diff --git a/frontend/src/app/app.constants.ts b/frontend/src/app/app.constants.ts
index a680d45f6..e18f223c2 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/app.constants.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/app/app.constants.ts
@@ -130,12 +130,11 @@ export const languages: Language[] = [
    { code: 'zh', name: '中文' },            // Chinese
 ];
 
-
 export const specialBlocks = {
-  '708998': {
-    labelEvent: '🌱 Taproot Activated!',
+  '709632': {
+    labelEvent: '🌱 Taproot activated!',
   },
   '840000': {
-    labelEvent: '🥳 Halving Event!',
+    labelEvent: '🥳 Halving',
   }
 };
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/components/blockchain-blocks/blockchain-blocks.component.scss b/frontend/src/app/components/blockchain-blocks/blockchain-blocks.component.scss
index c0e172059..569f464a5 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/components/blockchain-blocks/blockchain-blocks.component.scss
+++ b/frontend/src/app/components/blockchain-blocks/blockchain-blocks.component.scss
@@ -120,33 +120,3 @@
   50% {opacity: 1.0;}
   100% {opacity: 0.7;}
 }
-
-// Blinking block
-@keyframes shadowyBackground {
-  0% {
-    box-shadow: -10px -15px 75px rgba(#5E35B1, 1);
-    transform: rotate(0deg) translateY(0px);
-  }
-  25% {
-    transform: rotate(3deg) translateY(5px);
-  }
-  50% {
-    box-shadow: -10px -15px 75px rgba(#5E35B1, .3);
-    transform: rotate(0deg) translateY(0px);
-  }
-  75% {
-    transform: rotate(-3deg) translateY(5px);
-  }
-  100% {
-    box-shadow: -10px -15px 75px rgba(#5E35B1, 1);
-    transform: rotate(0deg);
-  }
-}
-
-.blink-bg {
-  color: #fff;
-  background: repeating-linear-gradient(rgb(45, 51, 72), rgb(45, 51, 72) 0.163525%, rgb(16, 95, 176) 100%, rgb(147, 57, 244) 0.163525%) !important;
-  animation: shadowyBackground 1s infinite;
-  box-shadow: -10px -15px 75px rgba(#5E35B1, 1);
-  transition: 100ms all ease-in;
-}
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/components/mempool-blocks/mempool-blocks.component.html b/frontend/src/app/components/mempool-blocks/mempool-blocks.component.html
index 3c2f599df..de28df624 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/components/mempool-blocks/mempool-blocks.component.html
+++ b/frontend/src/app/components/mempool-blocks/mempool-blocks.component.html
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 <ng-container *ngIf="(loadingBlocks$ | async) === false; else loadingBlocks">
   <div class="mempool-blocks-container" *ngIf="(timeAvg$ | async) as timeAvg;">
-    <div class="flashing">      
+    <div class="flashing">
       <ng-template ngFor let-projectedBlock [ngForOf]="mempoolBlocks$ | async" let-i="index" [ngForTrackBy]="trackByFn">
-        <div class="bitcoin-block text-center mempool-block" id="mempool-block-{{ i }}" [ngStyle]="mempoolBlockStyles[i]">
+        <div class="bitcoin-block text-center mempool-block" id="mempool-block-{{ i }}" [ngStyle]="mempoolBlockStyles[i]"  [class.blink-bg]="projectedBlock.blink">
           <a [routerLink]="['/mempool-block/' | relativeUrl, i]" class="blockLink">&nbsp;</a>
           <div class="block-body">
             <div class="fees">
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/components/mempool-blocks/mempool-blocks.component.scss b/frontend/src/app/components/mempool-blocks/mempool-blocks.component.scss
index 5db365452..92c40c73b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/components/mempool-blocks/mempool-blocks.component.scss
+++ b/frontend/src/app/components/mempool-blocks/mempool-blocks.component.scss
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 .flashing {
   animation: opacityPulse 2s ease-out;
-  animation-iteration-count: infinite; 
+  animation-iteration-count: infinite;
   opacity: 1;
 }
 
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
 }
 
 .bitcoin-block::after {
-  content: '';   
+  content: '';
   width: 125px;
   height: 24px;
   position:absolute;
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
   left: -20px;
   background-color: #232838;
   transform:skew(40deg);
-  transform-origin:top;    
+  transform-origin:top;
 }
 
 .bitcoin-block::before {
@@ -78,18 +78,18 @@
   position: absolute;
   top: -12px;
   left: -20px;
-  background-color: #191c27; 
-  
+  background-color: #191c27;
+
   transform: skewY(50deg);
-  transform-origin: top;     
+  transform-origin: top;
 }
 
 .mempool-block.bitcoin-block::after {
-  background-color: #403834; 
+  background-color: #403834;
 }
 
 .mempool-block.bitcoin-block::before {
-  background-color: #2d2825; 
+  background-color: #2d2825;
 }
 
 .black-background {
@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@
   position: relative;
   right: 75px;
   top: 140px;
-  width: 0; 
-  height: 0; 
+  width: 0;
+  height: 0;
   border-left: 35px solid transparent;
   border-right: 35px solid transparent;
   border-bottom: 35px solid #FFF;
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/components/mempool-blocks/mempool-blocks.component.ts b/frontend/src/app/components/mempool-blocks/mempool-blocks.component.ts
index d75ae4409..1cc83ad52 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/components/mempool-blocks/mempool-blocks.component.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/app/components/mempool-blocks/mempool-blocks.component.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import { StateService } from 'src/app/services/state.service';
 import { Router } from '@angular/router';
 import { take, map, switchMap, share } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { feeLevels, mempoolFeeColors } from 'src/app/app.constants';
+import { specialBlocks } from 'src/app/app.constants';
+import { Block } from 'src/app/interfaces/electrs.interface';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'app-mempool-blocks',
@@ -13,12 +15,13 @@ import { feeLevels, mempoolFeeColors } from 'src/app/app.constants';
   changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.OnPush,
 })
 export class MempoolBlocksComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
-
+  specialBlocks = specialBlocks;
   mempoolBlocks: MempoolBlock[] = [];
   mempoolEmptyBlocks: MempoolBlock[] = this.mountEmptyBlocks();
   mempoolBlocks$: Observable<MempoolBlock[]>;
   timeAvg$: Observable<number>;
   loadingBlocks$: Observable<boolean>;
+  blocksSubscription: Subscription;
 
   mempoolBlocksFull: MempoolBlock[] = [];
   mempoolBlockStyles = [];
@@ -74,26 +77,25 @@ export class MempoolBlocksComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
       fromEvent(window, 'resize')
     )
     .pipe(
-      switchMap(() => this.stateService.mempoolBlocks$),
-      map((blocks) => {
-        if (!blocks.length) {
-          return [{ index: 0, blockSize: 0, blockVSize: 0, feeRange: [0, 0], medianFee: 0, nTx: 0, totalFees: 0 }];
-        }
-        return blocks;
-      }),
-      map((blocks) => {
-        blocks.forEach((block, i) => {
-          block.index = this.blockIndex + i;
-        });
-        const stringifiedBlocks = JSON.stringify(blocks);
-        this.mempoolBlocksFull = JSON.parse(stringifiedBlocks);
-        this.mempoolBlocks = this.reduceMempoolBlocksToFitScreen(JSON.parse(stringifiedBlocks));
-        this.updateMempoolBlockStyles();
-        this.calculateTransactionPosition();
-        return this.mempoolBlocks;
-      })
-    );
+        switchMap(() => combineLatest([
+          this.stateService.blocks$.pipe(map(([block]) => block)),
+          this.stateService.mempoolBlocks$
+        ])),
+        map(([lastBlock, mempoolBlocks]) => {
+          mempoolBlocks.forEach((block, i) => {
+            block.index = this.blockIndex + i;
+            block.height = lastBlock.height + i + 1;
+            block.blink = specialBlocks[block.height] ? true : false;
+          });
+          const stringifiedBlocks = JSON.stringify(mempoolBlocks);
+          this.mempoolBlocksFull = JSON.parse(stringifiedBlocks);
+          this.mempoolBlocks = this.reduceMempoolBlocksToFitScreen(JSON.parse(stringifiedBlocks));
+          this.updateMempoolBlockStyles();
+          this.calculateTransactionPosition();
 
+          return this.mempoolBlocks;
+        })
+      );
 
     this.timeAvg$ = timer(0, 1000)
       .pipe(
@@ -118,7 +120,7 @@ export class MempoolBlocksComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
           } else {
             timeAvgMins += Math.abs(timeAvgDiff);
           }
-          
+
           return timeAvgMins * 60 * 1000;
         })
       );
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/interfaces/websocket.interface.ts b/frontend/src/app/interfaces/websocket.interface.ts
index e4e31b942..989c4176b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/interfaces/websocket.interface.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/app/interfaces/websocket.interface.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ export interface WebsocketResponse {
 }
 
 export interface MempoolBlock {
+  blink?: boolean;
+  height?: number;
   blockSize: number;
   blockVSize: number;
   nTx: number;
diff --git a/frontend/src/styles.scss b/frontend/src/styles.scss
index 4549b4d5d..91f981ba9 100644
--- a/frontend/src/styles.scss
+++ b/frontend/src/styles.scss
@@ -941,3 +941,35 @@ th {
     width: 220px;
   }
 }
+
+
+
+// Blinking block
+@keyframes shadowyBackground {
+  0% {
+    box-shadow: -10px -15px 75px rgba(#5E35B1, 1);
+    transform: rotate(0deg) translateY(0px);
+  }
+  25% {
+    transform: rotate(3deg) translateY(5px);
+  }
+  50% {
+    box-shadow: -10px -15px 75px rgba(#5E35B1, .3);
+    transform: rotate(0deg) translateY(0px);
+  }
+  75% {
+    transform: rotate(-3deg) translateY(5px);
+  }
+  100% {
+    box-shadow: -10px -15px 75px rgba(#5E35B1, 1);
+    transform: rotate(0deg);
+  }
+}
+
+.blink-bg {
+  color: #fff;
+  background: repeating-linear-gradient(rgb(45, 51, 72), rgb(45, 51, 72) 0.163525%, rgb(16, 95, 176) 100%, rgb(147, 57, 244) 0.163525%) !important;
+  animation: shadowyBackground 1s infinite;
+  box-shadow: -10px -15px 75px rgba(#5E35B1, 1);
+  transition: 100ms all ease-in;
+}