diff --git a/app/package.json b/app/package.json
index d784355..cb0aa4c 100644
--- a/app/package.json
+++ b/app/package.json
@@ -10,10 +10,12 @@
     "connected-react-router": "6.4.0",
     "drizzle": "1.4.0",
     "history": "4.9.0",
-    "ipfs": "github:ipfs/js-ipfs#e849dbcab4a313f7ffc1532a389097ee76344067",
+    "ipfs": "0.35.0",
+    "level": "5.0.1",
     "lodash.isequal": "4.5.0",
-    "orbit-db": "0.19.9",
-    "orbit-db-keystore": "0.1.0",
+    "orbit-db": "0.21.0-rc.1",
+    "orbit-db-keystore": "0.2.1",
+    "orbit-db-identity-provider": "0.1.0",
     "prop-types": "15.7.2",
     "react": "16.8.6",
     "react-content-loader": "4.2.1",
@@ -28,7 +30,7 @@
     "redux-saga": "0.16.2",
     "semantic-ui-react": "0.87.1",
     "uuid": "3.3.2",
-    "web3": "1.0.0-beta.54"
+    "web3": "1.0.0-beta.55"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "libp2p-websocket-star-rendezvous": "0.3.0"
diff --git a/app/src/containers/LoadingContainer.js b/app/src/containers/LoadingContainer.js
index 28b074c..c9cddbe 100644
--- a/app/src/containers/LoadingContainer.js
+++ b/app/src/containers/LoadingContainer.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ class LoadingContainer extends Component {
   render() {
     if (this.props.web3.status === 'failed' || !this.props.web3.networkId) {
       return (
-        <main className="container loading-screen">
+        <main className="loading-screen">
           <div className="pure-g">
             <div className="pure-u-1-1">
               <img src={ethereum_logo} alt="ethereum_logo" className="loading-img"/>
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class LoadingContainer extends Component {
           <div>
             <div>
               <img src={ethereum_logo} alt="ethereum_logo" className="loading-img"/>
-              <p><strong>We can't find any Ethereum accounts!</strong>.</p>
+              <p><strong>We can't find any Ethereum accounts!</strong></p>
             </div>
           </div>
         </main>
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class LoadingContainer extends Component {
       return Children.only(this.props.children);
 
     return(
-      <main className="container loading-screen">
+      <main className="loading-screen">
         <div>
           <div>
             <img src={logo} alt="app_logo" className="loading-img"/>
diff --git a/app/src/redux/sagas/transactionsSaga.js b/app/src/redux/sagas/transactionsSaga.js
index dca9b5c..c7e8373 100644
--- a/app/src/redux/sagas/transactionsSaga.js
+++ b/app/src/redux/sagas/transactionsSaga.js
@@ -4,13 +4,15 @@ import { drizzle } from '../../index';
 import { orbitSagaPut } from '../../utils/orbitUtils';
 import { WEB3_UTILS_SAGA_INITIALIZED } from '../actions/web3UtilsActions';
 import { CONTRACT_EVENT_FIRED } from './eventSaga';
+import { getCurrentAccount } from './web3UtilsSaga';
 
 const transactionsHistory = Object.create(null);
 
 function* initTransaction(action) {
+  action.transactionDescriptor.params.from = getCurrentAccount();
   const dataKey = drizzle.contracts[action.transactionDescriptor.contract]
     .methods[action.transactionDescriptor.method].cacheSend(
-    ...(action.transactionDescriptor.params),
+    ...(action.transactionDescriptor.params)
   );
 
   transactionsHistory[dataKey] = action;
diff --git a/app/src/utils/EthereumIdentityProvider.js b/app/src/utils/EthereumIdentityProvider.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..734628f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/utils/EthereumIdentityProvider.js
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import { web3 } from '../redux/sagas/web3UtilsSaga';
+
+class EthereumIdentityProvider {
+  constructor () {
+    this.web3 = web3;
+  }
+
+  // Returns the type of the identity provider
+  static get type () { return 'ethereum' }
+
+  // Returns the signer's id
+  async getId () {
+    return (await this.web3.eth.getAccounts())[0];
+  }
+
+  // Returns a signature of pubkeysignature
+  async signIdentity (data) {
+    const address = await this.getId();
+    return await this.web3.eth.personal.sign(data,address,"");  //Password not required for MetaMask
+  }
+
+  static async verifyIdentity (identity) {
+    // Verify that identity was signed by the ID
+    return web3.eth.accounts.recover(identity.publicKey + identity.signatures.id,
+      identity.signatures.publicKey) === identity.id;
+  }
+}
+
+export default EthereumIdentityProvider;
diff --git a/app/src/utils/levelUtils.js b/app/src/utils/levelUtils.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b36df30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/utils/levelUtils.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import level from 'level'
+
+const db = level('./orbitdb/identity/identitykeys');
+
+async function getPrivateKey(id){
+  try{
+    const keyPair = await db.get(id);
+    return JSON.parse(keyPair).privateKey;
+  } catch (err) {
+    if (err && err.notFound)
+      console.error("LevelDB: Private Key not found!");
+    throw err;
+  }
+}
+
+async function setKeyPair(id, publicKey, privateKey){
+  await db.put(id,JSON.stringify({publicKey: publicKey, privateKey: privateKey}));
+}
+
+export { getPrivateKey, setKeyPair }
diff --git a/app/src/utils/orbitUtils.js b/app/src/utils/orbitUtils.js
index 705d46f..8b78736 100644
--- a/app/src/utils/orbitUtils.js
+++ b/app/src/utils/orbitUtils.js
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 import OrbitDB from 'orbit-db';
-import Keystore from 'orbit-db-keystore';
-import path from 'path';
+import Identities from 'orbit-db-identity-provider';
 import IPFS from 'ipfs';
 import store from '../redux/store';
 import {  DATABASES_LOADED, IPFS_INITIALIZED, updateDatabases } from '../redux/actions/orbitActions';
 import ipfsOptions from '../config/ipfsOptions';
+import EthereumIdentityProvider from './EthereumIdentityProvider';
+import { getPrivateKey, setKeyPair } from './levelUtils';
 
 function initIPFS() {
+  Identities.addIdentityProvider(EthereumIdentityProvider);
   const ipfs = new IPFS(ipfsOptions);
   ipfs.on('error', (error) => console.error(`IPFS error: ${error}`));
   ipfs.on('ready', async () => {
@@ -24,7 +26,9 @@ function initIPFS() {
 async function createTempDatabases() {
   console.debug('Creating temporary databases...');
   const ipfs = getIPFS();
-  const orbitdb = new OrbitDB(ipfs);
+  const identity = await Identities.createIdentity({type: 'ethereum'});
+  const orbitdb = await OrbitDB.createInstance(ipfs, {identity});
+  console.dir(orbitdb)
   const topicsDB = await orbitdb.keyvalue('topics');
   const postsDB = await orbitdb.keyvalue('posts');
   return { orbitdb, topicsDB, postsDB };
@@ -33,19 +37,25 @@ async function createTempDatabases() {
 async function createDatabases() {
   console.debug('Creating databases...');
   const ipfs = getIPFS();
-  const orbitdb = new OrbitDB(ipfs);
-  const topicsDB = await orbitdb.keyvalue('topics');
-  const postsDB = await orbitdb.keyvalue('posts');
-
-  const orbitKey = orbitdb.keystore.getKey(orbitdb.id);
+  const identity = await Identities.createIdentity({type: 'ethereum'});
+  const orbitdb = await OrbitDB.createInstance(ipfs, {identity});
+  const options = {
+    // Give write access to ourselves
+    accessController: {
+      write: ['*']
+    }
+  };
+  const topicsDB = await orbitdb.keyvalue('topics', options);
+  const postsDB = await orbitdb.keyvalue('posts', options);
+  const privateKey = await getPrivateKey(identity.id);
 
   return {
-    identityId: 'Tempus',
-    identityPublicKey: 'edax',
-    identityPrivateKey: 'rerum',
+    identityId: identity.id,
+    identityPublicKey: identity.publicKey,
+    identityPrivateKey: privateKey,
     orbitdb: orbitdb,
-    orbitPublicKey: orbitKey.getPublic('hex'),
-    orbitPrivateKey: orbitKey.getPrivate('hex'),
+    orbitPublicKey: "eeeee",
+    orbitPrivateKey: "fffffff",
     topicsDB: topicsDB.address.root,
     postsDB: postsDB.address.root
   };
@@ -54,30 +64,28 @@ async function createDatabases() {
 async function loadDatabases(identityId, identityPublicKey, identityPrivateKey,
                              orbitId, orbitPublicKey, orbitPrivateKey,
                              topicsDBId, postsDBId) {
-  const directory = './orbitdb';
-  const keystore = Keystore.create(path.join(directory, orbitId, '/keystore'));
+  console.debug('Loading databases...');
+  const ipfs = getIPFS();
+  await setKeyPair(identityId, identityPublicKey, identityPrivateKey);
+  const identity = await Identities.createIdentity({type: 'ethereum' });
+  const orbitdb = await OrbitDB.createInstance(ipfs, {identity});
 
-  keystore._storage.setItem(orbitId, JSON.stringify({
-    publicKey: orbitPublicKey,
-    privateKey: orbitPrivateKey
-  }));
+  console.dir(orbitdb)
 
-  const ipfs = getIPFS();
-  const orbitdb = new OrbitDB(ipfs, directory,
-    {
-      peerId: orbitId, keystore
-    });
-  const topicsDB = await orbitdb.keyvalue(`/orbitdb/${topicsDBId}/topics`)
+  const topicsDB = await orbitdb.keyvalue('topics')
     .catch((error) => console.error(`TopicsDB init error: ${error}`));
-  const postsDB = await orbitdb.keyvalue(`/orbitdb/${postsDBId}/posts`)
-    .catch((error) => console.error(`PostsDB init error: ${error}`));
 
+  console.dir(topicsDB)
+
+  const postsDB = await orbitdb.keyvalue('posts')
+    .catch((error) => console.error(`PostsDB init error: ${error}`));
+  console.dir(topicsDB)
   await topicsDB.load().catch((error) => console.error(`TopicsDB loading error: ${error}`));
   await postsDB.load().catch((error) => console.error(`PostsDB loading error: ${error}`));
 
   //It is possible that we lack our own data and need to replicate them from somewhere else
   topicsDB.events.on('replicate', (address) => {
-    console.log(`TopicsDB Replicating (${address}).`);
+    console.log(`TopicsDB replicating (${address}).`);
   });
   topicsDB.events.on('replicated', (address) => {
     console.log(`TopicsDB replicated (${address}).`);
@@ -89,7 +97,7 @@ async function loadDatabases(identityId, identityPublicKey, identityPrivateKey,
     console.log(`PostsDB replicated (${address}).`);
   });
 
-  console.debug('Orbit databases loaded successfully.');
+  console.debug('Databases loaded successfully.');
   store.dispatch(updateDatabases(DATABASES_LOADED, orbitdb, topicsDB, postsDB));
 }