diff --git a/backend/src/api/audit.ts b/backend/src/api/audit.ts
index 5b67dc965..d0d677740 100644
--- a/backend/src/api/audit.ts
+++ b/backend/src/api/audit.ts
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ const PROPAGATION_MARGIN = 180; // in seconds, time since a transaction is first
 
 class Audit {
   auditBlock(transactions: TransactionExtended[], projectedBlocks: MempoolBlockWithTransactions[], mempool: { [txId: string]: TransactionExtended })
-   : { censored: string[], added: string[], fresh: string[], score: number } {
+   : { censored: string[], added: string[], fresh: string[], score: number, similarity: number } {
     if (!projectedBlocks?.[0]?.transactionIds || !mempool) {
-      return { censored: [], added: [], fresh: [], score: 0 };
+      return { censored: [], added: [], fresh: [], score: 0, similarity: 1 };
     }
 
     const matches: string[] = []; // present in both mined block and template
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ class Audit {
     const isCensored = {}; // missing, without excuse
     const isDisplaced = {};
     let displacedWeight = 0;
+    let matchedWeight = 0;
+    let projectedWeight = 0;
 
     const inBlock = {};
     const inTemplate = {};
@@ -38,11 +40,16 @@ class Audit {
           isCensored[txid] = true;
         }
         displacedWeight += mempool[txid].weight;
+      } else {
+        matchedWeight += mempool[txid].weight;
       }
+      projectedWeight += mempool[txid].weight;
       inTemplate[txid] = true;
     }
 
     displacedWeight += (4000 - transactions[0].weight);
+    projectedWeight += transactions[0].weight;
+    matchedWeight += transactions[0].weight;
 
     // we can expect an honest miner to include 'displaced' transactions in place of recent arrivals and censored txs
     // these displaced transactions should occupy the first N weight units of the next projected block
@@ -121,12 +128,14 @@ class Audit {
     const numCensored = Object.keys(isCensored).length;
     const numMatches = matches.length - 1; // adjust for coinbase tx
     const score = numMatches > 0 ? (numMatches / (numMatches + numCensored)) : 0;
+    const similarity = projectedWeight ? matchedWeight / projectedWeight : 1;
 
     return {
       censored: Object.keys(isCensored),
       added,
       fresh,
-      score
+      score,
+      similarity,
     };
   }
 }
diff --git a/backend/src/api/common.ts b/backend/src/api/common.ts
index f762cfc2c..df97c0292 100644
--- a/backend/src/api/common.ts
+++ b/backend/src/api/common.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { CpfpInfo, TransactionExtended, TransactionStripped } from '../mempool.interfaces';
+import { CpfpInfo, MempoolBlockWithTransactions, TransactionExtended, TransactionStripped } from '../mempool.interfaces';
 import config from '../config';
 import { NodeSocket } from '../repositories/NodesSocketsRepository';
 import { isIP } from 'net';
@@ -164,6 +164,30 @@ export class Common {
     return parents;
   }
 
+  // calculates the ratio of matched transactions to projected transactions by weight
+  static getSimilarity(projectedBlock: MempoolBlockWithTransactions, transactions: TransactionExtended[]): number {
+    let matchedWeight = 0;
+    let projectedWeight = 0;
+    const inBlock = {};
+
+    for (const tx of transactions) {
+      inBlock[tx.txid] = tx;
+    }
+
+    // look for transactions that were expected in the template, but missing from the mined block
+    for (const tx of projectedBlock.transactions) {
+      if (inBlock[tx.txid]) {
+        matchedWeight += tx.vsize * 4;
+      }
+      projectedWeight += tx.vsize * 4;
+    }
+
+    projectedWeight += transactions[0].weight;
+    matchedWeight += transactions[0].weight;
+
+    return projectedWeight ? matchedWeight / projectedWeight : 1;
+  }
+
   static getSqlInterval(interval: string | null): string | null {
     switch (interval) {
       case '24h': return '1 DAY';
diff --git a/backend/src/api/websocket-handler.ts b/backend/src/api/websocket-handler.ts
index a96264825..c89179ce7 100644
--- a/backend/src/api/websocket-handler.ts
+++ b/backend/src/api/websocket-handler.ts
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ class WebsocketHandler {
       }
 
       if (Common.indexingEnabled() && memPool.isInSync()) {
-        const { censored, added, fresh, score } = Audit.auditBlock(transactions, projectedBlocks, auditMempool);
+        const { censored, added, fresh, score, similarity } = Audit.auditBlock(transactions, projectedBlocks, auditMempool);
         const matchRate = Math.round(score * 100 * 100) / 100;
 
         const stripped = projectedBlocks[0]?.transactions ? projectedBlocks[0].transactions.map((tx) => {
@@ -464,8 +464,14 @@ class WebsocketHandler {
 
         if (block.extras) {
           block.extras.matchRate = matchRate;
+          block.extras.similarity = similarity;
         }
       }
+    } else if (block.extras) {
+      const mBlocks = mempoolBlocks.getMempoolBlocksWithTransactions();
+      if (mBlocks?.length && mBlocks[0].transactions) {
+        block.extras.similarity = Common.getSimilarity(mBlocks[0], transactions);
+      }
     }
 
     const removed: string[] = [];
diff --git a/backend/src/mempool.interfaces.ts b/backend/src/mempool.interfaces.ts
index 8662770bc..9961632c3 100644
--- a/backend/src/mempool.interfaces.ts
+++ b/backend/src/mempool.interfaces.ts
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ export interface BlockExtension {
   feeRange: number[]; // fee rate percentiles
   reward: number;
   matchRate: number | null;
+  similarity?: number;
   pool: {
     id: number; // Note - This is the `unique_id`, not to mix with the auto increment `id`
     name: string;
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 692f7d863..58d555657 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/components/mempool-blocks/mempool-blocks.component.html
+++ b/frontend/src/app/components/mempool-blocks/mempool-blocks.component.html
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <div class="mempool-blocks-container" [class.time-ltr]="timeLtr" *ngIf="(difficultyAdjustments$ | async) as da;">
     <div class="flashing">
       <ng-template ngFor let-projectedBlock [ngForOf]="mempoolBlocks$ | async" let-i="index" [ngForTrackBy]="trackByFn">
-        <div [attr.data-cy]="'mempool-block-' + i" class="bitcoin-block text-center mempool-block" id="mempool-block-{{ i }}" [ngStyle]="mempoolBlockStyles[i]" [class.blink-bg]="projectedBlock.blink">
+        <div @blockEntryTrigger [@.disabled]="!animateEntry" [attr.data-cy]="'mempool-block-' + i" class="bitcoin-block text-center mempool-block" id="mempool-block-{{ i }}" [ngStyle]="mempoolBlockStyles[i]" [class.blink-bg]="projectedBlock.blink">
           <a draggable="false" [routerLink]="['/mempool-block/' | relativeUrl, i]"
             class="blockLink" [ngClass]="{'disabled': (this.stateService.blockScrolling$ | async)}">&nbsp;</a>
           <div class="block-body">
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 57fba7966..d48d1f299 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/components/mempool-blocks/mempool-blocks.component.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/app/components/mempool-blocks/mempool-blocks.component.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import { Component, OnInit, OnDestroy, ChangeDetectionStrategy, ChangeDetectorRef, Input } from '@angular/core';
-import { Subscription, Observable, fromEvent, merge, of, combineLatest, timer } from 'rxjs';
+import { Component, OnInit, OnDestroy, ChangeDetectionStrategy, ChangeDetectorRef } from '@angular/core';
+import { Subscription, Observable, fromEvent, merge, of, combineLatest } from 'rxjs';
 import { MempoolBlock } from '../../interfaces/websocket.interface';
 import { StateService } from '../../services/state.service';
 import { Router } from '@angular/router';
@@ -9,11 +9,18 @@ import { specialBlocks } from '../../app.constants';
 import { RelativeUrlPipe } from '../../shared/pipes/relative-url/relative-url.pipe';
 import { Location } from '@angular/common';
 import { DifficultyAdjustment } from '../../interfaces/node-api.interface';
+import { animate, style, transition, trigger } from '@angular/animations';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'app-mempool-blocks',
   templateUrl: './mempool-blocks.component.html',
   styleUrls: ['./mempool-blocks.component.scss'],
+  animations: [trigger('blockEntryTrigger', [
+    transition(':enter', [
+      style({ transform: 'translateX(-155px)' }),
+      animate('2s 0s ease', style({ transform: '' })),
+    ]),
+  ])],
   changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.OnPush,
 })
 export class MempoolBlocksComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
@@ -32,12 +39,14 @@ export class MempoolBlocksComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
   isLoadingWebsocketSubscription: Subscription;
   blockSubscription: Subscription;
   networkSubscription: Subscription;
+  chainTipSubscription: Subscription;
   network = '';
   now = new Date().getTime();
   timeOffset = 0;
   showMiningInfo = false;
   timeLtrSubscription: Subscription;
   timeLtr: boolean;
+  animateEntry: boolean = false;
 
   blockWidth = 125;
   blockPadding = 30;
@@ -53,6 +62,7 @@ export class MempoolBlocksComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
 
   resetTransitionTimeout: number;
 
+  chainTip: number = -1;
   blockIndex = 1;
 
   constructor(
@@ -69,6 +79,8 @@ export class MempoolBlocksComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
   }
 
   ngOnInit() {
+    this.chainTip = this.stateService.latestBlockHeight;
+
     if (['', 'testnet', 'signet'].includes(this.stateService.network)) {
       this.enabledMiningInfoIfNeeded(this.location.path());
       this.location.onUrlChange((url) => this.enabledMiningInfoIfNeeded(url));
@@ -153,11 +165,24 @@ export class MempoolBlocksComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
 
     this.blockSubscription = this.stateService.blocks$
       .subscribe(([block]) => {
-        if (block?.extras?.matchRate >= 66 && !this.tabHidden) {
+        if (this.chainTip === -1) {
+          this.animateEntry = block.height === this.stateService.latestBlockHeight;
+        } else {
+          this.animateEntry = block.height > this.chainTip;
+        }
+
+        this.chainTip = this.stateService.latestBlockHeight;
+        if ((block?.extras?.similarity == null || block?.extras?.similarity > 0.5) && !this.tabHidden) {
           this.blockIndex++;
         }
       });
 
+    this.chainTipSubscription = this.stateService.chainTip$.subscribe((height) => {
+      if (this.chainTip === -1) {
+        this.chainTip = height;
+      }
+    });
+
     this.networkSubscription = this.stateService.networkChanged$
       .subscribe((network) => this.network = network);
 
@@ -193,11 +218,12 @@ export class MempoolBlocksComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
     this.blockSubscription.unsubscribe();
     this.networkSubscription.unsubscribe();
     this.timeLtrSubscription.unsubscribe();
+    this.chainTipSubscription.unsubscribe();
     clearTimeout(this.resetTransitionTimeout);
   }
 
   trackByFn(index: number, block: MempoolBlock) {
-    return block.index;
+    return (block.isStack) ? 'stack' : block.index;
   }
 
   reduceMempoolBlocksToFitScreen(blocks: MempoolBlock[]): MempoolBlock[] {
@@ -214,6 +240,9 @@ export class MempoolBlocksComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
       lastBlock.medianFee = this.median(lastBlock.feeRange);
       lastBlock.totalFees += block.totalFees;
     }
+    if (blocks.length) {
+      blocks[blocks.length - 1].isStack = blocks[blocks.length - 1].blockVSize > this.stateService.blockVSize;
+    }
     return blocks;
   }
 
@@ -332,4 +361,4 @@ export class MempoolBlocksComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
     }
     return emptyBlocks;
   }
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/interfaces/node-api.interface.ts b/frontend/src/app/interfaces/node-api.interface.ts
index cad623f9f..024376ca6 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/interfaces/node-api.interface.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/app/interfaces/node-api.interface.ts
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ export interface BlockExtension {
   reward?: number;
   coinbaseRaw?: string;
   matchRate?: number;
+  similarity?: number;
   pool?: {
     id: number;
     name: string;
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/interfaces/websocket.interface.ts b/frontend/src/app/interfaces/websocket.interface.ts
index 96f7530c9..46416857e 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/interfaces/websocket.interface.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/app/interfaces/websocket.interface.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ export interface MempoolBlock {
   totalFees: number;
   feeRange: number[];
   index: number;
+  isStack?: boolean;
 }
 
 export interface MempoolBlockWithTransactions extends MempoolBlock {