diff --git a/src/app/components/RoomItem.svelte b/src/app/components/RoomItem.svelte
index b691aa16..e0e4b35e 100644
--- a/src/app/components/RoomItem.svelte
+++ b/src/app/components/RoomItem.svelte
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
     event: TrustedEvent
     replyTo?: (event: TrustedEvent) => void
     showPubkey?: boolean
+    isGrouped?: boolean
     inert?: boolean
     canEdit: (event: TrustedEvent) => boolean
     onEdit: (event: TrustedEvent) => void
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@
     event,
     replyTo = undefined,
     showPubkey = false,
+    isGrouped = false,
     inert = false,
     canEdit,
     onEdit,
@@ -74,89 +76,153 @@
     publishReaction({...template, event, relays: [url], protect: await shouldProtect})
 </script>
 
-<TapTarget
-  data-event={event.id}
-  onTap={inert ? null : onTap}
-  class="group relative flex w-full cursor-default flex-col p-2 pb-3 text-left hover:bg-base-100/50">
-  <div class="flex w-full gap-3 overflow-auto">
-    {#if showPubkey}
-      <Button onclick={openProfile} class="flex items-start">
-        <ProfileCircle
-          pubkey={event.pubkey}
-          class="border border-solid border-base-content"
-          size={8} />
-      </Button>
-    {:else}
-      <div class="w-8 min-w-8 max-w-8"></div>
-    {/if}
-    <div class="min-w-0 flex-grow pr-1">
-      {#if showPubkey}
-        <div class="flex items-center gap-2">
-          <Button onclick={openProfile} class="text-sm font-bold" style="color: {colorValue}">
-            {$profileDisplay}
-          </Button>
-          <span class="text-xs opacity-50">
-            {#if formatTimestampAsDate(event.created_at) === today}
-              Today
-            {:else}
-              {formatTimestampAsDate(event.created_at)}
-            {/if}
-            at {formatTimestampAsTime(event.created_at)}
-          </span>
+{#if isGrouped}
+  <TapTarget
+    data-event={event.id}
+    onTap={inert ? null : onTap}
+    class="group relative flex w-full cursor-default flex-col text-left hover:bg-base-100/50">
+    <div class="flex w-full gap-3 overflow-auto pr-1">
+      <div class="min-w-0 flex-grow">
+        <div>
+          <RoomItemContent {url} {event} />
+          {#if thunk}
+            <ThunkFailure showToastOnRetry {thunk} class="mt-2 text-sm" />
+          {/if}
         </div>
-      {/if}
-      <div class:mt-2={showPubkey && event.kind !== MESSAGE}>
-        <RoomItemContent {url} {event} />
-        {#if thunk}
-          <ThunkFailure showToastOnRetry {thunk} class="mt-2 text-sm" />
-        {/if}
       </div>
     </div>
-  </div>
-  <div class="row-2 ml-10 mt-1 pl-1">
-    <ReactionSummary
-      {url}
-      {event}
-      {deleteReaction}
-      {createReaction}
-      reactionClass="tooltip-right" />
-    {#if path && $comments.length > 0}
-      {@const pubkeys = $comments.map(e => e.pubkey)}
-      {@const isOwn = $pubkey && pubkeys.includes($pubkey)}
-      {@const info = displayList(pubkeys.map(pubkey => displayProfileByPubkey(pubkey)))}
-      {@const tooltip = `${info} commented`}
-      <div data-tip={tooltip} class="tooltip tooltip-right flex">
-        <Link
-          href={path}
-          class={cx("btn btn-xs gap-1 rounded-full", {
-            "btn-neutral": !isOwn,
-            "btn-primary": isOwn,
-          })}>
-          <Icon icon={ReplyAlt} />
-          <span>{$comments.length} comment{$comments.length === 1 ? "" : "s"}</span>
-        </Link>
-      </div>
+    <div class="row-2 mt-1">
+      <ReactionSummary
+        {url}
+        {event}
+        {deleteReaction}
+        {createReaction}
+        reactionClass="tooltip-right" />
+      {#if path && $comments.length > 0}
+        {@const pubkeys = $comments.map(e => e.pubkey)}
+        {@const isOwn = $pubkey && pubkeys.includes($pubkey)}
+        {@const info = displayList(pubkeys.map(pubkey => displayProfileByPubkey(pubkey)))}
+        {@const tooltip = `${info} commented`}
+        <div data-tip={tooltip} class="tooltip tooltip-right flex">
+          <Link
+            href={path}
+            class={cx("btn btn-xs gap-1 rounded-full", {
+              "btn-neutral": !isOwn,
+              "btn-primary": isOwn,
+            })}>
+            <Icon icon={ReplyAlt} />
+            <span>{$comments.length} comment{$comments.length === 1 ? "" : "s"}</span>
+          </Link>
+        </div>
+      {/if}
+    </div>
+    {#if !isMobile}
+      <button
+        class="join absolute right-1 top-0 -translate-y-full border border-solid border-neutral text-xs opacity-0 transition-all"
+        class:group-hover:opacity-100={!isMobile}>
+        {#if ENABLE_ZAPS}
+          <RoomItemZapButton {url} {event} />
+        {/if}
+        <RoomItemEmojiButton {url} {event} />
+        {#if replyTo}
+          <Button class="btn join-item btn-xs" onclick={reply}>
+            <Icon icon={Reply} size={4} />
+          </Button>
+        {/if}
+        {#if edit}
+          <Button class="btn join-item btn-xs" onclick={edit}>
+            <Icon icon={Pen} size={4} />
+          </Button>
+        {/if}
+        <RoomItemMenuButton {url} {event} />
+      </button>
     {/if}
-  </div>
-  {#if !isMobile}
-    <button
-      class="join absolute right-1 top-1 border border-solid border-neutral text-xs opacity-0 transition-all"
-      class:group-hover:opacity-100={!isMobile}>
-      {#if ENABLE_ZAPS}
-        <RoomItemZapButton {url} {event} />
-      {/if}
-      <RoomItemEmojiButton {url} {event} />
-      {#if replyTo}
-        <Button class="btn join-item btn-xs" onclick={reply}>
-          <Icon icon={Reply} size={4} />
+  </TapTarget>
+{:else}
+  <TapTarget
+    data-event={event.id}
+    onTap={inert ? null : onTap}
+    class="group relative flex w-full cursor-default flex-col p-2 pb-3 text-left hover:bg-base-100/50">
+    <div class="flex w-full gap-3 overflow-auto">
+      {#if showPubkey}
+        <Button onclick={openProfile} class="flex items-start">
+          <ProfileCircle
+            pubkey={event.pubkey}
+            class="border border-solid border-base-content"
+            size={8} />
         </Button>
+      {:else}
+        <div class="w-8 min-w-8 max-w-8"></div>
       {/if}
-      {#if edit}
-        <Button class="btn join-item btn-xs" onclick={edit}>
-          <Icon icon={Pen} size={4} />
-        </Button>
+      <div class="min-w-0 flex-grow pr-1">
+        {#if showPubkey}
+          <div class="flex items-center gap-2">
+            <Button onclick={openProfile} class="text-sm font-bold" style="color: {colorValue}">
+              {$profileDisplay}
+            </Button>
+            <span class="text-xs opacity-50">
+              {#if formatTimestampAsDate(event.created_at) === today}
+                Today
+              {:else}
+                {formatTimestampAsDate(event.created_at)}
+              {/if}
+              at {formatTimestampAsTime(event.created_at)}
+            </span>
+          </div>
+        {/if}
+        <div class:mt-2={showPubkey && event.kind !== MESSAGE}>
+          <RoomItemContent {url} {event} />
+          {#if thunk}
+            <ThunkFailure showToastOnRetry {thunk} class="mt-2 text-sm" />
+          {/if}
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+    <div class="row-2 mt-1">
+      <ReactionSummary
+        {url}
+        {event}
+        {deleteReaction}
+        {createReaction}
+        reactionClass="tooltip-right" />
+      {#if path && $comments.length > 0}
+        {@const pubkeys = $comments.map(e => e.pubkey)}
+        {@const isOwn = $pubkey && pubkeys.includes($pubkey)}
+        {@const info = displayList(pubkeys.map(pubkey => displayProfileByPubkey(pubkey)))}
+        {@const tooltip = `${info} commented`}
+        <div data-tip={tooltip} class="tooltip tooltip-right flex">
+          <Link
+            href={path}
+            class={cx("btn btn-xs gap-1 rounded-full", {
+              "btn-neutral": !isOwn,
+              "btn-primary": isOwn,
+            })}>
+            <Icon icon={ReplyAlt} />
+            <span>{$comments.length} comment{$comments.length === 1 ? "" : "s"}</span>
+          </Link>
+        </div>
       {/if}
-      <RoomItemMenuButton {url} {event} />
-    </button>
-  {/if}
-</TapTarget>
+    </div>
+    {#if !isMobile}
+      <button
+        class="join absolute right-1 top-0 -translate-y-full border border-solid border-neutral text-xs opacity-0 transition-all"
+        class:group-hover:opacity-100={!isMobile}>
+        {#if ENABLE_ZAPS}
+          <RoomItemZapButton {url} {event} />
+        {/if}
+        <RoomItemEmojiButton {url} {event} />
+        {#if replyTo}
+          <Button class="btn join-item btn-xs" onclick={reply}>
+            <Icon icon={Reply} size={4} />
+          </Button>
+        {/if}
+        {#if edit}
+          <Button class="btn join-item btn-xs" onclick={edit}>
+            <Icon icon={Pen} size={4} />
+          </Button>
+        {/if}
+        <RoomItemMenuButton {url} {event} />
+      </button>
+    {/if}
+  </TapTarget>
+{/if}
diff --git a/src/app/components/RoomMessageBlock.svelte b/src/app/components/RoomMessageBlock.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6a3a978a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/components/RoomMessageBlock.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+<script lang="ts">
+  import {hash, formatTimestampAsTime, formatTimestampAsDate, now} from "@welshman/lib"
+  import type {TrustedEvent} from "@welshman/util"
+  import {deriveProfileDisplay} from "@welshman/app"
+  import Button from "@lib/components/Button.svelte"
+  import ProfileCircle from "@app/components/ProfileCircle.svelte"
+  import ProfileDetail from "@app/components/ProfileDetail.svelte"
+  import RoomItem from "@app/components/RoomItem.svelte"
+  import {colors} from "@app/core/state"
+  import {pushModal} from "@app/util/modal"
+
+  interface Props {
+    url: string
+    events: TrustedEvent[]
+    replyTo?: (event: TrustedEvent) => void
+    inert?: boolean
+    canEdit: (event: TrustedEvent) => boolean
+    onEdit: (event: TrustedEvent) => void
+  }
+
+  const {url, events, replyTo = undefined, inert = false, canEdit, onEdit}: Props = $props()
+
+  const firstEvent = events[0]
+  const today = formatTimestampAsDate(now())
+  const profileDisplay = deriveProfileDisplay(firstEvent.pubkey, [url])
+  const [_, colorValue] = colors[hash(firstEvent.pubkey) % colors.length]
+
+  const openProfile = () => pushModal(ProfileDetail, {pubkey: firstEvent.pubkey, url})
+</script>
+
+<div class="relative flex w-full flex-col p-2 pb-3 text-left hover:bg-base-100/50">
+  <div class="flex w-full gap-3">
+    <Button onclick={openProfile} class="flex items-start">
+      <ProfileCircle
+        pubkey={firstEvent.pubkey}
+        class="border border-solid border-base-content"
+        size={8} />
+    </Button>
+    <div class="min-w-0 flex-grow">
+      <div class="flex items-center gap-2">
+        <Button onclick={openProfile} class="text-sm font-bold" style="color: {colorValue}">
+          {$profileDisplay}
+        </Button>
+        <span class="text-xs opacity-50">
+          {#if formatTimestampAsDate(firstEvent.created_at) === today}
+            Today
+          {:else}
+            {formatTimestampAsDate(firstEvent.created_at)}
+          {/if}
+          at {formatTimestampAsTime(firstEvent.created_at)}
+        </span>
+      </div>
+      <div class="flex flex-col">
+        {#each events as event (event.id)}
+          <RoomItem {url} {event} {replyTo} {inert} {canEdit} {onEdit} isGrouped />
+        {/each}
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+</div>
diff --git a/src/routes/spaces/[relay]/[h]/+page.svelte b/src/routes/spaces/[relay]/[h]/+page.svelte
index fca7bd03..898f3019 100644
--- a/src/routes/spaces/[relay]/[h]/+page.svelte
+++ b/src/routes/spaces/[relay]/[h]/+page.svelte
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   import RoomComposeParent from "@app/components/RoomComposeParent.svelte"
   import RoomImage from "@app/components/RoomImage.svelte"
   import RoomDetail from "@app/components/RoomDetail.svelte"
-  import RoomItem from "@app/components/RoomItem.svelte"
+  import RoomMessageBlock from "@app/components/RoomMessageBlock.svelte"
   import RoomName from "@app/components/RoomName.svelte"
   import SpaceSearch from "@app/components/SpaceSearch.svelte"
   import ThunkToast from "@app/components/ThunkToast.svelte"
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@
     let previousPubkey
     let previousCreatedAt = 0
     let newMessagesSeen = false
+    let currentBlock: TrustedEvent[] = []
 
     if (events) {
       const lastUserEvent = $events.find(e => e.pubkey === $pubkey)
@@ -250,6 +251,17 @@
       const adjustedLastChecked =
         lastChecked && lastUserEvent ? Math.max(lastUserEvent.created_at, lastChecked) : lastChecked
 
+      const flushBlock = () => {
+        if (currentBlock.length > 0) {
+          elements.push({
+            type: "message-block",
+            id: currentBlock[0].id,
+            events: [...currentBlock],
+          })
+          currentBlock = []
+        }
+      }
+
       for (const event of $events) {
         if (seen.has(event.id)) {
           continue
@@ -264,23 +276,26 @@
           event.created_at > adjustedLastChecked &&
           event.created_at < mounted
         ) {
+          flushBlock()
           elements.push({type: "new-messages", id: "new-messages"})
           newMessagesSeen = true
         }
 
         if (date !== previousDate) {
-          elements.push({type: "date", value: date, id: date, showPubkey: false})
+          flushBlock()
+          elements.push({type: "date", value: date, id: date})
         }
 
-        elements.push({
-          id: event.id,
-          type: "note",
-          value: event,
-          showPubkey:
-            previousPubkey !== event.pubkey ||
-            event.created_at - previousCreatedAt > int(3, MINUTE) ||
-            previousKind === ROOM_ADD_MEMBER,
-        })
+        const shouldStartNewBlock =
+          previousPubkey !== event.pubkey ||
+          event.created_at - previousCreatedAt > int(3, MINUTE) ||
+          previousKind === ROOM_ADD_MEMBER
+
+        if (shouldStartNewBlock) {
+          flushBlock()
+        }
+
+        currentBlock.push(event)
 
         previousDate = date
         previousKind = event.kind
@@ -288,6 +303,8 @@
         previousCreatedAt = event.created_at
         seen.add(event.id)
       }
+
+      flushBlock()
     }
 
     elements.reverse()
@@ -382,32 +399,31 @@
         <Spinner loading={loadingForward}>Looking for messages...</Spinner>
       </p>
     {/if}
-    {#each elements as { type, id, value, showPubkey } (id)}
-      {#if type === "new-messages"}
+    {#each elements as element (element.id)}
+      {#if element.type === "new-messages"}
         <div
-          {id}
+          id={element.id}
           class="flex items-center py-2 text-xs transition-colors"
           class:opacity-0={showFixedNewMessages}>
           <div class="h-px flex-grow bg-primary"></div>
           <p class="rounded-full bg-primary px-2 py-1 text-primary-content">New Messages</p>
           <div class="h-px flex-grow bg-primary"></div>
         </div>
-      {:else if type === "date"}
-        <Divider>{value}</Divider>
-      {:else}
-        {@const event = $state.snapshot(value as TrustedEvent)}
+      {:else if element.type === "date"}
+        <Divider>{(element as any).value}</Divider>
+      {:else if element.type === "message-block"}
+        <div in:slide class="cv">
+          <RoomMessageBlock
+            {url}
+            events={(element as any).events}
+            {replyTo}
+            canEdit={canEditEvent}
+            onEdit={onEditEvent} />
+        </div>
+      {:else if (element as any).value}
+        {@const event = $state.snapshot((element as any).value)}
         {#if event.kind === ROOM_ADD_MEMBER}
           <RoomItemAddMember {url} {event} />
-        {:else}
-          <div in:slide class="cv" class:-mt-1={!showPubkey}>
-            <RoomItem
-              {url}
-              {event}
-              {replyTo}
-              {showPubkey}
-              canEdit={canEditEvent}
-              onEdit={onEditEvent} />
-          </div>
         {/if}
       {/if}
     {/each}
diff --git a/src/routes/spaces/[relay]/chat/+page.svelte b/src/routes/spaces/[relay]/chat/+page.svelte
index 8972fe44..ad9c1c39 100644
--- a/src/routes/spaces/[relay]/chat/+page.svelte
+++ b/src/routes/spaces/[relay]/chat/+page.svelte
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   import ThunkToast from "@app/components/ThunkToast.svelte"
   import SpaceBar from "@app/components/SpaceBar.svelte"
   import SpaceSearch from "@app/components/SpaceSearch.svelte"
-  import RoomItem from "@app/components/RoomItem.svelte"
+  import RoomMessageBlock from "@app/components/RoomMessageBlock.svelte"
   import RoomItemAddMember from "@src/app/components/RoomItemAddMember.svelte"
 
   import RoomCompose from "@app/components/RoomCompose.svelte"
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@
     let previousPubkey
     let previousCreatedAt = 0
     let newMessagesSeen = false
+    let currentBlock: TrustedEvent[] = []
 
     if (events) {
       const lastUserEvent = $events.find(e => e.pubkey === $pubkey)
@@ -188,6 +189,17 @@
       const adjustedLastChecked =
         lastChecked && lastUserEvent ? Math.max(lastUserEvent.created_at, lastChecked) : lastChecked
 
+      const flushBlock = () => {
+        if (currentBlock.length > 0) {
+          elements.push({
+            type: "message-block",
+            id: currentBlock[0].id,
+            events: [...currentBlock],
+          })
+          currentBlock = []
+        }
+      }
+
       for (const event of $events) {
         if (seen.has(event.id)) {
           continue
@@ -202,23 +214,26 @@
           event.created_at > adjustedLastChecked &&
           event.created_at < mounted
         ) {
+          flushBlock()
           elements.push({type: "new-messages", id: "new-messages"})
           newMessagesSeen = true
         }
 
         if (date !== previousDate) {
-          elements.push({type: "date", value: date, id: date, showPubkey: false})
+          flushBlock()
+          elements.push({type: "date", value: date, id: date})
         }
 
-        elements.push({
-          id: event.id,
-          type: "note",
-          value: event,
-          showPubkey:
-            previousPubkey !== event.pubkey ||
-            event.created_at - previousCreatedAt > int(3, MINUTE) ||
-            previousKind === RELAY_ADD_MEMBER,
-        })
+        const shouldStartNewBlock =
+          previousPubkey !== event.pubkey ||
+          event.created_at - previousCreatedAt > int(3, MINUTE) ||
+          previousKind === RELAY_ADD_MEMBER
+
+        if (shouldStartNewBlock) {
+          flushBlock()
+        }
+
+        currentBlock.push(event)
 
         previousDate = date
         previousKind = event.kind
@@ -226,6 +241,8 @@
         previousCreatedAt = event.created_at
         seen.add(event.id)
       }
+
+      flushBlock()
     }
 
     elements.reverse()
@@ -295,32 +312,29 @@
       <Spinner loading={loadingForward}>Looking for messages...</Spinner>
     </p>
   {/if}
-  {#each elements as { type, id, value, showPubkey } (id)}
-    {#if type === "new-messages"}
+  {#each elements as element (element.id)}
+    {#if element.type === "new-messages"}
       <div
-        {id}
+        id={element.id}
         class="flex items-center py-2 text-xs transition-colors"
         class:opacity-0={showFixedNewMessages}>
         <div class="h-px flex-grow bg-primary"></div>
         <p class="rounded-full bg-primary px-2 py-1 text-primary-content">New Messages</p>
         <div class="h-px flex-grow bg-primary"></div>
       </div>
-    {:else if type === "date"}
-      <Divider>{value}</Divider>
-    {:else}
-      {@const event = $state.snapshot(value as TrustedEvent)}
+    {:else if element.type === "date"}
+      <Divider>{(element as any).value}</Divider>
+    {:else if element.type === "message-block"}
+      <RoomMessageBlock
+        {url}
+        events={(element as any).events}
+        {replyTo}
+        canEdit={canEditEvent}
+        onEdit={onEditEvent} />
+    {:else if (element as any).value}
+      {@const event = $state.snapshot((element as any).value)}
       {#if event.kind === RELAY_ADD_MEMBER}
         <RoomItemAddMember {url} {event} />
-      {:else}
-        <div class:-mt-1={!showPubkey}>
-          <RoomItem
-            {url}
-            {event}
-            {replyTo}
-            {showPubkey}
-            canEdit={canEditEvent}
-            onEdit={onEditEvent} />
-        </div>
       {/if}
     {/if}
   {/each}