diff --git a/components/AddressInput.tsx b/components/AddressInput.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..854a458
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/AddressInput.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import { FC } from 'react'
+
+// delete if not needed
+export interface Props {
+  value: string
+  onChange: (value: string) => void
+}
+
+const AddressInput: FC<Props> = ({ value, onChange }) => {
+  return (
+    <div className="flex items-center w-full gap-3 text-2xl rounded transition-colors dark:bg-gray-800 bg-purple-50 focus-within:bg-purple-100 border-2 border-purple-200 dark:border-gray-700 py-2 px-4 overflow-hidden dark:focus-within:bg-gray-700">
+      <label htmlFor="xno-address">@</label>
+      <input
+        name="xno-address"
+        id="xno-address"
+        maxLength={65}
+        minLength={65}
+        className="bg-transparent focus:outline-none w-full"
+        value={value}
+        pattern="^(nano|xrb)_[13]{1}[13456789abcdefghijkmnopqrstuwxyz]{59}$"
+        onChange={({ target: { value, validity } }) => {
+          console.log(value, validity.patternMismatch)
+          if (!validity.patternMismatch) onChange(value)
+        }}
+      />
+    </div>
+  )
+}
+
+export default AddressInput
diff --git a/components/Balance.tsx b/components/Balance.tsx
index 7a0a9b0..5e8103c 100644
--- a/components/Balance.tsx
+++ b/components/Balance.tsx
@@ -41,22 +41,20 @@ const Balance: FC<Props> = ({ className }) => {
   const xnoBalanceDisplay = rawToNanoDisplay(account?.balance ?? '0')
 
   return (
-    <div
-      className={clsx(
-        'dark:text-purple-50 transition-colors text-gray-900 flex',
-        className
-      )}
-    >
+    <div className={clsx('dark:text-purple-50 text-gray-900 flex', className)}>
       <div
         onClick={() =>
           setPreference('showCurrencyDash', nextShowCurrency(showCurrencyDash))
         }
-        className="hover:cursor-pointer active:translate-y-0.5"
+        className="hover:cursor-pointer"
       >
         <h3 className="text-4xl">
-          Ӿ
+          <span className="transition-colors">Ӿ</span>
           <span
-            className={clsx(showXnoBalance ? 'font-medium' : 'font-semibold')}
+            className={clsx(
+              'transition-colors',
+              showXnoBalance ? 'font-medium' : 'font-semibold'
+            )}
           >
             {showXnoBalance ? (
               account?.balance === null ? (
@@ -76,7 +74,7 @@ const Balance: FC<Props> = ({ className }) => {
           </span>
         </h3>
         {showFiatBalance && (
-          <h4 className="text-xl">
+          <h4 className="text-xl transition-colors">
             $ {(Number(xnoBalance) * xnoPrice).toFixed(2)}
           </h4>
         )}
diff --git a/components/BottomMenu.tsx b/components/BottomMenu.tsx
index 73de384..752609a 100644
--- a/components/BottomMenu.tsx
+++ b/components/BottomMenu.tsx
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ const BottomMenu: FC<Props> = ({ className }) => {
             <div className="h-16 p-1 border-t-2 border-b-2 border-purple-400 shadow-lg">
               <QrcodeIcon className="h-full text-gray-900 dark:text-purple-100 transition-colors" />
             </div>
-            <Link href={isWelcoming ? '#' : '/send/qr'}>
+            <Link href={isWelcoming ? '#' : '/send/qrOrAddress'}>
               <a
                 className={clsx(
                   'bg-purple-400 transition-colors px-1 h-16 w-10 hover:bg-purple-400 disabled:hover:bg-purple-400 shadow-md disabled:cursor-default',
diff --git a/components/RecentTransactions.tsx b/components/RecentTransactions.tsx
index ed6e1f2..403a839 100644
--- a/components/RecentTransactions.tsx
+++ b/components/RecentTransactions.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 import { ChevronUpIcon, ClockIcon } from '@heroicons/react/outline'
 import { DownloadIcon, UploadIcon } from '@heroicons/react/solid'
 import clsx from 'clsx'
-import { FC, useState } from 'react'
+import { Unit, convert } from 'nanocurrency'
+import { FC, useEffect, useState } from 'react'
 
 import useAccountHistory from '../lib/hooks/useAccountHistory'
 import useAccountReceivable from '../lib/hooks/useAccountReceivable'
 import useReceiveNano from '../lib/hooks/useReceiveNano'
+import showNotification from '../lib/showNotification'
 import rawToNanoDisplay from '../lib/xno/rawToNanoDisplay'
 
 export interface Props {}
@@ -20,6 +22,7 @@ const RecentTransactions: FC<Props> = () => {
     hasMore,
     loading: loadingHistory,
     hasHistory,
+    revalidate: refetchHistory,
   } = useAccountHistory()
 
   const hasReceivable =
@@ -33,11 +36,34 @@ const RecentTransactions: FC<Props> = () => {
 
   const initialLoading = loadingHistory && accountHistory === undefined
 
+  const onIncomingClick = async (receivable: {
+    hash: string
+    amount: string
+    from: string
+    timestamp: string
+  }) => {
+    await receive(receivable.hash, receivable.amount)
+    onBlockReceived(receivable.hash)
+    refetchHistory()
+
+    showNotification({
+      title: 'received!',
+      body: `received Ӿ${convert(receivable.amount, {
+        from: Unit.raw,
+        to: Unit.Nano,
+      })} from ${receivable.from}`,
+      tag: 'received',
+    })
+  }
+
   return (
     <>
       {hasReceivable && (
         <section className="flex flex-col w-full gap-3">
-          <div className="flex items-center justify-between gap-1">
+          <div
+            className="flex items-center justify-between gap-1"
+            onClick={() => setReceivablesExpanded(prev => !prev)}
+          >
             <h2 className="flex-1 text-2xl font-semibold transition-colors text-gray-900 dark:text-purple-50">
               incoming
             </h2>
@@ -46,7 +72,6 @@ const RecentTransactions: FC<Props> = () => {
               {receivableBlocks.length}
             </span>
             <ChevronUpIcon
-              onClick={() => setReceivablesExpanded(prev => !prev)}
               className={clsx(
                 'h-8 transition-transform-child origin-center-child',
                 {
@@ -68,10 +93,7 @@ const RecentTransactions: FC<Props> = () => {
               >
                 <button
                   className="contents"
-                  onClick={async () => {
-                    await receive(receivable.hash, receivable.amount)
-                    onBlockReceived(receivable.hash)
-                  }}
+                  onClick={() => onIncomingClick(receivable)}
                 >
                   <ClockIcon className="flex-shrink-0 w-6 text-yellow-400" />
 
@@ -165,7 +187,7 @@ const RecentTransactions: FC<Props> = () => {
             )}
           </ol>
         ) : (
-          <div className="pt-8 text-center text-gray-900 dark:text-purple-50">
+          <div className="pt-8 text-center text-xl text-gray-900 dark:text-purple-50">
             <p className="pb-4">no transactions yet...</p>
             <p>
               get your first nano
diff --git a/components/XnoInput.tsx b/components/XnoInput.tsx
index 1fd926a..480d77d 100644
--- a/components/XnoInput.tsx
+++ b/components/XnoInput.tsx
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ const XnoInput: FC<Props> = ({ value, onChange }) => {
 
   return (
     <div className="flex items-center gap-3 text-2xl rounded transition-colors dark:bg-gray-800 bg-purple-50 focus-within:bg-purple-100 border-2 border-purple-200 dark:border-gray-700 py-2 px-4 w-48 overflow-hidden dark:focus-within:bg-gray-700">
-      <label htmlFor="xnoToSend">Ӿ</label>
+      <label htmlFor="xno-amount">Ӿ</label>
       <input
         name="xno-amount"
         id="xno-amount"
diff --git a/lib/hooks/useAccountHistory.ts b/lib/hooks/useAccountHistory.ts
index 9c0788b..e3be95b 100644
--- a/lib/hooks/useAccountHistory.ts
+++ b/lib/hooks/useAccountHistory.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { useCallback, useEffect } from 'react'
 import useSWRInfinite from 'swr/infinite'
 
 import { useCurrentAccount } from '../context/accountContext'
@@ -23,6 +22,7 @@ const useAccountHistory = (pageSize = 20) => {
     size,
     setSize,
     isValidating,
+    mutate,
   } = useSWRInfinite<AccountHistoryResponse>(getKey, (key: string) =>
     fetchAccountHistory(
       account!.address,
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ const useAccountHistory = (pageSize = 20) => {
     hasMore,
     loading: isValidating,
     hasHistory,
+    revalidate: mutate,
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/hooks/useAccountReceivable.ts b/lib/hooks/useAccountReceivable.ts
index 2888cdd..0e227a7 100644
--- a/lib/hooks/useAccountReceivable.ts
+++ b/lib/hooks/useAccountReceivable.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
+import { Unit, convert } from 'nanocurrency'
 import { useCallback } from 'react'
-import useSWR from 'swr'
+import useSWR, { mutate } from 'swr'
 
 import { useCurrentAccount } from '../context/accountContext'
+import showNotification from '../showNotification'
 import type { ConfirmationMessage } from '../types'
 import fetchAccountReceivable from '../xno/fetchAccountReceivable'
 import fetchBlocksInfo from '../xno/fetchBlocksInfo'
@@ -43,11 +45,12 @@ const useAccountReceivable = () => {
   const onBlockReceived = useCallback(
     (hash: string) => {
       mutateReceivable(current => {
-        if (current === undefined || account === undefined) return current
+        if (current === undefined) return current
         return current.filter(block => block.hash !== hash)
       })
+      mutate('history')
     },
-    [mutateReceivable, account]
+    [mutateReceivable]
   )
 
   const addReceivable = useCallback(
@@ -61,7 +64,7 @@ const useAccountReceivable = () => {
       source: string
     }) => {
       mutateReceivable(async current => {
-        if (current === undefined || account === undefined) return current
+        if (current === undefined) return current
         const blocksInfo = await fetchBlocksInfo([hash])
         return [
           ...current,
@@ -74,16 +77,28 @@ const useAccountReceivable = () => {
         ]
       })
     },
-    [mutateReceivable, account]
+    [mutateReceivable]
   )
 
   const onNewReceivable = useCallback(
-    (confirmation: ConfirmationMessage) =>
+    (confirmation: ConfirmationMessage) => {
       addReceivable({
         hash: confirmation.message.hash,
         amount: confirmation.message.amount,
         source: confirmation.message.account,
-      }),
+      })
+      showNotification({
+        title: 'incoming!',
+        body: `new incoming transaction: Ӿ${convert(
+          confirmation.message.amount,
+          {
+            from: Unit.raw,
+            to: Unit.Nano,
+          }
+        )} from ${confirmation.message.account}`,
+        tag: 'received',
+      })
+    },
     [addReceivable]
   )
 
diff --git a/lib/showNotification.ts b/lib/showNotification.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5e5af00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/showNotification.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+const showNotification = async (params: {
+  title: string
+  body: string
+  tag?: string
+}) => {
+  const sw = await navigator.serviceWorker.getRegistration()
+  sw?.showNotification(params.title, {
+    body: params.body,
+    renotify: params.tag !== undefined,
+    tag: params.tag,
+    icon: '/images/icon-small.png',
+  })
+}
+
+export default showNotification
diff --git a/pages/send/index.tsx b/pages/send/index.tsx
index 05a9590..b3cc36e 100644
--- a/pages/send/index.tsx
+++ b/pages/send/index.tsx
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { useCallback, useEffect, useState } from 'react'
 
 import XnoInput from '../../components/XnoInput'
 import useSendNano from '../../lib/hooks/useSendNano'
+import showNotification from '../../lib/showNotification'
 
 const Send: NextPage = () => {
   const { query, push } = useRouter()
@@ -34,15 +35,17 @@ const Send: NextPage = () => {
   useEffect(() => {
     if (sliderPercentage === 1) {
       const sendNano = async () => {
-        try {
-          await send(address as string, amount as string)
-          navigator.serviceWorker
-            .getRegistration()
-            .then(sw => sw?.showNotification('sent!'))
-          push('/dashboard')
-        } catch {
-          backToBase()
-        }
+        backToBase()
+        await send(address as string, amount as string)
+        showNotification({
+          title: 'sent!',
+          body: `sent Ӿ${convert(amount as string, {
+            from: Unit.raw,
+            to: Unit.Nano,
+          })} to ${address}`,
+          tag: 'send',
+        })
+        push('/dashboard')
       }
       sendNano()
     }
@@ -59,7 +62,7 @@ const Send: NextPage = () => {
   return (
     <div className="flex flex-col h-full gap-8 pb-4">
       <span className="flex items-center gap-2">
-        <PaperAirplaneIcon className=" dark:text-purple-50 h-7 xs:h-10 text-gray-900 rotate-[30deg] translate-x-1" />
+        <PaperAirplaneIcon className="transition-colors dark:text-purple-50 h-7 xs:h-10 text-gray-900 rotate-[30deg] translate-x-1" />
         <h1 className="text-3xl sm:text-5xl">send</h1>
       </span>
       <form
diff --git a/pages/send/qr.tsx b/pages/send/qrOrAddress.tsx
similarity index 53%
rename from pages/send/qr.tsx
rename to pages/send/qrOrAddress.tsx
index a78ff69..4720760 100644
--- a/pages/send/qr.tsx
+++ b/pages/send/qrOrAddress.tsx
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@ import { PaperAirplaneIcon } from '@heroicons/react/solid'
 import clsx from 'clsx'
 import type { NextPage } from 'next'
 import { useRouter } from 'next/router'
-import { useCallback } from 'react'
+import { useCallback, useState } from 'react'
 
+import AddressInput from '../../components/AddressInput'
+import XnoInput from '../../components/XnoInput'
 import useReadQrFromVideo from '../../lib/hooks/useReadQrFromVideo'
 import isTxnUrl from '../../lib/xno/isTxnUrl'
 import txnUrlToParts from '../../lib/xno/txnUrlToParts'
@@ -21,19 +23,34 @@ const ReadQrCode: NextPage = () => {
   )
   const { videoLive, videoRef } = useReadQrFromVideo(onQrCodeRead)
 
+  const [address, setAddress] = useState('')
+
   return (
-    <div className="flex flex-col h-full min-h-0 gap-8">
+    <div className="flex flex-col h-full min-h-0 gap-8 pb-4">
       <span className="flex items-center gap-2">
-        <PaperAirplaneIcon className=" dark:text-purple-50 h-7 xs:h-10 text-gray-900 rotate-[30deg] translate-x-1" />
+        <PaperAirplaneIcon className=" dark:text-purple-50 h-7 xs:h-10 text-gray-900 rotate-[30deg] transition-colors translate-x-1" />
         <h1 className="text-3xl sm:text-5xl">send</h1>
       </span>
       <video
-        className={clsx('rounded shadow-md min-h-0', { hidden: !videoLive })}
+        className={clsx('rounded flex-1 shadow-md min-h-0', {
+          hidden: !videoLive,
+        })}
         ref={videoRef}
       />
       {!videoLive && (
-        <div className="w-full h-64 rounded dark:bg-gray-800 bg-purple-50 animate-pulse"></div>
+        <div className="w-full flex-1 h-64 rounded dark:bg-gray-800 bg-purple-50 animate-pulse"></div>
       )}
+      <div className="flex flex-col justify-self-end items-center gap-2 text-gray-900 dark:text-purple-50">
+        <span className="text-2xl">or</span>
+        <form
+          onSubmit={e => {
+            e.preventDefault()
+            if (address !== '') push(`/send?address=${address}`)
+          }}
+        >
+          <AddressInput value={address} onChange={setAddress} />
+        </form>
+      </div>
     </div>
   )
 }
diff --git a/seeds.json b/seeds.json
index 5035a3b..bee0022 100644
--- a/seeds.json
+++ b/seeds.json
@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@
   "75edd150e09bada0f5c68fab14c0b385239cc396ef6600029dea0f7b66be63fa6a7d8ebe30aaff66634f583c4e68067c0de136e27dddc96be76d2ac5bb14ef71",
   "b6203f57196d244f7eb6971cef41a4cd4ce961e81ae8046f4f8274a4057cb77b4ef97ad3c25e14b50598c1243fa3253644b44e89c8648fd9c18b3703d36372bb",
   "penalty parrot sure holiday target what human sadness crack picnic idle pluck mean salad frog usual grab aspect pottery faith staff crash umbrella lumber",
-  "6bfddd0bfd00bf13eb17bae35627a2dfdf49cb56027fc26988faff0ab8a20b31efb16d706ceac8e458d4d5c342f2459d24746521a6e6a62a0adb29b323455ed9"
+  "6bfddd0bfd00bf13eb17bae35627a2dfdf49cb56027fc26988faff0ab8a20b31efb16d706ceac8e458d4d5c342f2459d24746521a6e6a62a0adb29b323455ed9",
+  "9bbaa2391a256c8d5c318790b86a142d4b13b1dc6d209567cb854e1b956f1c1385b863229a34e970d1f4c0c4a66f7ac7a17b5fd3a21e72716dddec842e0a6727"
 ]