diff --git a/src/components/Hero.jsx b/src/components/Hero.jsx
index 76620d7..52670ad 100644
--- a/src/components/Hero.jsx
+++ b/src/components/Hero.jsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { ethers, BigNumber } from 'ethers';
 import { useAccount, useContractReads, useContractRead, usePrepareContractWrite, useContractWrite, useWaitForTransaction, erc721ABI } from 'wagmi';
 import { NotificationContainer, NotificationManager } from 'react-notifications';
 import debounce from 'lodash';
-import { StatsPanel } from './Panels';
+import { StatsPanel, TrollboxPanel } from './Panels';
 
 import MainABI from '../abi/main.json';
 import '../styles/hero.css';
@@ -357,6 +357,10 @@ export function Hero(props) {
                 bombsAssembled={options.bombsAssembled}
                 bombsExploded={options.bombsExploded}
             />
+            <TrollboxPanel 
+                ws={props.ws}
+                address={address} 
+            />
         </div>
     )
 }
diff --git a/src/components/Panels.jsx b/src/components/Panels.jsx
index 0902ef5..52ee8ad 100644
--- a/src/components/Panels.jsx
+++ b/src/components/Panels.jsx
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import React from 'react';
+import React, { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+import useWebSocket, { ReadyState } from 'react-use-websocket';
 
 import Unaboomer from '../img/unaboomer.png';
 
@@ -53,4 +54,108 @@ export class StatsPanel extends React.Component {
             </>
         )
     }
+}
+
+export function TrollboxPanel(props) {
+    const [showChat, setShowChat] = useState(false);
+    const [history, setHistory] = useState(() => {
+        const saved = localStorage.getItem('trollboxHistory');
+        return saved || JSON.stringify([])
+    });
+
+    const { sendJsonMessage, readyState } = useWebSocket(props.ws, {
+        onOpen: () => {
+            console.log('WebSocket connection established.');
+        },
+        onMessage: (msg) => {
+            console.log(JSON.parse(msg.data))
+            let h = JSON.parse(history);
+            if (h.length > 500) {
+                h = h.splice(-500);
+            }
+            h.push(JSON.parse(msg.data));
+            setHistory(JSON.stringify(h));
+        },
+        shouldReconnect: () => true
+    });
+
+
+    useEffect(() => {
+        localStorage.setItem('trollboxHistory', history);
+    }, [history]);
+
+    const connectionStatus = {
+        [ReadyState.CONNECTING]: 'Connecting',
+        [ReadyState.OPEN]: 'Open',
+        [ReadyState.CLOSING]: 'Closing',
+        [ReadyState.CLOSED]: 'Closed',
+        [ReadyState.UNINSTANTIATED]: 'Uninstantiated',
+    }[readyState];
+
+    function send(event) {
+        const message = (new FormData(event.target)).get("message");
+        if (message) {
+            sendJsonMessage({
+                from: props.address,
+                date: new Date(),
+                message
+            })
+        }
+        event.target.reset();
+        return false;
+    }
+    
+    return (
+        <>
+        {props.ws && props.address && (
+            <div id="trollbox">
+                {readyState == ReadyState.OPEN && showChat && (
+                    <>
+                        <button className="button" onClick={() => {
+                            setShowChat(false);
+                        }}>hide chat</button>
+                        <form id="sendForm" onSubmit={(ev) => {
+                            ev.preventDefault();
+                            send(ev);
+                        }}>
+                            <input type="text" name="message" minLength="1" />
+                            <button className='doThing' type="submit">Send</button>
+                        </form>
+                        <ul className="nopad">
+                            {JSON.parse(history).length > 0 && JSON.parse(history).map((message, idx) => (
+                                <li key={idx} className="messageLine">
+                                    <span className="fromAddress nopad">
+                                        <a href={"https://etherscan.io/address/" + message.from} target="_blank">
+                                            {message.from.slice(-6)}
+                                        </a>
+                                    :</span>
+                                    <span className="messageText">{message.message}</span>
+                                    <span className="messageDate">
+                                        {new Date(message.date).getMonth() + 1}/
+                                        {new Date(message.date).getDate()} @  
+                                        {new Date(message.date).getUTCHours()}:
+                                        {new Date(message.date).getUTCMinutes()} UTC
+                                    </span>
+                                </li>
+                            ))}
+                        </ul>
+                        
+                    </>
+                )}
+
+                {readyState == ReadyState.OPEN && !showChat && (
+                    <button className="button" onClick={() => {
+                        setShowChat(!showChat);
+                    }}>
+                        {showChat && <>∨ hide chat</> || <>^ show chat</>}
+                    </button>
+                )}
+
+                {readyState == ReadyState.CONNECTING && (
+                    <p>connecting to trollbox...</p>
+                )}
+            </div>
+        )}
+        </>
+    )
 }
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diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index fec2789..5d61014 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -38,7 +38,10 @@ ReactDOM.createRoot(document.getElementById("root")).render(
     <WagmiConfig client={wagmiClient}>
         <RainbowKitProvider chains={chains} initialChain={1337}>
             <Navbar />
-            <Hero contractAddress={'0x5FbDB2315678afecb367f032d93F642f64180aa3'} />
+            <Hero 
+              contractAddress={'0x5FbDB2315678afecb367f032d93F642f64180aa3'} 
+              ws={'wss://lzahq.tech/ws'}
+            />
         </RainbowKitProvider>
     </WagmiConfig>
 );
diff --git a/src/styles/hero.css b/src/styles/hero.css
index 4328f66..30265fa 100644
--- a/src/styles/hero.css
+++ b/src/styles/hero.css
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ button.doThing:disabled {
     left: 0;
     background-color: #231f20;
     text-align: left;
-    width: 30%;
+    width: 20%;
     margin: 0;
     max-height: 400px;
     overflow-y: auto;
@@ -93,4 +93,63 @@ button.doThing:disabled {
     min-width: 300px;
     border-right: 4px solid #f9f9f9;
     border-top: 4px solid #f9f9f9;
+}
+
+#trollbox {
+    position: fixed;
+    bottom: 0;
+    right: 0;
+    background-color: black;
+    text-align: left;
+    width: 40%;
+    margin: 0;
+    max-height: 400px;
+    overflow-y: auto;
+    word-wrap: break-word;
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: column-reverse;
+    min-width: 400px;
+    border-left: 4px solid #f9f9f9;
+    border-top: 4px solid #f9f9f9;
+}
+
+@media (max-width: 600px) {
+    #statsbox {
+        min-width: 300px;
+    }
+    #trollbox {
+        min-width: 200px;
+    }
+    .messageDate {
+        display: none;
+    }
+}
+
+#trollbox ul li, #trollbox span, #trollbox a {
+    list-style-type: none;
+    /* font-family: monospace; */
+}
+
+#trollbox form {
+    margin: .8em 0;
+}
+
+#trollbox form input[type="text"] {
+    width: 60%;
+}
+
+.fromAddress {
+    margin: 4px 4px 0 0;
+}
+
+.messageLine {
+    width: 100%;
+    flex-direction: column-reverse;
+}
+
+.messageDate {
+    font-size: 8px;
+    float: right;
+    line-height: 1em;
+    padding-right: 8px;
 }
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