diff --git a/frontend/src/app/components/mempool-block-overview/block-scene.ts b/frontend/src/app/components/mempool-block-overview/block-scene.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..343800dfc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/app/components/mempool-block-overview/block-scene.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,407 @@
+import TxSprite from './tx-sprite'
+import TxView from './tx-view'
+import { Square } from './sprite-types'
+
+export default class BlockScene {
+  scene: { count: number, offset: { x: number, y: number}};
+  txs: { [key: string]: TxView };
+  width: number;
+  height: number;
+  gridWidth: number;
+  gridHeight: number;
+  gridSize: number;
+  vbytesPerUnit: number;
+  unitPadding: number;
+  unitWidth: number;
+  initialised: boolean;
+  layout: BlockLayout;
+  dirty: boolean;
+
+  constructor ({ width, height, resolution, blockLimit }: { width: number, height: number, resolution: number, blockLimit: number}) {
+    this.init({ width, height, resolution, blockLimit })
+  }
+
+  destroy (): void {
+    Object.values(this.txs).forEach(tx => tx.destroy())
+  }
+
+  resize ({ width = this.width, height = this.height }: { width?: number, height?: number}): void {
+    this.width = width
+    this.height = height
+    this.gridSize = this.width / this.gridWidth
+    this.unitPadding =  Math.floor(Math.max(1, width / 1000))
+    this.unitWidth = this.gridSize - (this.unitPadding * 2)
+
+    this.dirty = true
+  }
+
+  // Animate new block entering scene
+  enter (txs: TxView[], direction) {
+    this.replace(txs, [], direction)
+  }
+
+  // Animate block leaving scene
+  exit (direction: string): TxView[] {
+    const removed = []
+    const startTime = performance.now()
+    Object.values(this.txs).forEach(tx => {
+      this.remove(tx.txid, startTime, direction)
+      removed.push(tx)
+    })
+    return removed
+  }
+
+  // Reset layout and replace with new set of transactions
+  replace (txs: TxView[], remove: TxView[], direction: string = 'left'): void {
+    const startTime = performance.now()
+    this.removeBatch(remove.map(tx => tx.txid), startTime, direction)
+
+    // clean up sprites
+    setTimeout(() => {
+      remove.forEach(tx => {
+        tx.destroy()
+      })
+    }, 1000)
+
+    this.layout = new BlockLayout({ width: this.gridWidth, height: this.gridHeight })
+
+    txs.sort((a,b) => { return b.feerate - a.feerate }).forEach(tx => {
+      this.insert(tx, startTime, direction)
+    })
+  }
+
+  private init ({ width, height, resolution, blockLimit }: { width: number, height: number, resolution: number, blockLimit: number}): void {
+    this.scene = {
+      count: 0,
+      offset: {
+        x: 0,
+        y: 0
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Set the scale of the visualization (with a 5% margin)
+    this.vbytesPerUnit = blockLimit / Math.pow(resolution / 1.05, 2)
+    this.gridWidth = resolution
+    this.gridHeight = resolution
+    this.resize({ width, height })
+    this.layout = new BlockLayout({ width: this.gridWidth, height: this.gridHeight })
+
+    this.txs = {}
+
+    this.initialised = true
+    this.dirty = true
+  }
+
+  private insert (tx: TxView, startTime: number, direction: string = 'left'): void {
+    this.txs[tx.txid] = tx
+    this.place(tx)
+    this.updateTx(tx, startTime, direction)
+  }
+
+  private updateTx (tx: TxView, startTime: number, direction: string = 'left'): void {
+    if (tx.dirty || this.dirty) {
+      this.saveGridToScreenPosition(tx)
+      this.setTxOnScreen(tx, startTime, direction)
+    }
+  }
+
+  private setTxOnScreen (tx: TxView, startTime: number, direction: string = 'left'): void {
+    if (!tx.initialised) {
+      const txColor = tx.getColor()
+      tx.update({
+        display: {
+          position: {
+            x: tx.screenPosition.x + (direction == 'right' ? -this.width : this.width) * 1.4,
+            y: tx.screenPosition.y,
+            s: tx.screenPosition.s
+          },
+          color: txColor,
+        },
+        start: startTime,
+        delay: 0,
+      })
+      tx.update({
+        display: {
+          position: tx.screenPosition,
+          color: txColor
+        },
+        duration: 1000,
+        start: startTime,
+        delay: 50,
+      })
+    } else {
+      tx.update({
+        display: {
+          position: tx.screenPosition
+        },
+        duration: 1000,
+        minDuration: 1000,
+        start: startTime,
+        delay: 50,
+      })
+    }
+  }
+
+  private updateAll (startTime: number, direction: string = 'left'): void {
+    this.scene.count = 0
+    const ids = this.getTxList()
+    startTime = startTime || performance.now()
+    for (let i = 0; i < ids.length; i++) {
+      this.updateTx(this.txs[ids[i]], startTime, direction)
+    }
+    this.dirty = false
+  }
+
+  private remove (id: string, startTime: number, direction: string = 'left'): TxView | void {
+    const tx = this.txs[id]
+    if (tx) {
+      this.layout.remove(tx)
+      tx.update({
+        display: {
+          position: {
+            x: tx.screenPosition.x + (direction == 'right' ? this.width : -this.width) * 1.4,
+            y: this.txs[id].screenPosition.y,
+          }
+        },
+        duration: 1000,
+        start: startTime,
+        delay: 50
+      })
+    }
+    delete this.txs[id]
+    return tx
+  }
+
+  private getTxList (): string[] {
+    return Object.keys(this.txs)
+  }
+
+  private saveGridToScreenPosition (tx: TxView): void {
+    tx.screenPosition = this.gridToScreen(tx.gridPosition)
+  }
+
+  // convert grid coordinates to screen coordinates
+  private gridToScreen (position: Square | void): Square {
+    if (position) {
+      const slotSize = (position.s * this.gridSize)
+      const squareSize = slotSize - (this.unitPadding * 2)
+
+      // The grid is laid out notionally left-to-right, bottom-to-top
+      // So we rotate 90deg counterclockwise then flip the y axis
+      //
+      //    grid                             screen
+      //  ________          ________        ________
+      // |        |        |       b|      |       a|
+      // |        | rotate |        | flip |     c  |
+      // |  c     |   -->  |      c |  --> |        |
+      // |a______b|        |_______a|      |_______b|
+      return {
+        x: this.width + (this.unitPadding * 2) - (this.gridSize * position.y) - slotSize,
+        y: this.height - ((this.gridSize * position.x) + (slotSize - this.unitPadding)),
+        s: squareSize
+      }
+    } else {
+      return { x: 0, y: 0, s: 0 }
+    }
+  }
+
+  // calculates and returns the size of the tx in multiples of the grid size
+  private txSize (tx: TxView): number {
+    let scale = Math.max(1,Math.round(Math.sqrt(tx.vsize / this.vbytesPerUnit)))
+    return Math.min(this.gridWidth, Math.max(1, scale)) // bound between 1 and the max displayable size (just in case!)
+  }
+
+  private place (tx: TxView): void {
+    const size = this.txSize(tx)
+    this.layout.insert(tx, size)
+  }
+
+  private removeBatch (ids: string[], startTime: number, direction: string = 'left'): (TxView | void)[] {
+    if (!startTime) startTime = performance.now()
+    return ids.map(id => {
+      return this.remove(id, startTime, direction)
+    }).filter(tx => !!tx)
+  }
+}
+
+
+class Slot {
+  l: number
+  r: number
+  w: number
+
+  constructor (l: number, r: number) {
+    this.l = l
+    this.r = r
+    this.w = r - l
+  }
+
+  intersects (slot: Slot): boolean {
+    return !((slot.r <= this.l) || (slot.l >= this.r))
+  }
+
+  subtract (slot: Slot): Slot[] | void {
+    if (this.intersects(slot)) {
+      // from middle
+      if (slot.l > this.l && slot.r < this.r) {
+        return [
+          new Slot(this.l, slot.l),
+          new Slot(slot.r, this.r)
+        ]
+      } // totally covered
+      else if (slot.l <= this.l && slot.r >= this.r) {
+        return []
+      } // from left side
+      else if (slot.l <= this.l) {
+        if (slot.r == this.r) return []
+        else return [new Slot(slot.r, this.r)]
+      } // from right side
+      else if (slot.r >= this.r) {
+        if (slot.l == this.l) return []
+        else return [new Slot(this.l, slot.l)]
+      }
+    } else return [this]
+  }
+}
+
+class TxSlot extends Slot {
+  tx: TxView
+
+  constructor (l: number, r: number, tx: TxView) {
+    super(l, r)
+    this.tx = tx
+  }
+}
+
+class Row {
+  y: number
+  w: number
+  filled: TxSlot[]
+  slots: Slot[]
+
+
+  constructor (y: number, width: number) {
+    this.y = y
+    this.w = width
+    this.filled = []
+    this.slots = [new Slot(0, this.w)]
+  }
+
+  // insert a transaction w/ given width into row starting at position x
+  insert (x: number, w: number, tx: TxView): void {
+    const newSlot = new TxSlot(x, x + w, tx)
+    // insert into filled list
+    let index = this.filled.findIndex((slot) => { return slot.l >= newSlot.r })
+    if (index < 0) index = this.filled.length
+    this.filled.splice(index || 0, 0, newSlot)
+    // subtract from overlapping slots
+    for (let i = 0; i < this.slots.length; i++) {
+      if (newSlot.intersects(this.slots[i])) {
+        const diff = this.slots[i].subtract(newSlot)
+        if (diff) {
+          this.slots.splice(i, 1, ...diff)
+          i += diff.length - 1
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  remove (x: number, w: number): void {
+    const txIndex = this.filled.findIndex((slot) => { return slot.l == x })
+    this.filled.splice(txIndex, 1)
+
+    const newSlot = new Slot(x, x + w)
+    let slotIndex = this.slots.findIndex((slot) => { return slot.l >= newSlot.r })
+    if (slotIndex < 0) slotIndex = this.slots.length
+    this.slots.splice(slotIndex || 0, 0, newSlot)
+    this.normalize()
+  }
+
+  // merge any contiguous empty slots
+  private normalize (): void {
+    for (let i = 0; i < this.slots.length - 1; i++) {
+      if (this.slots[i].r == this.slots[i+1].l) {
+        this.slots[i].r = this.slots[i+1].r
+        this.slots[i].w += this.slots[i+1].w
+        this.slots.splice(i+1, 1)
+        i--
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+class BlockLayout {
+  width: number;
+  height: number;
+  rows: Row[];
+  txPositions: { [key: string]: Square }
+
+
+  constructor ({ width, height } : { width: number, height: number }) {
+    this.width = width
+    this.height = height
+    this.rows = [new Row(0, this.width)]
+    this.txPositions = {}
+  }
+
+  addRow (): void {
+    this.rows.push(new Row(this.rows.length, this.width))
+  }
+
+  remove (tx: TxView) {
+    const position = this.txPositions[tx.txid]
+    if (position) {
+      for (let y = position.y; y < position.y + position.s && y < this.rows.length; y++) {
+        this.rows[y].remove(position.x, position.s)
+      }
+    }
+    delete this.txPositions[tx.txid]
+  }
+
+  insert (tx: TxView, width: number): Square {
+    const fit = this.fit(tx, width)
+
+    // insert the tx into rows at that position
+    for (let y = fit.y; y < fit.y + width; y++) {
+      if (y >= this.rows.length) this.addRow()
+      this.rows[y].insert(fit.x, width, tx)
+    }
+    const position = { x: fit.x, y: fit.y, s: width }
+    this.txPositions[tx.txid] = position
+    tx.applyGridPosition(position)
+    return position
+  }
+
+  // Find the first slot large enough to hold a transaction of this size
+  fit (tx: TxView, width: number): Square {
+    let fit
+    for (let y = 0; y < this.rows.length && !fit; y++) {
+      fit = this.findFit(0, this.width, y, y, width)
+    }
+    // fall back to placing tx in a new row at the top of the layout
+    if (!fit) {
+      fit = { x: 0, y: this.rows.length }
+    }
+    return fit
+  }
+
+  // recursively check rows to see if there's space for a tx (depth-first)
+  // left/right: initial column boundaries to check
+  // row: current row to check
+  // start: starting row
+  // size: size of space needed
+  findFit (left: number, right: number, row: number, start: number, size: number) : Square {
+    if ((row - start) >= size || row >= this.rows.length) {
+      return { x: left, y: start }
+    }
+    for (let i = 0; i < this.rows[row].slots.length; i++) {
+      const slot = this.rows[row].slots[i]
+      const l = Math.max(left, slot.l)
+      const r = Math.min(right, slot.r)
+      if (r - l >= size) {
+        const fit = this.findFit(l, r, row + 1, start, size)
+        if (fit) return fit
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/components/mempool-block-overview/fast-vertex-array.ts b/frontend/src/app/components/mempool-block-overview/fast-vertex-array.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6bd025fdd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/app/components/mempool-block-overview/fast-vertex-array.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+/*
+  Utility class for access and management of low-level sprite data
+
+  Maintains a single Float32Array of sprite data, keeping track of empty slots
+  to allow constant-time insertion and deletion
+
+  Automatically resizes by copying to a new, larger Float32Array when necessary,
+  or compacting into a smaller Float32Array when there's space to do so.
+*/
+
+import TxSprite from './tx-sprite'
+
+export class FastVertexArray {
+  length: number;
+  count: number;
+  stride: number;
+  sprites: TxSprite[];
+  data: Float32Array;
+  freeSlots: number[];
+  lastSlot: number;
+
+  constructor (length, stride) {
+    this.length = length
+    this.count = 0
+    this.stride = stride
+    this.sprites = []
+    this.data = new Float32Array(this.length * this.stride)
+    this.freeSlots = []
+    this.lastSlot = 0
+  }
+
+  insert (sprite: TxSprite): number {
+    this.count++
+
+    let position
+    if (this.freeSlots.length) {
+      position = this.freeSlots.shift()
+    } else {
+      position = this.lastSlot
+      this.lastSlot++
+      if (this.lastSlot > this.length) {
+        this.expand()
+      }
+    }
+    this.sprites[position] = sprite
+    return position
+  }
+
+  remove (index: number): void {
+    this.count--
+    this.clearData(index)
+    this.freeSlots.push(index)
+    this.sprites[index] = null
+    if (this.length > 2048 && this.count < (this.length * 0.4)) this.compact()
+  }
+
+  setData (index: number, dataChunk: number[]): void {
+    this.data.set(dataChunk, (index * this.stride))
+  }
+
+  clearData (index: number): void {
+    this.data.fill(0, (index * this.stride), ((index+1) * this.stride))
+  }
+
+  getData (index: number): Float32Array {
+    return this.data.subarray(index, this.stride)
+  }
+
+  expand (): void {
+    this.length *= 2
+    const newData = new Float32Array(this.length * this.stride)
+    newData.set(this.data)
+    this.data = newData
+  }
+
+  compact (): void {
+    // New array length is the smallest power of 2 larger than the sprite count (but no smaller than 512)
+    const newLength = Math.max(512, Math.pow(2, Math.ceil(Math.log2(this.count))))
+    if (newLength != this.length) {
+      this.length = newLength
+      this.data = new Float32Array(this.length * this.stride)
+      let sprite
+      const newSprites = []
+      let i = 0
+      for (var index in this.sprites) {
+        sprite = this.sprites[index]
+        if (sprite) {
+          newSprites.push(sprite)
+          sprite.moveVertexPointer(i)
+          sprite.compile()
+          i++
+        }
+      }
+      this.sprites = newSprites
+      this.freeSlots = []
+      this.lastSlot = i
+    }
+  }
+
+  getVertexData (): Float32Array {
+    return this.data
+  }
+}
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/components/mempool-block-overview/mempool-block-overview.component.html b/frontend/src/app/components/mempool-block-overview/mempool-block-overview.component.html
index 275580f97..275cc8833 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/components/mempool-block-overview/mempool-block-overview.component.html
+++ b/frontend/src/app/components/mempool-block-overview/mempool-block-overview.component.html
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 <div class="mempool-block-overview">
-  <p *ngIf="mempoolBlock$ | async as mempoolBlock">{{ mempoolBlock.transactions.length }}</p>
+  <canvas class="block-overview" #blockCanvas></canvas>
 </div>
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/components/mempool-block-overview/mempool-block-overview.component.scss b/frontend/src/app/components/mempool-block-overview/mempool-block-overview.component.scss
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d14af382f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/app/components/mempool-block-overview/mempool-block-overview.component.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+.mempool-block-overview {
+  position: relative;
+  width: 100%;
+  padding-bottom: 100%;
+  background: #181b2d;
+}
+
+.block-overview {
+  position: absolute;
+  left: 0;
+  right: 0;
+  top: 0;
+  bottom: 0;
+  overflow: hidden;
+}
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/components/mempool-block-overview/mempool-block-overview.component.ts b/frontend/src/app/components/mempool-block-overview/mempool-block-overview.component.ts
index 9f7e3dbc2..9f2b99034 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/components/mempool-block-overview/mempool-block-overview.component.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/app/components/mempool-block-overview/mempool-block-overview.component.ts
@@ -1,25 +1,48 @@
-import { Component, Input, OnInit, OnDestroy,  OnChanges, ChangeDetectionStrategy } from '@angular/core';
+import { Component, ElementRef, ViewChild, HostListener, Input, OnInit, OnDestroy,  OnChanges, ChangeDetectionStrategy, NgZone } from '@angular/core';
 import { StateService } from 'src/app/services/state.service';
 import { MempoolBlockWithTransactions } from 'src/app/interfaces/websocket.interface';
 import { Observable, Subscription } from 'rxjs';
 import { WebsocketService } from 'src/app/services/websocket.service';
+import { FastVertexArray } from './fast-vertex-array';
+import BlockScene from './block-scene';
+import TxSprite from './tx-sprite';
+import TxView from './tx-view';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'app-mempool-block-overview',
   templateUrl: './mempool-block-overview.component.html',
-  styleUrls: [],
+  styleUrls: ['./mempool-block-overview.component.scss'],
   changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.OnPush,
 })
 export class MempoolBlockOverviewComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy, OnChanges {
   @Input() index: number;
 
+  @ViewChild('blockCanvas')
+  canvas: ElementRef<HTMLCanvasElement>;
+
+  gl: WebGLRenderingContext;
+  animationFrameRequest: number;
+  displayWidth: number;
+  displayHeight: number;
+  shaderProgram: WebGLProgram;
+  vertexArray: FastVertexArray;
+  running: boolean;
+  scene: BlockScene;
+  txViews: { [key: string]: TxView };
+  lastBlockHeight: number;
+  blockIndex: number;
+
   sub: Subscription;
   mempoolBlock$: Observable<MempoolBlockWithTransactions>;
 
   constructor(
     public stateService: StateService,
     private websocketService: WebsocketService,
-  ) { }
+    readonly _ngZone: NgZone,
+  ) {
+    this.vertexArray = new FastVertexArray(512, TxSprite.dataSize)
+    this.txViews = {}
+  }
 
   ngOnInit(): void {
     this.websocketService.startTrackMempoolBlock(this.index);
@@ -29,8 +52,18 @@ export class MempoolBlockOverviewComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy, OnChang
     })
   }
 
+  ngAfterViewInit(): void {
+    this.canvas.nativeElement.addEventListener("webglcontextlost", this.handleContextLost, false)
+    this.canvas.nativeElement.addEventListener("webglcontextrestored", this.handleContextRestored, false)
+    this.gl = this.canvas.nativeElement.getContext('webgl')
+    this.initCanvas()
+
+    this.resizeCanvas()
+  }
+
   ngOnChanges(changes): void {
     if (changes.index) {
+      this.clearBlock(changes.index.currentValue)
       this.websocketService.startTrackMempoolBlock(changes.index.currentValue);
     }
   }
@@ -40,7 +73,271 @@ export class MempoolBlockOverviewComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy, OnChang
     this.websocketService.stopTrackMempoolBlock();
   }
 
+  clearBlock(index: number): void {
+    if (this.scene && index != this.blockIndex) {
+      const direction = (this.blockIndex == null || this.index < this.blockIndex) ? 'left' : 'right'
+      const removed = this.scene.exit(direction)
+      setTimeout(() => {
+        removed.forEach(tx => tx.destroy())
+      }, 1000)
+      this.txViews = {}
+      this.scene = null
+    }
+  }
+
   updateBlock(block: MempoolBlockWithTransactions): void {
-    
+    if (!this.scene) {
+      this.scene = new BlockScene({ width: this.displayWidth, height: this.displayHeight, resolution: 75, blockLimit: this.stateService.blockVSize })
+    }
+    const blockMined = (this.stateService.latestBlockHeight > this.lastBlockHeight)
+
+    const nextIds = {}
+    let remove = []
+    let add = []
+    block.transactions.forEach(tx => {
+      nextIds[tx.txid] = true
+    })
+
+    // List old transactions to remove
+    Object.keys(this.txViews).forEach(txid => {
+      if (!nextIds[txid]) {
+        remove.push(this.txViews[txid])
+        delete this.txViews[txid]
+      }
+    })
+
+    // List new transactions to add
+    block.transactions.forEach(tx => {
+      if (!this.txViews[tx.txid]) {
+        const txView = new TxView(tx, this.vertexArray)
+        this.txViews[tx.txid] = txView
+        add.push(txView)
+      }
+    })
+
+    if (this.blockIndex != this.index) {
+      const direction = (this.blockIndex == null || this.index < this.blockIndex) ? 'left' : 'right'
+      this.scene.enter(Object.values(this.txViews), direction)
+    } else if (blockMined) {
+      this.scene.replace(Object.values(this.txViews), remove, 'right')
+    } else {
+      this.scene.replace(Object.values(this.txViews), remove, 'left')
+    }
+
+    this.lastBlockHeight = this.stateService.latestBlockHeight
+    this.blockIndex = this.index
+  }
+
+  initCanvas (): void {
+    this.gl.clearColor(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0)
+    this.gl.clear(this.gl.COLOR_BUFFER_BIT)
+
+    const shaderSet = [
+      {
+        type: this.gl.VERTEX_SHADER,
+        src: vertShaderSrc
+      },
+      {
+        type: this.gl.FRAGMENT_SHADER,
+        src: fragShaderSrc
+      }
+    ]
+
+    this.shaderProgram = this.buildShaderProgram(shaderSet)
+
+    this.gl.useProgram(this.shaderProgram)
+
+    // Set up alpha blending
+    this.gl.enable(this.gl.BLEND);
+    this.gl.blendFunc(this.gl.ONE, this.gl.ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA);
+
+    const glBuffer = this.gl.createBuffer()
+    this.gl.bindBuffer(this.gl.ARRAY_BUFFER, glBuffer)
+
+    /* SET UP SHADER ATTRIBUTES */
+    Object.keys(attribs).forEach((key, i) => {
+      attribs[key].pointer = this.gl.getAttribLocation(this.shaderProgram, key)
+      this.gl.enableVertexAttribArray(attribs[key].pointer);
+    })
+
+    this.start()
+  }
+
+  handleContextLost(event): void {
+    event.preventDefault()
+    cancelAnimationFrame(this.animationFrameRequest)
+    this.animationFrameRequest = null
+    this.running = false
+  }
+
+  handleContextRestored(event): void {
+    this.initCanvas()
+  }
+
+  @HostListener('window:resize', ['$event'])
+  resizeCanvas(): void {
+    this.displayWidth = this.canvas.nativeElement.parentElement.clientWidth
+    this.displayHeight = this.canvas.nativeElement.parentElement.clientHeight
+    this.canvas.nativeElement.width = this.displayWidth
+    this.canvas.nativeElement.height = this.displayHeight
+    if (this.gl) this.gl.viewport(0, 0, this.canvas.nativeElement.width, this.canvas.nativeElement.height)
+    if (this.scene) this.scene.resize({ width: this.displayWidth, height: this.displayHeight })
+  }
+
+  compileShader(src, type): WebGLShader {
+    let shader = this.gl.createShader(type)
+
+    this.gl.shaderSource(shader, src)
+    this.gl.compileShader(shader)
+
+    if (!this.gl.getShaderParameter(shader, this.gl.COMPILE_STATUS)) {
+      console.log(`Error compiling ${type === this.gl.VERTEX_SHADER ? "vertex" : "fragment"} shader:`)
+      console.log(this.gl.getShaderInfoLog(shader))
+    }
+    return shader
+  }
+
+  buildShaderProgram(shaderInfo): WebGLProgram {
+    let program = this.gl.createProgram()
+
+    shaderInfo.forEach((desc) => {
+      let shader = this.compileShader(desc.src, desc.type)
+      if (shader) {
+        this.gl.attachShader(program, shader)
+      }
+    })
+
+    this.gl.linkProgram(program)
+
+    if (!this.gl.getProgramParameter(program, this.gl.LINK_STATUS)) {
+      console.log("Error linking shader program:")
+      console.log(this.gl.getProgramInfoLog(program))
+    }
+
+    return program
+  }
+
+  start(): void {
+    this.running = true
+    this._ngZone.runOutsideAngular(() => this.run())
+  }
+
+  run (now?: DOMHighResTimeStamp): void {
+    if (!now) {
+      now = performance.now()
+    }
+
+    /* SET UP SHADER UNIFORMS */
+    // screen dimensions
+    this.gl.uniform2f(this.gl.getUniformLocation(this.shaderProgram, 'screenSize'), this.displayWidth, this.displayHeight)
+    // frame timestamp
+    this.gl.uniform1f(this.gl.getUniformLocation(this.shaderProgram, 'now'), now)
+
+    /* SET UP SHADER ATTRIBUTES */
+    Object.keys(attribs).forEach((key, i) => {
+      this.gl.vertexAttribPointer(attribs[key].pointer,
+      attribs[key].count,  // number of primitives in this attribute
+      this.gl[attribs[key].type],  // type of primitive in this attribute (e.g. gl.FLOAT)
+      false, // never normalised
+      stride,   // distance between values of the same attribute
+      attribs[key].offset);  // offset of the first value
+    })
+
+    const pointArray = this.vertexArray.getVertexData()
+
+    if (pointArray.length) {
+      this.gl.bufferData(this.gl.ARRAY_BUFFER, pointArray, this.gl.DYNAMIC_DRAW)
+      this.gl.drawArrays(this.gl.TRIANGLES, 0, pointArray.length / TxSprite.vertexSize)
+    }
+
+    /* LOOP */
+    if (this.running) {
+      if (this.animationFrameRequest) {
+        cancelAnimationFrame(this.animationFrameRequest)
+        this.animationFrameRequest = null
+      }
+      this.animationFrameRequest = requestAnimationFrame(() => this.run());
+    }
   }
 }
+
+// WebGL shader attributes
+const attribs = {
+  offset: { type: 'FLOAT', count: 2, pointer: null, offset: 0 },
+  posX: { type: 'FLOAT', count: 4, pointer: null, offset: 0 },
+  posY: { type: 'FLOAT', count: 4, pointer: null, offset: 0 },
+  posR: { type: 'FLOAT', count: 4, pointer: null, offset: 0 },
+  colR: { type: 'FLOAT', count: 4, pointer: null, offset: 0 },
+  colG: { type: 'FLOAT', count: 4, pointer: null, offset: 0 },
+  colB: { type: 'FLOAT', count: 4, pointer: null, offset: 0 },
+  colA: { type: 'FLOAT', count: 4, pointer: null, offset: 0 }
+}
+// Calculate the number of bytes per vertex based on specified attributes
+const stride = Object.values(attribs).reduce((total, attrib) => {
+  return total + (attrib.count * 4)
+}, 0)
+// Calculate vertex attribute offsets
+for (let i = 0, offset = 0; i < Object.keys(attribs).length; i++) {
+  let attrib = Object.values(attribs)[i]
+  attrib.offset = offset
+  offset += (attrib.count * 4)
+}
+
+const vertShaderSrc = `
+varying lowp vec4 vColor;
+
+// each attribute contains [x: startValue, y: endValue, z: startTime, w: rate]
+// shader interpolates between start and end values at the given rate, from the given time
+
+attribute vec2 offset;
+attribute vec4 posX;
+attribute vec4 posY;
+attribute vec4 posR;
+attribute vec4 colR;
+attribute vec4 colG;
+attribute vec4 colB;
+attribute vec4 colA;
+
+uniform vec2 screenSize;
+uniform float now;
+
+float smootherstep(float x) {
+  x = clamp(x, 0.0, 1.0);
+  float ix = 1.0 - x;
+  x = x * x;
+  return x / (x + ix * ix);
+}
+
+float interpolateAttribute(vec4 attr) {
+  float d = (now - attr.z) * attr.w;
+  float delta = smootherstep(d);
+  return mix(attr.x, attr.y, delta);
+}
+
+void main() {
+  vec4 screenTransform = vec4(2.0 / screenSize.x, 2.0 / screenSize.y, -1.0, -1.0);
+  // vec4 screenTransform = vec4(1.0 / screenSize.x, 1.0 / screenSize.y, -0.5, -0.5);
+
+  float radius = interpolateAttribute(posR);
+  vec2 position = vec2(interpolateAttribute(posX), interpolateAttribute(posY)) + (radius * offset);
+
+  gl_Position = vec4(position * screenTransform.xy + screenTransform.zw, 1.0, 1.0);
+
+  float red = interpolateAttribute(colR);
+  float green = interpolateAttribute(colG);
+  float blue = interpolateAttribute(colB);
+  float alpha = interpolateAttribute(colA);
+
+  vColor = vec4(red, green, blue, alpha);
+}
+`
+
+const fragShaderSrc = `
+varying lowp vec4 vColor;
+
+void main() {
+  gl_FragColor = vColor;
+  // premultiply alpha
+  gl_FragColor.rgb *= gl_FragColor.a;
+}
+`
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/components/mempool-block-overview/sprite-types.ts b/frontend/src/app/components/mempool-block-overview/sprite-types.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..149ac1bc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/app/components/mempool-block-overview/sprite-types.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+export type Position = {
+  x: number,
+  y: number,
+}
+
+export type Square = Position & {
+  s?: number
+}
+
+export type Color = {
+  r: number,
+  g: number,
+  b: number,
+  a: number,
+}
+
+export type InterpolatedAttribute = {
+  a: number,
+  b: number,
+  t: number,
+  v: number,
+  d: number
+}
+
+export type Update = Position & { s: number } & Color
+
+export type Attributes = {
+  x: InterpolatedAttribute,
+  y: InterpolatedAttribute,
+  s: InterpolatedAttribute,
+  r: InterpolatedAttribute,
+  g: InterpolatedAttribute,
+  b: InterpolatedAttribute,
+  a: InterpolatedAttribute
+}
+
+export type OptionalAttributes = {
+  x?: InterpolatedAttribute,
+  y?: InterpolatedAttribute,
+  s?: InterpolatedAttribute,
+  r?: InterpolatedAttribute,
+  g?: InterpolatedAttribute,
+  b?: InterpolatedAttribute,
+  a?: InterpolatedAttribute
+}
+export type SpriteUpdateParams = {
+  x?: number,
+  y?: number,
+  s?: number,
+  r?: number,
+  g?: number,
+  b?: number,
+  a?: number
+  start?: DOMHighResTimeStamp,
+  duration?: number,
+  minDuration?: number,
+  adjust?: boolean,
+  temp?: boolean
+}
+
+export type ViewUpdateParams = {
+  display: {
+    position?: Square,
+    color?: Color,
+  },
+  duration?: number,
+  minDuration?: number,
+  delay?: number,
+  start?: number,
+  jitter?: number,
+  state?: string,
+  adjust?: boolean
+}
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/components/mempool-block-overview/tx-sprite.ts b/frontend/src/app/components/mempool-block-overview/tx-sprite.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3145a8ea2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/app/components/mempool-block-overview/tx-sprite.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,211 @@
+import { FastVertexArray } from './fast-vertex-array'
+import { InterpolatedAttribute, Attributes, OptionalAttributes, SpriteUpdateParams, Update } from './sprite-types'
+
+const attribKeys = ['a', 'b', 't', 'v']
+const updateKeys = ['x', 'y', 's', 'r', 'g', 'b', 'a']
+
+export default class TxSprite {
+  vertexArray: FastVertexArray;
+  vertexPointer: number;
+  vertexData: number[];
+  updateMap: Update;
+  attributes: Attributes;
+  tempAttributes: OptionalAttributes;
+
+  static vertexSize: number = 30;
+  static vertexCount: number = 6;
+  static dataSize: number = (30*6);
+
+  constructor(params: SpriteUpdateParams, vertexArray: FastVertexArray) {
+    const offsetTime = params.start
+    this.vertexArray = vertexArray
+    this.vertexData = Array(VI.length).fill(0)
+    this.updateMap = {
+      x: 0, y: 0, s: 0, r: 0, g: 0, b: 0, a: 0
+    }
+
+    this.attributes = {
+      x: { a: params.x, b: params.x, t: offsetTime, v: 0, d: 0 },
+      y: { a: params.y, b: params.y, t: offsetTime, v: 0, d: 0 },
+      s: { a: params.s, b: params.s, t: offsetTime, v: 0, d: 0 },
+      r: { a: params.r, b: params.r, t: offsetTime, v: 0, d: 0 },
+      g: { a: params.g, b: params.g, t: offsetTime, v: 0, d: 0 },
+      b: { a: params.b, b: params.b, t: offsetTime, v: 0, d: 0 },
+      a: { a: params.a, b: params.a, t: offsetTime, v: 0, d: 0 },
+    }
+
+    // Used to temporarily modify the sprite, so that the base view can be resumed later
+    this.tempAttributes = null
+
+    this.vertexPointer = this.vertexArray.insert(this)
+
+    this.compile()
+  }
+
+  private interpolateAttributes (updateMap: Update, attributes: OptionalAttributes, offsetTime: DOMHighResTimeStamp, v: number, duration: number, minDuration: number, adjust: boolean): void {
+    for (const key of Object.keys(updateMap)) {
+      // for each non-null attribute:
+      if (updateMap[key] != null) {
+        // calculate current interpolated value, and set as 'from'
+        interpolateAttributeStart(attributes[key], offsetTime)
+        // update start time
+        attributes[key].t = offsetTime
+
+        if (!adjust || (duration && attributes[key].d == 0)) {
+          attributes[key].v = v
+          attributes[key].d = duration
+        } else if (minDuration > attributes[key].d) {
+          // enforce minimum transition duration
+          attributes[key].v = 1 / minDuration
+          attributes[key].d = minDuration
+        }
+        // set 'to' to target value
+        attributes[key].b = updateMap[key]
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  /*
+    params:
+      x, y, s: position & size of the sprite
+      r, g, b, a: color & opacity
+      start: performance.now() timestamp, when to start the transition
+      duration: of the tweening animation
+      adjust: if true, alter the target value of any conflicting transitions without changing the duration
+      minDuration: minimum remaining transition duration when adjust = true
+      temp: if true, this update is only temporary (can be reversed with 'resume')
+  */
+  update (params: SpriteUpdateParams): void {
+    const offsetTime = params.start || performance.now()
+    const v = params.duration > 0 ? (1 / params.duration) : 0
+
+    updateKeys.forEach(key => {
+      this.updateMap[key] = params[key]
+    })
+
+    const isModified = !!this.tempAttributes
+    if (!params.temp) {
+      this.interpolateAttributes(this.updateMap, this.attributes, offsetTime, v, params.duration, params.minDuration, params.adjust)
+    } else {
+      if (!isModified) { // set up tempAttributes
+        this.tempAttributes = {}
+        for (const key of Object.keys(this.updateMap)) {
+          if (this.updateMap[key] != null) {
+            this.tempAttributes[key] = { ...this.attributes[key] }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+      this.interpolateAttributes(this.updateMap, this.tempAttributes, offsetTime, v, params.duration, params.minDuration, params.adjust)
+    }
+
+    this.compile()
+  }
+
+  // Transition back from modified state back to base attributes
+  resume (duration: number, start : DOMHighResTimeStamp = performance.now()): void {
+    // If not in modified state, there's nothing to do
+    if (!this.tempAttributes) return
+
+    const offsetTime = start
+    const v = duration > 0 ? (1 / duration) : 0
+
+    for (const key of Object.keys(this.tempAttributes)) {
+      // If this base attribute is static (fixed or post-transition), transition smoothly back
+      if (this.attributes[key].v == 0 || (this.attributes[key].t + this.attributes[key].d) <= start) {
+        // calculate current interpolated value, and set as 'from'
+        interpolateAttributeStart(this.tempAttributes[key], offsetTime)
+        this.attributes[key].a = this.tempAttributes[key].a
+        this.attributes[key].t = offsetTime
+        this.attributes[key].v = v
+        this.attributes[key].d = duration
+      }
+    }
+
+    this.tempAttributes = null
+
+    this.compile()
+  }
+
+  // Write current state into the graphics vertex array for rendering
+  compile (): void {
+    let attributes = this.attributes
+    if (this.tempAttributes) {
+      attributes = {
+        ...this.attributes,
+        ...this.tempAttributes
+      }
+    }
+    const size = attributes.s
+
+    // update vertex data in place
+    // ugly, but avoids overhead of allocating large temporary arrays
+    const vertexStride = VI.length + 2
+    for (let vertex = 0; vertex < 6; vertex++) {
+      this.vertexData[vertex * vertexStride] = vertexOffsetFactors[vertex][0]
+      this.vertexData[(vertex * vertexStride) + 1] = vertexOffsetFactors[vertex][1]
+      for (let step = 0; step < VI.length; step++) {
+        // components of each field in the vertex array are defined by an entry in VI:
+        // VI[i].a is the attribute, VI[i].f is the inner field, VI[i].offA and VI[i].offB are offset factors
+        this.vertexData[(vertex * vertexStride) + step + 2] = attributes[VI[step].a][VI[step].f]
+      }
+    }
+
+    this.vertexArray.setData(this.vertexPointer, this.vertexData)
+  }
+
+  moveVertexPointer (index: number): void {
+    this.vertexPointer = index
+  }
+
+  destroy (): void {
+    this.vertexArray.remove(this.vertexPointer)
+    this.vertexPointer = null
+  }
+}
+
+// expects 0 <= x <= 1
+function smootherstep(x: number): number {
+  let ix = 1 - x;
+  x = x * x
+  return x / (x + ix * ix)
+}
+
+function interpolateAttributeStart(attribute: InterpolatedAttribute, start: DOMHighResTimeStamp): void {
+  if (attribute.v == 0 || (attribute.t + attribute.d) <= start) {
+    // transition finished, next transition starts from current end state
+    // (clamp to 1)
+    attribute.a = attribute.b
+    attribute.v = 0
+    attribute.d = 0
+  } else if (attribute.t > start) {
+    // transition not started
+    // (clamp to 0)
+  } else {
+    // transition in progress
+    // (interpolate)
+    let progress = (start - attribute.t)
+    let delta = smootherstep(progress / attribute.d)
+    attribute.a = attribute.a + (delta * (attribute.b - attribute.a))
+    attribute.d = attribute.d - progress
+    attribute.v = 1 / attribute.d
+  }
+}
+
+const vertexOffsetFactors = [
+  [0,0],
+  [1,1],
+  [1,0],
+  [0,0],
+  [1,1],
+  [0,1]
+]
+
+const VI = []
+updateKeys.forEach((attribute, aIndex) => {
+  attribKeys.forEach(field => {
+    VI.push({
+      a: attribute,
+      f: field
+    })
+  })
+})
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/components/mempool-block-overview/tx-view.ts b/frontend/src/app/components/mempool-block-overview/tx-view.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..554d29055
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/app/components/mempool-block-overview/tx-view.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+import TxSprite from './tx-sprite'
+import { FastVertexArray } from './fast-vertex-array'
+import { TransactionStripped } from 'src/app/interfaces/websocket.interface';
+import { SpriteUpdateParams, Square, Color, ViewUpdateParams } from './sprite-types'
+import { feeLevels, mempoolFeeColors } from 'src/app/app.constants';
+
+const hoverTransitionTime = 300
+const defaultHoverColor = hexToColor('1bd8f4')
+
+// convert from this class's update format to TxSprite's update format
+function toSpriteUpdate({display, duration, delay, start, adjust} : ViewUpdateParams): SpriteUpdateParams {
+  return {
+    start: (start || performance.now()) + (delay || 0),
+    duration: duration,
+    ...display.position,
+    ...display.color,
+    adjust
+  }
+}
+
+export default class TxView implements TransactionStripped {
+  txid: string;
+  fee: number;
+  vsize: number;
+  value: number;
+  feerate: number;
+
+  initialised: boolean;
+  vertexArray: FastVertexArray;
+  hover: boolean;
+  sprite: TxSprite;
+  hoverColor: Color | void;
+
+  screenPosition: Square;
+  gridPosition : Square | void;
+
+  dirty: boolean;
+
+  constructor (tx: TransactionStripped, vertexArray: FastVertexArray) {
+    this.txid = tx.txid
+    this.fee = tx.fee
+    this.vsize = tx.vsize
+    this.value = tx.value
+    this.feerate = tx.fee / tx.vsize
+    this.initialised = false
+    this.vertexArray = vertexArray
+
+    this.hover = false
+
+    this.screenPosition = { x: 0, y: 0, s: 0 }
+
+    this.dirty = true
+  }
+
+  destroy (): void {
+    if (this.sprite) {
+      this.sprite.destroy()
+      this.sprite = null
+      this.initialised = false
+    }
+  }
+
+  applyGridPosition (position: Square): void {
+    if (!this.gridPosition) this.gridPosition = { x: 0, y: 0, s: 0 }
+    if (this.gridPosition.x != position.x || this.gridPosition.y != position.y || this.gridPosition.s != position.s) {
+      this.gridPosition.x = position.x
+      this.gridPosition.y = position.y
+      this.gridPosition.s = position.s
+      this.dirty = true
+    }
+  }
+
+  /*
+    display: defines the final appearance of the sprite
+        position: { x, y, s } (coordinates & size)
+        color: { r, g, b, a} (color channels & alpha)
+    duration: of the tweening animation from the previous display state
+    start: performance.now() timestamp, when to start the transition
+    delay: additional milliseconds to wait before starting
+    jitter: if set, adds a random amount to the delay,
+    adjust: if true, modify an in-progress transition instead of replacing it
+  */
+  update ({ display, duration, delay, jitter, start, adjust }: ViewUpdateParams): void {
+    if (jitter) delay += (Math.random() * jitter)
+
+    if (!this.initialised || !this.sprite) {
+      this.initialised = true
+      this.sprite = new TxSprite(
+        toSpriteUpdate({display, duration, delay, start}),
+        this.vertexArray
+      )
+      // apply any pending hover event
+      if (this.hover) {
+        this.sprite.update({
+          ...this.hoverColor,
+          duration: hoverTransitionTime,
+          adjust: false,
+          temp: true
+        })
+      }
+    } else {
+      this.sprite.update(
+        toSpriteUpdate({display, duration, delay, start, adjust})
+      )
+    }
+    this.dirty = false
+  }
+
+  // Temporarily override the tx color
+  setHover (hoverOn: boolean, color: Color | void = defaultHoverColor): void {
+    if (hoverOn) {
+      this.hover = true
+      this.hoverColor = color
+
+      this.sprite.update({
+        ...this.hoverColor,
+        duration: hoverTransitionTime,
+        adjust: false,
+        temp: true
+      })
+    } else {
+      this.hover = false
+      this.hoverColor = null
+      if (this.sprite) this.sprite.resume(hoverTransitionTime)
+    }
+    this.dirty = false
+  }
+
+  getColor (): Color {
+    let feeLevelIndex = feeLevels.slice().reverse().findIndex((feeLvl) => (this.feerate || 1) >= feeLvl);
+    feeLevelIndex = feeLevelIndex >= 0 ? feeLevels.length - feeLevelIndex : feeLevelIndex;
+    return hexToColor(mempoolFeeColors[feeLevelIndex - 1] || mempoolFeeColors[mempoolFeeColors.length - 1])
+  }
+}
+
+function hexToColor (hex: string): Color {
+  return {
+    r: parseInt(hex.slice(0,2), 16) / 255,
+    g: parseInt(hex.slice(2,4), 16) / 255,
+    b: parseInt(hex.slice(4,6), 16) / 255,
+    a: 1
+  }
+}