diff --git a/src/components/Distribution/components/Countdown/Countdown.js b/src/components/Distribution/components/Countdown/Countdown.js
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index 00000000..d3f97fe4
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+++ b/src/components/Distribution/components/Countdown/Countdown.js
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import padStart from 'lodash/padStart';
+import { Flex, Box } from 'grid-styled';
+import styled from 'styled-components';
+
+import media from 'utils/media';
+import { BOX_SHADOWS, BORDER_RADIUS, COLORS } from 'config';
+import Heading from 'components/Heading';
+import Text from 'components/Text';
+
+const COUNTDOWN_TARGET = new Date('2017-08-01T04:00:00.000Z');
+
+const getDays = t => Math.floor(t / (1000 * 60 * 60 * 24));
+const getHours = t => Math.floor((t / (1000 * 60 * 60)) % 24);
+const getMinutes = t => Math.floor((t / 1000 / 60) % 60);
+const getSeconds = t => Math.floor((t / 1000) % 60);
+
+const display = t => padStart(t, 2, 0).split('');
+
+const Wrapper = styled.div`
+  margin: 0 auto;
+  background: white;
+  border-radius: ${BORDER_RADIUS.base};
+  box-shadow: ${BOX_SHADOWS.base};
+  padding: 1rem 0.5rem;
+  max-width: 350px;
+
+  ${media.sm.css`
+    max-width: 550px;
+    padding: 1.5rem 1rem;
+  `}
+
+  ${media.md.css`
+    max-width: none;
+    padding: 2rem 1.5rem;
+  `}
+`;
+
+// TODO: make this a styled span
+const Digit = styled(Heading).attrs({
+  fontSize: [5, 8, 9],
+  color: 'base',
+  bg: COLORS.gray[0],
+  as: 'span',
+})`
+  display: inline-block;
+  border-radius: ${BORDER_RADIUS.base};
+  box-shadow: ${BOX_SHADOWS.base};
+  width: 25px;
+  height: 40px;
+  line-height: 40px;
+  text-align: center;
+  margin: 0 2px;
+
+  ${media.sm.css`
+    width: 50px;
+    height: 70px;
+    line-height: 70px;
+    margin: 0 4px;
+  `}
+`;
+
+export default class Countdown extends React.Component {
+  constructor() {
+    super();
+
+    this.state = {
+      secondsRemaining: COUNTDOWN_TARGET.getTime() - Date.now(),
+    };
+  }
+
+  componentWillMount() {
+    this.interval = setInterval(this.tick.bind(this), 1000);
+  }
+
+  componentWillUnmount() {
+    clearInterval(this.interval);
+  }
+
+  tick() {
+    this.setState({
+      secondsRemaining: this.state.secondsRemaining - 1000,
+    });
+
+    if (this.state.secondsRemaining <= 0) {
+      clearInterval(this.interval);
+    }
+  }
+
+  render() {
+    const remaining = new Date(this.state.secondsRemaining);
+
+    if (remaining < 0) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    return (
+      <Wrapper>
+        <Text fontSize={[1, 4]} color="black" heavy mb={[5, 7]}>
+          The next distribution will begin on <strong>31st&nbsp;June&nbsp;2017</strong>.
+        </Text>
+
+        <Flex>
+          <Box width={1/4}>
+            <Text fontSize={[0]} mb={1} heavy caps color="gray.8">Days</Text>
+            {display(getDays(remaining)).map(i => (
+              <Digit>{i}</Digit>
+            ))}
+          </Box>
+
+          <Box width={1/4}>
+            <Text fontSize={[0]} mb={1} heavy caps color="gray.8">Hours</Text>
+            {display(getHours(remaining)).map(i => (
+              <Digit>{i}</Digit>
+            ))}
+          </Box>
+
+          <Box width={1/4}>
+            <Text fontSize={[0]} mb={1} heavy caps color="gray.8">Minutes</Text>
+            {display(getMinutes(remaining)).map(i => (
+              <Digit>{i}</Digit>
+            ))}
+          </Box>
+
+          <Box width={1/4}>
+            <Text fontSize={[0]} mb={1} heavy caps color="gray.8">Seconds</Text>
+            {display(getSeconds(remaining)).map(i => (
+              <Digit>{i}</Digit>
+            ))}
+          </Box>
+        </Flex>
+      </Wrapper>
+    );
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/components/Distribution/components/Countdown/index.js b/src/components/Distribution/components/Countdown/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6971c507
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/Distribution/components/Countdown/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export { default } from './Countdown';
diff --git a/src/components/Distribution/components/Hero/Hero.js b/src/components/Distribution/components/Hero/Hero.js
index ba01f7e6..8c442276 100644
--- a/src/components/Distribution/components/Hero/Hero.js
+++ b/src/components/Distribution/components/Hero/Hero.js
@@ -6,11 +6,15 @@ import media from 'utils/media';
 import Container from 'components/Container';
 import Heading from 'components/Heading';
 import Text from 'components/Text';
+import Countdown from '../Countdown';
+import background from './background.png';
 
 const Hero = styled.div`
-  background-image: linear-gradient(-155deg, #686e96 0%, #373b5c 100%);
+  background:
+    url(${background}) center center / cover,
+    linear-gradient(-155deg, #686e96 0%, #373b5c 100%);
+  ;
   position: relative;
-  height: 30rem;
   text-align: center;
 
   ${media.sm.css`
@@ -32,16 +36,18 @@ export default () => (
     <StyledFlex column justify="center">
       <Container>
         <Flex column align="center">
-          <Box width={[1 / 1, 2 / 3]}>
+          <Box width={[1 / 1, 1 / 1, 2 / 3]}>
             <Container>
-              <Heading heavy as="h1" color="white" fontSize={[6, 7, 8]} mb={7}>
+              <Heading heavy as="h1" color="white" fontSize={[6, 7, 8]} my={[5, 7]}>
                 Coin Distribution
               </Heading>
             </Container>
           </Box>
 
-          <Box width={[1 / 1, 2 / 3]}>
-            <Text fontSize={[3, 3, 4]} color="white" heavy mb={[5, 7]}>
+          <Box width={[1 / 1, 1 / 1, 2 / 3]}>
+            <Countdown />
+
+            <Text fontSize={[3, 3, 4]} color="white" heavy my={[5, 7]}>
               As coins aren’t mined, Skycoin distribution is unlike that of a standard token or asset. To ensure continued development in a project that will take many years to complete coins are released in a scheme similar to that of a standard company, with the first batches going to early developers and investors.
             </Text>
 
diff --git a/src/components/Distribution/components/Hero/background.png b/src/components/Distribution/components/Hero/background.png
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index 00000000..be1002a4
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diff --git a/src/components/Text/Text.js b/src/components/Text/Text.js
index 54f6eac9..16fb5183 100644
--- a/src/components/Text/Text.js
+++ b/src/components/Text/Text.js
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ export default styled(Text)`
   font-family: ${FONT_FAMILIES.sans};
   font-weight: ${props => (props.heavy ? 500 : 400)};
   line-height: ${rem(24)};
+  text-transform: ${props => (props.caps ? 'uppercase' : 'none')};
 
   ${media.sm.css`
     line-height: ${rem(28)};