From time to time there are bits of information that one could centralize and not have to pass along on all function and method calls. As shown in this chapter, the current chat room is a good example of such a state. You should now be able to add state that round-trips from the server to the client and give you back the opportunity to simplify your own code. Moving on, in the next chapter, we're going to look at securing your application and Hubs.