diff --git a/identitychain/identity.go b/identitychain/identity.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..88da487a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/identitychain/identity.go
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+package identitychain
+
+// IdentityChain (Blockchain) keeps Identities per epoch
+type IdentityChain struct {
+	Identities        []*IdentityBlock
+	PendingIdentities []*Node
+	Logger            log
+}
+
+// func main() {
+// 	err := godotenv.Load()
+// 	if err != nil {
+// 		log.Fatal(err)
+// 	}
+
+// 	go func() {
+// 		t := time.Now()
+// 		genesisBlock := Block{}
+// 		genesisBlock = Block{0, t.String(), 0, calculateHash(genesisBlock), "", difficulty, ""}
+
+// 		mutex.Lock()
+// 		Blockchain = append(Blockchain, genesisBlock)
+// 		mutex.Unlock()
+// 	}()
+// 	log.Fatal(run())
+
+// }
+
+// // web server
+// func run() error {
+// 	mux := makeMuxRouter()
+// 	httpPort := os.Getenv("PORT")
+// 	log.Println("HTTP Server Listening on port :", httpPort)
+// 	s := &http.Server{
+// 		Addr:           ":" + httpPort,
+// 		Handler:        mux,
+// 		ReadTimeout:    10 * time.Second,
+// 		WriteTimeout:   10 * time.Second,
+// 		MaxHeaderBytes: 1 << 20,
+// 	}
+
+// 	if err := s.ListenAndServe(); err != nil {
+// 		return err
+// 	}
+
+// 	return nil
+// }
diff --git a/identitychain/identityblock.go b/identitychain/identityblock.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..39c539f0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/identitychain/identityblock.go
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package identitychain
+
+// IdentityBlock has the information of one node
+type IdentityBlock struct {
+	ID            int
+	IP            string
+	Port          string
+	NumIdentities int32
+}