', () => {
-      console.log(`failed to connect to ${relay.url}`);
-    });
-
-    relay.connect();
-  }, []);
+  const uniqEvents = events.length > 0 ? uniqBy(events, "id") : [];
+  // const filteredEvents = uniqEvents.filter(event => getPow(event.id) > 5);
+  const sortedEvents = uniqEvents.sort((a, b) => (b.created_at as any) - (a.created_at as any));
 
   return (
     <>
     <main className="bg-black text-white min-h-screen">
       <div className="grid grid-cols-1 md:grid-cols-2 lg:grid-cols-3 gap-4 p-4">
         <NewThreadCard />
-        {events.sort((a, b) => b.created_at - a.created_at).map((event, index) => (
+        {sortedEvents.sort((a, b) => b.created_at - a.created_at).map((event, index) => (
           <PostCard key={index} event={event}/>
         ))}
       </div>
diff --git a/client/src/components/PostCard/NewThreadCard.tsx b/client/src/components/PostCard/NewThreadCard.tsx
index f0e1ffb..646b0e5 100644
--- a/client/src/components/PostCard/NewThreadCard.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/PostCard/NewThreadCard.tsx
@@ -1,47 +1,34 @@
 import CardContainer from './CardContainer';
-import { ArrowUpTrayIcon } from '@heroicons/react/24/outline';
+import { ArrowUpTrayIcon, CpuChipIcon } from '@heroicons/react/24/outline';
 import { useState } from 'react';
-import { generatePrivateKey, getPublicKey, finishEvent, relayInit} from 'nostr-tools';
+import { Event, generatePrivateKey, getPublicKey, finishEvent, relayInit} from 'nostr-tools';
 import { minePow } from '../../utils/mine';
 
 const difficulty = 10
 
-export const relay = relayInit('wss://nostr.lu.ke')
-
-const NewThreadCard = () => {
+const NewThreadCard: React.FC = () => {
   const [comment, setComment] = useState("");
-
+  
   const handleSubmit = async (event: React.FormEvent<HTMLFormElement>) => {
     event.preventDefault();
-    let sk = generatePrivateKey()
-    let pk = getPublicKey(sk)
-
-    relay.on('connect', () => {
-      console.log(`connected to ${relay.url}`)
-    })
-    relay.on('error', () => {
-      console.log(`failed to connect to ${relay.url}`)
-    })
-
-    await relay.connect()
+    let sk = generatePrivateKey();
 
     try {
       const event = minePow({
         kind: 1,
         tags: [],
-        content: 'Hello, world!',
-        created_at: Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000), //needs to be date To Unix
-        pubkey: pk,
-      }, difficulty)
+        content: comment,
+        created_at: Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000),
+        pubkey: getPublicKey(sk),
+      }, difficulty);
 
-      const signedEvent = finishEvent(event, sk)
-      await relay.publish(signedEvent)
-      console.log(signedEvent.id)
+      const signedEvent = finishEvent(event, sk);
+      // await publish(signedEvent);
+      console.log(signedEvent.id);
 
     } catch (error) {
       setComment(comment + " " + error);
     }
-    relay.close()
   };
 
   // async function attachFile(file_input: File | null) {
@@ -80,6 +67,8 @@ const NewThreadCard = () => {
                 name="com" 
                 wrap="soft" 
                 className="w-full p-2 rounded bg-gradient-to-r from-blue-900 to-cyan-500 text-white border-none"
+                value={comment} 
+                onChange={(e) => setComment(e.target.value)}
               />
             </div>
             <div className="flex justify-between items-center">
@@ -87,9 +76,10 @@ const NewThreadCard = () => {
                 <ArrowUpTrayIcon className="h-6 w-6 text-white" />
                 <input type="file" className="hidden" />
               </div>
-            <button type="submit" className="px-4 py-2 bg-gradient-to-r from-cyan-900 to-blue-500 rounded text-white font-semibold">
-              Submit
-            </button>
+              <span className="flex items-center"><CpuChipIcon className="h-6 w-6 text-white" />: {difficulty}</span>
+              <button type="submit" className="px-4 py-2 bg-gradient-to-r from-cyan-900 to-blue-500 rounded text-white font-semibold">
+                Submit
+              </button>
             </div>
             <div id="postFormError" className="text-red-500" />
           </form>
@@ -98,5 +88,4 @@ const NewThreadCard = () => {
   );
 };
 
-
 export default NewThreadCard;
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diff --git a/client/src/components/PostCard/PostCard.tsx b/client/src/components/PostCard/PostCard.tsx
index cd1e93b..aac8fb1 100644
--- a/client/src/components/PostCard/PostCard.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/PostCard/PostCard.tsx
@@ -21,11 +21,6 @@ const colorCombos = [
   'from-sky-400 to-cyan-500'
 ];
 
-function getRandomElement(array: string[]): string {
-  const index = Math.floor(Math.random() * array.length);
-  return array[index];
-}
-
 const getColorFromHash = (id: string, colors: string[]): string => {
   // Create a simple hash from the event.id
   let hash = 0;
diff --git a/client/src/utils/relays.tsx b/client/src/utils/relays.tsx
index 16bf007..35ae5ff 100644
--- a/client/src/utils/relays.tsx
+++ b/client/src/utils/relays.tsx
@@ -1,152 +1,108 @@
-import {
-createContext,
-ReactNode,
-useCallback,
-useContext,
-useEffect,
-useRef,
-useState,
-} from "react"
-import { Relay, Filter, Event, relayInit, Sub } from "nostr-tools"
-import { uniqBy } from "./utils"
+import {Event, Filter, relayInit, Relay, Sub} from 'nostr-tools';
 
-type OnConnectFunc = (relay: Relay) => void
-type OnDisconnectFunc = (relay: Relay) => void
-type OnEventFunc = (event: Event) => void
-type OnDoneFunc = () => void
-type OnSubscribeFunc = (sub: Sub, relay: Relay) => void
+type SubCallback = (
+  event: Readonly<Event>,
+  relay: Readonly<string>,
+) => void;
 
-interface NostrContextType {
-    isLoading: boolean
-    debug?: boolean
-    connectedRelays: Relay[]
-    onConnect: (_onConnectCallback?: OnConnectFunc) => void
-    onDisconnect: (_onDisconnectCallback?: OnDisconnectFunc) => void
-    publish: (event: Event) => void
-}
-  
-const NostrContext = createContext<NostrContextType>({
-    isLoading: true,
-    connectedRelays: [],
-    onConnect: () => null,
-    onDisconnect: () => null,
-    publish: () => null,
-})
+type Subscribe = {
+  cb: SubCallback;
+  filter: Filter;
+  unsub?: boolean;
+};
 
-const log = (
-    isOn: boolean | undefined,
-    type: "info" | "error" | "warn",
-    ...args: unknown[]
-) => {
-    if (!isOn) return
-    console[type](...args)
-}
+const subList: Array<Sub> = [];
+const currentSubList: Array<Subscribe> = [];
+const relayMap = new Map<string, Relay>();
 
-export function NostrProvider({
-    children,
-    relayUrls,
-    debug,
-  }: {
-    children: ReactNode
-    relayUrls: string[]
-    debug?: boolean
-  }) {
-    const [isLoading, setIsLoading] = useState(true)
-    const [connectedRelays, setConnectedRelays] = useState<Relay[]>([])
-    const [relays, setRelays] = useState<Relay[]>([])
-    const relayUrlsRef = useRef<string[]>([])
-  
-    let onConnectCallback: null | OnConnectFunc = null
-    let onDisconnectCallback: null | OnDisconnectFunc = null
-  
-    const disconnectToRelays = useCallback(
-      (relayUrls: string[]) => {
-        relayUrls.forEach(async (relayUrl) => {
-          await relays.find((relay) => relay.url === relayUrl)?.close()
-          setRelays((prev) => prev.filter((r) => r.url !== relayUrl))
-        })
-      },
-      [relays],
-    )
-  
-    const connectToRelays = useCallback(
-      (relayUrls: string[]) => {
-        relayUrls.forEach(async (relayUrl) => {
-          const relay = relayInit(relayUrl)
-  
-          if (connectedRelays.findIndex((r) => r.url === relayUrl) >= 0) {
-            // already connected, skip
-            return
-          }
-  
-          setRelays((prev) => uniqBy([...prev, relay], "url"))
-          relay.connect()
-  
-          relay.on("connect", () => {
-            log(debug, "info", `✅ nostr (${relayUrl}): Connected!`)
-            setIsLoading(false)
-            onConnectCallback?.(relay)
-            setConnectedRelays((prev) => uniqBy([...prev, relay], "url"))
-          })
-  
-          relay.on("disconnect", () => {
-            log(debug, "warn", `🚪 nostr (${relayUrl}): Connection closed.`)
-            onDisconnectCallback?.(relay)
-            setConnectedRelays((prev) => prev.filter((r) => r.url !== relayUrl))
-          })
-  
-          relay.on("error", () => {
-            log(debug, "error", `❌ nostr (${relayUrl}): Connection error!`)
-          })
-        })
-      },
-      [connectedRelays, debug, onConnectCallback, onDisconnectCallback],
-    )
-  
-    useEffect(() => {
-      if (relayUrlsRef.current === relayUrls) {
-        // relayUrls isn't updated, skip
-        return
-      }
-  
-      const relayUrlsToDisconnect = relayUrlsRef.current.filter(
-        (relayUrl) => !relayUrls.includes(relayUrl),
-      )
-  
-      disconnectToRelays(relayUrlsToDisconnect)
-      connectToRelays(relayUrls)
-  
-      relayUrlsRef.current = relayUrls
-    }, [relayUrls, connectToRelays, disconnectToRelays])
-  
-    const publish = (event: Event) => {
-      return connectedRelays.map((relay) => {
-        log(debug, "info", `⬆️ nostr (${relay.url}): Sending event:`, event)
-  
-        return relay.publish(event)
-      })
-    }
-  
-    const value: NostrContextType = {
-      debug,
-      isLoading,
-      connectedRelays,
-      publish,
-      onConnect: (_onConnectCallback?: OnConnectFunc) => {
-        if (_onConnectCallback) {
-          onConnectCallback = _onConnectCallback
-        }
-      },
-      onDisconnect: (_onDisconnectCallback?: OnDisconnectFunc) => {
-        if (_onDisconnectCallback) {
-          onDisconnectCallback = _onDisconnectCallback
-        }
-      },
-    }
-  
-    return <NostrContext.Provider value={value}>{children}</NostrContext.Provider>
+export const addRelay = async (url: string) => {
+  const relay = relayInit(url);
+  relay.on('connect', () => {
+    console.info(`connected to ${relay.url}`);
+  });
+  relay.on('error', () => {
+    console.warn(`failed to connect to ${relay.url}`);
+  });
+  try {
+    await relay.connect();
+    currentSubList.forEach(({cb, filter}) => subscribe(cb, filter, relay));
+    relayMap.set(url, relay);
+  } catch {
+    console.warn(`could not connect to ${url}`);
   }
-  
-  export function useNostr() {
-    return useContext(NostrContext)
-  }
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+};
+
+export const unsubscribe = (sub: Sub) => {
+  sub.unsub();
+  subList.splice(subList.indexOf(sub), 1);
+};
+
+const subscribe = (
+  cb: SubCallback,
+  filter: Filter,
+  relay: Relay,
+  unsub?: boolean
+) => {
+  const sub = relay.sub([filter]);
+  subList.push(sub);
+  sub.on('event', (event: Event) => {
+    cb(event, relay.url);
+  });
+  if (unsub) {
+    sub.on('eose', () => {
+      // console.log('eose', relay.url);
+      unsubscribe(sub);
+    });
+  }
+  return sub;
+};
+
+export const sub = (obj: Subscribe) => {
+  currentSubList.push(obj);
+  relayMap.forEach((relay) => subscribe(obj.cb, obj.filter, relay, obj.unsub));
+};
+
+export const subOnce = (
+  obj: Subscribe & {relay: string}
+) => {
+  const relay = relayMap.get(obj.relay);
+  if (relay) {
+    const sub = subscribe(obj.cb, obj.filter, relay);
+    sub.on('eose', () => {
+      // console.log('eose', obj.relay);
+      unsubscribe(sub);
+    });
+  }
+};
+
+export const unsubAll = () => {
+  subList.forEach(unsubscribe);
+  currentSubList.length = 0;
+};
+
+type PublishCallback = (
+  relay: string,
+  errorMessage?: string,
+) => void;
+
+
+export const publish = (event: Event, cb: PublishCallback) => {
+    relayMap.forEach(async (relay, url) => {
+      try {
+        await relay.publish(event);
+        console.info(`${relay.url} has accepted our event`);
+        cb(relay.url);
+      } catch (reason) {
+        console.error(`failed to publish to ${relay.url}: ${reason}`);
+        cb(relay.url, reason as string);
+      }
+    });
+  };
+
+
+addRelay('wss://relay.snort.social');
+addRelay('wss://nostr.bitcoiner.social');
+addRelay('wss://nostr.mom');
+addRelay('wss://relay.nostr.bg');
+addRelay('wss://nos.lol');
+// addRelay('wss://relay.nostr.ch');
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diff --git a/client/src/utils/subscriptions.ts b/client/src/utils/subscriptions.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1ab2f55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/utils/subscriptions.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+import {sub, subOnce, unsubAll} from './relays';
+import { Event } from 'nostr-tools';
+
+type SubCallback = (
+    event: Event,
+    relay: string,
+) => void;  
+
+/** subscribe to global feed */
+export const subGlobalFeed = (onEvent: SubCallback) => {
+    console.info('subscribe to global feed');
+    unsubAll();
+    const now = Math.floor(Date.now() * 0.001);
+    const pubkeys = new Set<string>();
+    const notes = new Set<string>();
+    const prefix = Math.floor(10 / 4); //  4 bits in each '0' character
+    
+    sub({ // get past events
+      cb: (evt, relay) => {
+        pubkeys.add(evt.pubkey);
+        notes.add(evt.id);
+        onEvent(evt, relay);
+      },
+      filter: {
+        kinds: [1],
+        since: Math.floor((Date.now() * 0.001) - (24 * 60 * 60)),
+        limit: 10,
+      },
+      unsub: true
+    });
+  
+    setTimeout(() => {
+      // get profile info
+      sub({
+        cb: onEvent,
+        filter: {
+          authors: Array.from(pubkeys),
+          kinds: [0],
+          limit: pubkeys.size,
+        },
+        unsub: true,
+      });
+      pubkeys.clear();
+      notes.clear();
+    }, 2000);
+  
+    // subscribe to future notes, reactions and profile updates
+    sub({
+      cb: (evt, relay) => {
+        onEvent(evt, relay);
+        if (
+          evt.kind !== 1
+          || pubkeys.has(evt.pubkey)
+        ) {
+          return;
+        }
+        subOnce({ // get profil data
+          relay,
+          cb: onEvent,
+          filter: {
+            authors: [evt.pubkey],
+            kinds: [0],
+            limit: 1,
+          }
+        });
+      },
+      filter: {
+        kinds: [0, 1],
+        since: now,
+      },
+    });
+  };
+
+  /** subscribe to global feed */
+export const simpleSub24hFeed = (onEvent: SubCallback) => {
+  unsubAll();
+  sub({
+    cb: onEvent,
+    filter: {
+      kinds: [1],
+      //until: Math.floor(Date.now() * 0.001),
+      since: Math.floor((Date.now() * 0.001) - (24 * 60 * 60)),
+      limit: 1,
+    }
+  });
+};
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