diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 05a92b9..c188cf5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 node_modules
 package-lock.json
-*.log
\ No newline at end of file
+*.log
+.DS_Store
diff --git a/app/src/app/app.component.ts b/app/src/app/app.component.ts
index fb4dd6e..99dcb4b 100644
--- a/app/src/app/app.component.ts
+++ b/app/src/app/app.component.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { Platform, MenuController, Nav } from 'ionic-angular';
 import { StatusBar }                     from '@ionic-native/status-bar';
 import { SplashScreen }                  from '@ionic-native/splash-screen';
 import {
+  HomePage,
   BlocksPage,
   BroadcastTxPage,
   NodeStatusPage,
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ export class InsightApp {
 
     // set our app's pages
     this.pages = [
+      { title: 'Home', component: HomePage },
       { title: 'Blocks', component: BlocksPage },
       { title: 'Broadcast Transaction', component: BroadcastTxPage },
       { title: 'Verify Signed Message', component: VerifyMessagePage },
diff --git a/app/src/app/app.module.ts b/app/src/app/app.module.ts
index c0b673b..9901a7b 100644
--- a/app/src/app/app.module.ts
+++ b/app/src/app/app.module.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { IonicApp, IonicModule, IonicErrorHandler } from 'ionic-angular';
 import { StatusBar } from '@ionic-native/status-bar';
 import { SplashScreen } from '@ionic-native/splash-screen';
 import { InsightApp } from './app.component';
-import { PagesModule, BlocksPage, BroadcastTxPage, NodeStatusPage, VerifyMessagePage } from '../pages';
+import { PagesModule, HomePage, BlocksPage, BroadcastTxPage, NodeStatusPage, VerifyMessagePage } from '../pages';
 import { BlocksService, StorageService } from '../services';
 import { ApiProvider } from '../providers/api/api';
 import { CurrencyProvider } from '../providers/currency/currency';
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import { CurrencyProvider } from '../providers/currency/currency';
   bootstrap: [IonicApp],
   entryComponents: [
     InsightApp,
+    HomePage,
     BlocksPage,
     BroadcastTxPage,
     NodeStatusPage,
diff --git a/app/src/pages/home/home.html b/app/src/pages/home/home.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0c30c95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/pages/home/home.html
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<!--
+  Generated template for the HomePage page.
+
+  See http://ionicframework.com/docs/components/#navigation for more info on
+  Ionic pages and navigation.
+-->
+<ion-header>
+  <head-nav [title]="'Home'"></head-nav>
+</ion-header>
+
+
+<ion-content padding>
+
+  <h1>Latest Blocks</h1>
+  <h1>Latest Transactions</h1>
+  <h2>About</h2>
+  <p><strong>insight</strong>  is an <a href="https://insight.is/"
+                                                  target="_blank">open-source Bitcoin blockchain explorer</a> with complete REST and websocket APIs that can be used for writing web wallets and other apps  that need more advanced blockchain queries than provided by bitcoind RPC.  Check out the <a href="https://github.com/bitpay/insight-ui" target="_blank">source code</a>.</p>
+  <p><strong>insight</strong> is still in development, so be sure to report any bugs and provide feedback for improvement at our <a href="https://github.com/bitpay/insight-ui/issues" target="_blank">github issue tracker</a>.</p>
+  <div id="powered" class="row">
+    <div class="powered-text">
+      <small class="text-muted">Powered by</small>
+    </div>
+    <a href="http://bitcore.io" target="_blank" class="bitcore" title="Bitcore"></a>
+    <a href="http://angularjs.org" target="_blank" class="angularjs" title="AngularJS"></a>
+    <a href="https://code.google.com/p/leveldb/" target="_blank" class="leveldb" title="LevelDB"></a>
+    <a href="http://nodejs.org" target="_blank" class="nodejs" title="NodeJs"></a>
+  </div>
+</ion-content>
diff --git a/app/src/pages/home/home.module.ts b/app/src/pages/home/home.module.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9a8ed53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/pages/home/home.module.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
+import { IonicPageModule } from 'ionic-angular';
+import { HomePage } from './home';
+import { HeadNavComponentModule } from '../../components/head-nav/head-nav.module';
+
+@NgModule({
+  declarations: [
+    HomePage
+  ],
+  imports: [
+    IonicPageModule.forChild(HomePage),
+    HeadNavComponentModule
+  ],
+  exports: [
+    HomePage
+  ]
+})
+export class HomePageModule {}
diff --git a/app/src/pages/home/home.scss b/app/src/pages/home/home.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d4cc8fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/pages/home/home.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+page-home {
+
+}
diff --git a/app/src/pages/home/home.ts b/app/src/pages/home/home.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5880022
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/pages/home/home.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import { Component } from '@angular/core';
+import { IonicPage, NavController, NavParams } from 'ionic-angular';
+
+/**
+ * Generated class for the HomePage page.
+ *
+ * See http://ionicframework.com/docs/components/#navigation for more info
+ * on Ionic pages and navigation.
+ */
+@IonicPage({
+  name: 'home',
+  segment: 'home'
+})
+@Component({
+  selector: 'page-home',
+  templateUrl: 'home.html'
+})
+export class HomePage {
+
+  constructor(public navCtrl: NavController, public navParams: NavParams) {
+  }
+
+  public ionViewDidLoad(): void {
+    console.log('ionViewDidLoad HomePage');
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/app/src/pages/index.ts b/app/src/pages/index.ts
index a449179..19b1b7c 100644
--- a/app/src/pages/index.ts
+++ b/app/src/pages/index.ts
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@ export * from './blocksPage/blocksPage';
 export * from './broadcastTxPage/broadcastTxPage';
 export * from './nodeStatusPage/nodeStatusPage';
 export * from './verifyMessagePage/verifyMessagePage';
+export * from './home/home';
 export * from './pages.module';
diff --git a/app/src/pages/pages.module.ts b/app/src/pages/pages.module.ts
index 2da0e6a..b76bdd6 100644
--- a/app/src/pages/pages.module.ts
+++ b/app/src/pages/pages.module.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { IonicModule }      from 'ionic-angular';
 import { ComponentsModule } from '../components';
 import { HeadNavComponentModule } from '../components/head-nav/head-nav.module';
 import {
+  HomePage,
   BlocksPage,
   BroadcastTxPage,
   NodeStatusPage,
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ import {
 
 @NgModule({
   declarations: [
+    HomePage,
     BlocksPage,
     BroadcastTxPage,
     NodeStatusPage,