diff --git a/client/src/App.tsx b/client/src/App.tsx
index 2ac97ca..a4b1847 100644
--- a/client/src/App.tsx
+++ b/client/src/App.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ 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);
 
@@ -13,7 +15,7 @@ function App() {
   };
 
   return (
-    <div>
+    <NostrProvider relayUrls={relayUrls} debug={true}>
       <SwipeableViews index={index} onChangeIndex={handleChangeIndex}>
         <div>
           <Settings />
@@ -22,7 +24,7 @@ function App() {
           <Home />
         </div>
       </SwipeableViews>
-    </div>
+    </NostrProvider>
   );
 }
 
diff --git a/client/src/components/PostCard/PostCard.tsx b/client/src/components/PostCard/PostCard.tsx
index 6f5b000..cd1e93b 100644
--- a/client/src/components/PostCard/PostCard.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/PostCard/PostCard.tsx
@@ -25,6 +25,19 @@ 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;
+  for (let i = 0; i < id.length; i++) {
+    hash = (hash << 5) - hash + id.charCodeAt(i);
+  }
+
+  // Use the hash to pick a color from the colors array
+  const index = Math.abs(hash) % colors.length;
+  return colors[index];
+};
+
 const timeAgo = (unixTime: number) => {
   const seconds = Math.floor((new Date().getTime() / 1000) - unixTime);
   
@@ -52,6 +65,7 @@ const PostCard = ({ event}: { event: Event }) => {
     //     limit: 200,
     //   },
     // ]);
+    const colorCombo = getColorFromHash(event.id, colorCombos);
 
   return (
     <>
@@ -59,7 +73,7 @@ const PostCard = ({ event}: { event: Event }) => {
         <div className="flex flex-col">
           <div className="flex justify-between items-center">
             <div className="flex items-center">
-            <div className={`h-5 w-5 bg-gradient-to-r ${getRandomElement(colorCombos)} rounded-full`} />
+            <div className={`h-5 w-5 bg-gradient-to-r ${colorCombo} rounded-full`} />
               <div className="ml-2 text-md font-semibold">Anonymous</div>
             </div>
             <div className="flex items-center ml-auto">
diff --git a/client/src/utils/relays.tsx b/client/src/utils/relays.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..16bf007
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/utils/relays.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+import {
+createContext,
+ReactNode,
+useCallback,
+useContext,
+useEffect,
+useRef,
+useState,
+} from "react"
+import { Relay, Filter, Event, relayInit, Sub } from "nostr-tools"
+import { uniqBy } from "./utils"
+
+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
+
+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,
+})
+
+const log = (
+    isOn: boolean | undefined,
+    type: "info" | "error" | "warn",
+    ...args: unknown[]
+) => {
+    if (!isOn) return
+    console[type](...args)
+}
+
+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 (${relay.url}): Sending event:`, event)
+  
+        return relay.publish(event)
+      })
+    }
+  
+    const value: NostrContextType = {
+      debug,
+      isLoading,
+      connectedRelays,
+      publish,
+      onConnect: (_onConnectCallback?: OnConnectFunc) => {
+        if (_onConnectCallback) {
+          onConnectCallback = _onConnectCallback
+        }
+      },
+      onDisconnect: (_onDisconnectCallback?: OnDisconnectFunc) => {
+        if (_onDisconnectCallback) {
+          onDisconnectCallback = _onDisconnectCallback
+        }
+      },
+    }
+  
+    return <NostrContext.Provider value={value}>{children}</NostrContext.Provider>
+  }
+  
+  export function useNostr() {
+    return useContext(NostrContext)
+  }
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diff --git a/client/src/utils/utils.ts b/client/src/utils/utils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d2a7fc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/utils/utils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+export const uniqBy = <T>(arr: T[], key: keyof T): T[] => {
+    return Object.values(
+      arr.reduce(
+        (map, item) => ({
+          ...map,
+          [`${item[key]}`]: item,
+        }),
+        {},
+      ),
+    )
+  }
+  
+  export const uniqValues = (value: string, index: number, self: string[]) => {
+    return self.indexOf(value) === index
+  }
+  
+  export const dateToUnix = (_date?: Date) => {
+    const date = _date || new Date()
+  
+    return Math.floor(date.getTime() / 1000)
+  }
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