diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index 3d96513..bfeb55f 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ var request = require('request');
 var fs = require('fs');
 var path = require('path');
 
-['SLACK_TOKEN', 'RPCUSER', 'RPCPASSWORD', 'IMGUR_CLIENT_ID'].forEach(function(envVar) {
+['SLACK_TOKEN', 'RPCUSER', 'RPCPASSWORD', 'MONGODB_URL'].forEach(function (envVar) {
   if (!process.env[envVar]) {
     throw new Error(envVar + ' env var required');
   }
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ var slackbot = new SlackBot({
 });
 
 
-
 function sendWelcomeMessage(user) {
   fs.readFile(path.join(path.dirname(require.main.filename), 'slack-greeting.md'), {encoding: 'utf-8'}, function (error, data) {
     if (!error) {
@@ -30,8 +29,8 @@ tipbot.init(process.env.RPCUSER, process.env.RPCPASSWORD);
 var hashbot = require('./bots/hashbot');
 hashbot.init(slackbot, process.env.MINING_CHANNEL);
 
-//var gifbot = require('./bots/gifbot');
-//gifbot.init(slackbot, process.env.IMGUR_CLIENT_ID);
+var claimbot = require('./bots/claimbot');
+claimbot.init(slackbot, process.env.CLAIMS_CHANNEL, process.env.RPCUSER, process.env.RPCPASSWORD, process.env.MONGODB_URL);
 
 slackbot.on('start', function() {
   slackbot.on('message', function(data) {
diff --git a/bots/claimbot.js b/bots/claimbot.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c09b839
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bots/claimbot.js
@@ -0,0 +1,272 @@
+'use strict';
+
+var lbry;
+var mongo;
+var moment = require('moment');
+
+module.exports = {
+  init: init,
+};
+
+
+function init(slackbot, channel, rpcuser, rpcpassword, mongodburl) {
+  if (lbry)
+  {
+    throw new Error('init was already called once');
+  }
+
+  if (!channel)
+  {
+    console.log('No claims channel, disabling claimbot');
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const MongoClient = require('mongodb').MongoClient;
+  MongoClient.connect(mongodburl, function (err, db) {
+    if (err)
+    {
+      throw err;
+    }
+    mongo = db;
+
+    const bitcoin = require('bitcoin');
+    lbry = new bitcoin.Client({
+      host: 'localhost',
+      'port': 9245,
+      'user': rpcuser,
+      'pass': rpcpassword
+    });
+
+    setInterval(function () {
+      announceNewClaims(slackbot, channel);
+    }, 60 * 1000);
+    announceNewClaims(slackbot, channel);
+  });
+}
+
+
+function announceNewClaims(slackbot, channel) {
+
+  if (!mongo)
+  {
+    slackbot.postMessage(channel, 'Failed to connect to mongo', {icon_emoji: ':exclamation:'});
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (!lbry)
+  {
+    slackbot.postMessage(channel, 'Failed to connect to lbrycrd', {icon_emoji: ':exclamation:'});
+    return;
+  }
+
+  Promise.all([getLastBlock(), lbryCall('getinfo')])
+    .then(function ([lastProcessedBlock, currentBlockInfo]) {
+      const currentHeight = currentBlockInfo['blocks'];
+
+      // console.log('Checking for new blocks');
+
+      if (lastProcessedBlock === null)
+      {
+        console.log('First run. Setting last processed block to ' + currentHeight + ' and exiting.');
+        return setLastBlock(currentHeight);
+      }
+
+      if (lastProcessedBlock < currentHeight)
+      {
+        const firstBlockToProcess = lastProcessedBlock + 1,
+          lastBlockToProcess = currentHeight;
+
+        // console.log('Doing blocks ' + firstBlockToProcess + ' to ' + lastBlockToProcess);
+        return announceClaimsLoop(slackbot, channel, firstBlockToProcess, lastBlockToProcess, currentHeight);
+
+      }
+    })
+    .catch(function (err) {
+      slackbot.postMessage(channel, err.stack, {icon_emoji: ':exclamation:'});
+    });
+}
+
+function announceClaimsLoop(slackbot, channel, block, lastBlock, currentHeight) {
+  // console.log('Doing block ' + block)
+  return lbryCall('getblockhash', block)
+    .then(function (blockHash) {
+      return lbryCall('getblock', blockHash);
+    })
+    .then(function (blockData) {
+      return Promise.all(blockData['tx'].map(getClaimsForTxid))
+    })
+    .then(function (arrayOfClaimArrays) {
+      const claims = Array.prototype.concat(...arrayOfClaimArrays).filter(function (c) {
+        return !!c;
+      });
+      console.log('Found ' + claims.length + ' claims in ' + block);
+      return Promise.all(claims.map(function (claim) {
+        return announceClaim(claim, block, currentHeight, slackbot, channel);
+      }));
+    })
+    .then(function () {
+      return setLastBlock(block);
+    })
+    .then(function () {
+      const nextBlock = block + 1;
+      if (nextBlock <= lastBlock)
+      {
+        return announceClaimsLoop(slackbot, channel, nextBlock, lastBlock, currentHeight);
+      }
+    });
+}
+
+function announceClaim(claim, claimBlockHeight, currentHeight, slackbot, channel) {
+  console.log('' + claimBlockHeight + ': New claim for ' + claim['name']);
+  return Promise.all([
+    lbryCall('getvalueforname', claim['name']),
+    lbryCall('getclaimsforname', claim['name']),
+  ])
+    .then(function ([currentWinningClaim, claimsForName]) {
+      let value;
+      try
+      {
+        value = JSON.parse(claim['value']);
+      }
+      catch (e)
+      {
+      }
+
+      // console.log(claim);
+      // console.log(value);
+
+      const text = [];
+
+      if (value['author'])
+      {
+        text.push(value['author']);
+      }
+      if (value['description'])
+      {
+        text.push(value['description']);
+      }
+      // if (value['content_type'])
+      // {
+      //   text.push("*Content Type:* " + value['content_type']);
+      // }
+      if (value['nsfw'])
+      {
+        text.push("*Warning: Adult Content*");
+      }
+      if (value['fee'])
+      {
+        const fees = [];
+        for (var key in value['fee'])
+        {
+          fees.push(value['fee'][key]['amount'] + ' ' + key);
+        }
+        text.push(fees.join(', '));
+      }
+
+      const fields = [];
+      if (!claim['is controlling'])
+      {
+        // the following is based on https://lbry.io/faq/claimtrie-implementation
+        const lastTakeoverHeight = claimsForName['nLastTakeoverHeight'],
+          maxDelay = 4032, // 7 days of blocks at 2.5min per block
+          activationDelay = Math.min(maxDelay, Math.floor((claimBlockHeight - lastTakeoverHeight) / 32)),
+          takeoverHeight = claimBlockHeight + activationDelay,
+          secondsPerBlock = 161, // in theory this should be 150, but in practice its closer to 161
+          takeoverTime = Date.now() + ((takeoverHeight - currentHeight) * secondsPerBlock * 1000);
+
+        text.push('Takes effect on approx. *' + moment(takeoverTime, 'x').format('MMMM Do [at] HH:mm [UTC]') + '* (block ' + takeoverHeight + ')');
+      }
+
+
+      const attachment = !value ? null : {
+        "fallback": "New claim for lbry://" + claim['name'] + ': "' + claim['title'] + '" by ' + claim['author'],
+        "color": "#155b4a",
+        // "pretext": "New claim in block " + claimBlockHeight,
+        "author_name": 'lbry://' + claim['name'],
+        "author_link": 'lbry://' + claim['name'],
+        // "author_icon": "http://flickr.com/icons/bobby.jpg",
+        "title": escapeSlackHtml(value['title']),
+        "title_link": "lbry://" + claim['name'],
+        "text": escapeSlackHtml(text.join("\n")),
+        "fields": fields,
+        // "image_url": value['nsfw'] ? null : value['thumbnail'],
+        "thumb_url": value['nsfw'] ? null : value['thumbnail'],
+        "unfurl_links": false,
+        "unfurl_media": false,
+        "link_names": false,
+        "parse": "none",
+        "footer": "Block " + claimBlockHeight + " • Claim ID " + claim['claimId'],
+        "mrkdwn_in": ['text'],
+      };
+
+      slackbot.postMessage(channel, '', {icon_emoji: ':bellhop_bell:', attachments: [attachment]});
+    })
+}
+
+function escapeSlackHtml(txt) {
+  return txt.replace('&', '&amp;').replace('<', '&lt;').replace('>', '&gt;');
+}
+
+function getClaimsForTxid(txid) {
+  return lbryCall('getclaimsfortx', txid)
+    .catch(function (err) {
+      // an error here most likely means the transaction is spent,
+      // which also means there are no claims worth looking at
+      return [];
+    });
+}
+
+function getLastBlock() {
+  return new Promise(function (resolve, reject) {
+    mongo.collection('claimbot').findOne({}, function (err, obj) {
+      if (err)
+      {
+        reject(err);
+      }
+      else if (!obj)
+      {
+        mongo.collection('claimbot').createIndex({'last_block': 1}, {unique: true});
+        resolve(null);
+      }
+      else
+      {
+        resolve(obj.last_block);
+      }
+    });
+  });
+}
+
+function setLastBlock(block) {
+  return new Promise(function (resolve, reject) {
+    mongo.collection('claimbot').findOneAndUpdate(
+      {'last_block': {'$exists': true}},
+      {'last_block': block},
+      {'upsert': true, 'returnOriginal': false},
+      function (err, obj) {
+        if (!err && obj && obj.value.last_block != block)
+        {
+          reject('Last value should be ' + block + ', but it is ' + obj.value.last_block);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+          resolve();
+        }
+      }
+    );
+  });
+}
+
+function lbryCall(...args) {
+  return new Promise(function (resolve, reject) {
+    lbry.cmd(...args, function (err, ...response) {
+      if (err)
+      {
+        reject(new Error('JSONRPC call failed. Args: [' + args.join(', ') + ']'));
+      }
+      else
+      {
+        resolve(...response);
+      }
+    });
+  });
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bots/gifbot.js b/bots/gifbot.js
index 7f51b80..ab88df5 100644
--- a/bots/gifbot.js
+++ b/bots/gifbot.js
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ module.exports = {
 
 function init(_slackbot, imgur_client_id)
 {
+  if (!imgur_client_id)
+  {
+    console.log('No imgur client id, disabling gifbot');
+    return;
+  }
+
     slackbot = _slackbot;
     imgur = require('imgur');
     imgur.setClientId(imgur_client_id);
@@ -59,6 +65,11 @@ function jsonrpc_call(method, params, callback) {
 
 function handle_msg(msg, channel)
 {
+    if (!imgur)
+    {
+        return;
+    }
+
     var words = msg.trim().split(' ');
 
     words.forEach(function(word)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8d7c748..307769c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -5,11 +5,13 @@
   "main": "app.js",
   "dependencies": {
     "bitcoin": "^3.0.1",
+    "imgur": "0.1.7",
+    "moment": "^2.17.1",
+    "mongodb": "^2.2.22",
     "needle": "^1.0.0",
-    "slackbots": "^0.5.1",
     "request": "^2.74.0",
-    "xmlhttprequest": "1.8.0",
-    "imgur": "0.1.7"
+    "slackbots": "^0.5.1",
+    "xmlhttprequest": "1.8.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {},
   "scripts": {