diff --git a/node/src/crypto.rs b/node/src/crypto.rs
index ec42b3eb..6210edad 100644
--- a/node/src/crypto.rs
+++ b/node/src/crypto.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use thiserror::Error;
 
 pub use ed25519::Error;
-pub use ed25519::Signature;
 
 /// Verified (used as type witness).
 #[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
@@ -48,6 +47,64 @@ where
     }
 }
 
+/// Cryptographic signature.
+#[derive(PartialEq, Eq, Debug, Copy, Clone)]
+pub struct Signature(pub ed25519::Signature);
+
+impl fmt::Display for Signature {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        let base = multibase::Base::Base58Btc;
+        write!(f, "{}", multibase::encode(base, &self.to_bytes()))
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Error, Debug)]
+pub enum SignatureError {
+    #[error("invalid multibase string: {0}")]
+    Multibase(#[from] multibase::Error),
+    #[error("invalid signature: {0}")]
+    Invalid(#[from] ed25519::Error),
+}
+
+impl From<ed25519::Signature> for Signature {
+    fn from(other: ed25519::Signature) -> Self {
+        Self(other)
+    }
+}
+
+impl FromStr for Signature {
+    type Err = SignatureError;
+
+    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
+        let (_, bytes) = multibase::decode(s)?;
+        let sig = ed25519::Signature::try_from(bytes.as_slice())?;
+
+        Ok(Self(sig))
+    }
+}
+
+impl Deref for Signature {
+    type Target = ed25519::Signature;
+
+    fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
+        &self.0
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<[u8; 64]> for Signature {
+    fn from(bytes: [u8; 64]) -> Self {
+        Self(ed25519::Signature::from(bytes))
+    }
+}
+
+impl TryFrom<&[u8]> for Signature {
+    type Error = ed25519::Error;
+
+    fn try_from(bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
+        ed25519::Signature::try_from(bytes).map(Self)
+    }
+}
+
 /// The public/verification key.
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Eq, Debug, Copy, Clone)]
 #[serde(into = "String", try_from = "String")]
diff --git a/node/src/git.rs b/node/src/git.rs
index 65298f4f..6abed468 100644
--- a/node/src/git.rs
+++ b/node/src/git.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use crate::identity::PublicKey;
 use crate::storage::refs::Refs;
 use crate::storage::RemoteId;
 
+pub use ext::Error;
 pub use ext::Oid;
 pub use git_ref_format as fmt;
 pub use git_ref_format::{refname, RefStr, RefString};
diff --git a/node/src/identity/doc.rs b/node/src/identity/doc.rs
index 2330d8e4..1fc7cb91 100644
--- a/node/src/identity/doc.rs
+++ b/node/src/identity/doc.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::io;
 use std::marker::PhantomData;
 use std::path::Path;
@@ -8,14 +9,26 @@ use radicle_git_ext::Oid;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use thiserror::Error;
 
-use crate::crypto::{self, Unverified, Verified};
+use crate::crypto;
+use crate::crypto::{Signature, Unverified, Verified};
+use crate::git;
 use crate::hash;
 use crate::identity::{Did, Id};
-use crate::storage::BranchName;
+use crate::storage::git::trailers;
+use crate::storage::{BranchName, ReadRepository, RemoteId};
 
 pub use crypto::PublicKey;
 
+/// Untrusted, well-formed input.
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug)]
+pub struct Untrusted;
+/// Signed by quorum of the previous delegation.
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug)]
+pub struct Trusted;
+
+pub static REFERENCE_NAME: Lazy<git::RefString> = Lazy::new(|| git::refname!("heads/radicle/id"));
 pub static PATH: Lazy<&Path> = Lazy::new(|| Path::new("radicle.json"));
+
 pub const MAX_STRING_LENGTH: usize = 255;
 pub const MAX_DELEGATES: usize = 255;
 
@@ -25,6 +38,12 @@ pub enum Error {
     Json(#[from] serde_json::Error),
     #[error("i/o: {0}")]
     Io(#[from] io::Error),
+    #[error("verification: {0}")]
+    Verification(#[from] VerificationError),
+    #[error("git: {0}")]
+    Git(#[from] git::Error),
+    #[error("git: {0}")]
+    RawGit(#[from] git2::Error),
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq)]
@@ -33,13 +52,25 @@ pub struct Delegate {
     pub id: Did,
 }
 
+impl Delegate {
+    fn matches(&self, key: &PublicKey) -> bool {
+        &self.id.0 == key
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<Delegate> for PublicKey {
+    fn from(delegate: Delegate) -> Self {
+        delegate.id.0
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 #[serde(rename_all = "kebab-case")]
 pub struct Doc<V> {
     pub name: String,
-    pub description: String,
-    pub default_branch: String,
-    pub version: u32,
+    pub description: String,    // TODO: Make optional.
+    pub default_branch: String, // TODO: Make optional.
+    pub version: u32,           // TODO: Remove this.
     pub parent: Option<Oid>,
     pub delegates: NonEmpty<Delegate>,
     pub threshold: usize,
@@ -201,6 +232,132 @@ impl Doc<Unverified> {
             verified: PhantomData,
         })
     }
+
+    pub fn blob_at<'r, R: ReadRepository<'r>>(
+        commit: Oid,
+        repo: &R,
+    ) -> Result<Option<git2::Blob>, git::Error> {
+        match repo.blob_at(commit, Path::new(&*PATH)) {
+            Err(git::ext::Error::NotFound(_)) => Ok(None),
+            Err(e) => Err(e),
+            Ok(blob) => Ok(Some(blob)),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn load_at<'r, R: ReadRepository<'r>>(
+        commit: Oid,
+        repo: &R,
+    ) -> Result<Option<(Self, Oid)>, git::Error> {
+        if let Some(blob) = Self::blob_at(commit, repo)? {
+            let doc = Doc::from_json(blob.content()).unwrap();
+            return Ok(Some((doc, blob.id().into())));
+        }
+        Ok(None)
+    }
+
+    pub fn load<'r, R: ReadRepository<'r>>(
+        remote: &RemoteId,
+        repo: &R,
+    ) -> Result<Option<(Self, Oid)>, git::Error> {
+        if let Some(oid) = Self::head(remote, repo)? {
+            Self::load_at(oid, repo)
+        } else {
+            Ok(None)
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<V> Doc<V> {
+    pub fn head<'r, R: ReadRepository<'r>>(
+        remote: &RemoteId,
+        repo: &R,
+    ) -> Result<Option<Oid>, git::Error> {
+        if let Some(oid) = repo.reference_oid(remote, &REFERENCE_NAME)? {
+            Ok(Some(oid))
+        } else {
+            Ok(None)
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct Identity<V> {
+    /// The head of the identity branch. This points to a commit that
+    /// contains the current document blob.
+    pub head: Oid,
+    /// The object id of the initial document blob.
+    /// This is the canonical identifier for this identity.
+    pub root: Oid,
+    /// The object id of the current document blob.
+    pub current: Oid,
+    /// The current document.
+    pub doc: Doc<Verified>,
+    /// Signatures over this identity.
+    pub signatures: HashMap<PublicKey, Signature>,
+
+    verified: PhantomData<V>,
+}
+
+impl Identity<Untrusted> {
+    pub fn load<'r, R: ReadRepository<'r>>(
+        _id: &Id,
+        remote: &RemoteId,
+        repo: &R,
+    ) -> Result<Option<Self>, Error> {
+        if let Some(head) = Doc::<Untrusted>::head(remote, repo)? {
+            let mut history = repo.revwalk(head)?.collect::<Vec<_>>();
+
+            // Retrieve root document.
+            let root = history.pop().unwrap()?.into();
+            let root = Doc::blob_at(root, repo)?.unwrap();
+            let trusted = Doc::from_json(root.content()).unwrap();
+            // TODO: Check the root document matches ID.
+
+            let mut trusted = trusted.verified()?;
+            let mut current = root.id().into();
+            let mut signatures = Vec::new();
+
+            for oid in history.into_iter().rev() {
+                let oid = oid?;
+                let blob = Doc::blob_at(head, repo)?.unwrap();
+                let untrusted = Doc::from_json(blob.content()).unwrap();
+                let untrusted = untrusted.verified()?;
+                let commit = repo.commit(oid.into())?.unwrap();
+                let msg = commit.message_raw().unwrap();
+
+                // Keys that signed the *current* document version.
+                signatures = trailers::parse_signatures(msg).unwrap();
+                for (pk, sig) in &signatures {
+                    if pk.verify(sig, blob.content()).is_err() {
+                        todo!();
+                    }
+                }
+
+                // Check that enough delegates from the previous version signed this version.
+                let quorum = signatures
+                    .iter()
+                    .filter(|(key, _)| trusted.delegates.iter().any(|d| d.matches(key)))
+                    .count();
+                // TODO: Check that difference isn't greater than threshold?
+                if quorum < trusted.threshold {
+                    todo!();
+                }
+
+                trusted = untrusted;
+                current = blob.id().into();
+            }
+
+            return Ok(Some(Self {
+                root: root.id().into(),
+                head,
+                current,
+                doc: trusted,
+                signatures: signatures.into_iter().collect(),
+                verified: PhantomData,
+            }));
+        }
+        Ok(None)
+    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
diff --git a/node/src/rad.rs b/node/src/rad.rs
index 34e28a12..d034e5e3 100644
--- a/node/src/rad.rs
+++ b/node/src/rad.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ use thiserror::Error;
 use crate::crypto::{Signer, Verified};
 use crate::git;
 use crate::identity::Id;
-use crate::storage::git::RADICLE_ID_REF;
 use crate::storage::refs::SignedRefs;
 use crate::storage::{BranchName, ReadRepository as _, RemoteId, WriteRepository as _};
 use crate::{identity, storage};
@@ -84,7 +83,7 @@ pub fn init<'r, G: Signer, S: storage::WriteStorage<'r>>(
             .signature()
             .or_else(|_| git2::Signature::now("radicle", pk.to_string().as_str()))?;
 
-        let id_ref = format!("refs/remotes/{pk}/{}", &*RADICLE_ID_REF);
+        let id_ref = format!("refs/remotes/{pk}/{}", &*identity::doc::REFERENCE_NAME);
         let _oid = repo.commit(Some(&id_ref), &sig, &sig, "Initialize Radicle", &tree, &[])?;
     }
     git::set_upstream(
diff --git a/node/src/storage.rs b/node/src/storage.rs
index a6ad471e..cdc7d302 100644
--- a/node/src/storage.rs
+++ b/node/src/storage.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ use std::ops::Deref;
 use std::path::Path;
 use std::{fmt, io};
 
-use radicle_git_ext as git_ext;
 use thiserror::Error;
 
 pub use radicle_git_ext::Oid;
@@ -15,6 +14,7 @@ pub use radicle_git_ext::Oid;
 use crate::collections::HashMap;
 use crate::crypto;
 use crate::crypto::{PublicKey, Signer, Unverified, Verified};
+use crate::git::ext as git_ext;
 use crate::git::Url;
 use crate::git::{RefError, RefStr, RefString};
 use crate::identity;
@@ -242,6 +242,8 @@ pub trait ReadRepository<'r> {
         remote: &RemoteId,
         reference: &RefStr,
     ) -> Result<Option<git2::Reference>, git2::Error>;
+    fn commit(&self, oid: Oid) -> Result<Option<git2::Commit>, git2::Error>;
+    fn revwalk(&self, head: Oid) -> Result<git2::Revwalk, git2::Error>;
     fn reference_oid(
         &self,
         remote: &RemoteId,
diff --git a/node/src/storage/git.rs b/node/src/storage/git.rs
index a928e61e..e5a02cb7 100644
--- a/node/src/storage/git.rs
+++ b/node/src/storage/git.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ use crate::storage::{
 
 use super::{RefUpdate, RemoteId};
 
-pub static RADICLE_ID_REF: Lazy<git::RefString> = Lazy::new(|| git::refname!("heads/radicle/id"));
 pub static REMOTES_GLOB: Lazy<refspec::PatternString> =
     Lazy::new(|| refspec::pattern!("refs/remotes/*"));
 pub static SIGNATURES_GLOB: Lazy<refspec::PatternString> =
@@ -257,21 +256,11 @@ impl Repository {
         &self,
         remote: &RemoteId,
     ) -> Result<Option<identity::Doc<Verified>>, refs::Error> {
-        let oid = if let Some(oid) = self.reference_oid(remote, &RADICLE_ID_REF)? {
-            oid
+        if let Some((doc, _)) = identity::Doc::load(remote, self)? {
+            Ok(Some(doc.verified().unwrap()))
         } else {
-            return Ok(None);
-        };
-
-        let doc = match self.blob_at(oid, Path::new(&*identity::doc::PATH)) {
-            Err(git::ext::Error::NotFound(_)) => return Ok(None),
-            Err(e) => return Err(e.into()),
-            Ok(doc) => doc,
-        };
-        let doc = identity::Doc::from_json(doc.content()).unwrap();
-        let doc = doc.verified().unwrap();
-
-        Ok(Some(doc))
+            Ok(None)
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -287,7 +276,7 @@ impl<'r> ReadRepository<'r> for Repository {
         self.backend.path()
     }
 
-    fn blob_at<'a>(&'a self, oid: Oid, path: &'a Path) -> Result<git2::Blob<'a>, git::ext::Error> {
+    fn blob_at<'a>(&'a self, oid: Oid, path: &'a Path) -> Result<git2::Blob<'a>, git::Error> {
         git::ext::Blob::At {
             object: oid.into(),
             path,
@@ -311,6 +300,23 @@ impl<'r> ReadRepository<'r> for Repository {
         })
     }
 
+    fn commit(&self, oid: Oid) -> Result<Option<git2::Commit>, git2::Error> {
+        self.backend.find_commit(oid.into()).map(Some).or_else(|e| {
+            if git::ext::is_not_found_err(&e) {
+                Ok(None)
+            } else {
+                Err(e)
+            }
+        })
+    }
+
+    fn revwalk(&self, head: Oid) -> Result<git2::Revwalk, git2::Error> {
+        let mut revwalk = self.backend.revwalk()?;
+        revwalk.push(head.into())?;
+
+        Ok(revwalk)
+    }
+
     fn reference_oid(
         &self,
         remote: &RemoteId,
@@ -452,6 +458,46 @@ impl From<git2::Repository> for Repository {
     }
 }
 
+pub mod trailers {
+    use std::str::FromStr;
+
+    use super::*;
+    use crate::crypto::{PublicKey, PublicKeyError};
+    use crate::crypto::{Signature, SignatureError};
+
+    pub const SIGNATURE_TRAILER: &str = "Rad-Signature";
+
+    #[derive(Error, Debug)]
+    pub enum Error {
+        #[error("invalid format for signature trailer")]
+        SignatureTrailerFormat,
+        #[error("invalid public key in signature trailer")]
+        PublicKey(#[from] PublicKeyError),
+        #[error("invalid signature in trailer")]
+        Signature(#[from] SignatureError),
+    }
+
+    pub fn parse_signatures(msg: &str) -> Result<Vec<(PublicKey, Signature)>, Error> {
+        let trailers =
+            git2::message_trailers_strs(msg).map_err(|_| Error::SignatureTrailerFormat)?;
+        let mut signatures = Vec::with_capacity(trailers.len());
+
+        for (key, val) in trailers.iter() {
+            if key == SIGNATURE_TRAILER {
+                if let Some((pk, sig)) = val.split_once(' ') {
+                    let pk = PublicKey::from_str(pk)?;
+                    let sig = Signature::from_str(sig)?;
+
+                    signatures.push((pk, sig));
+                } else {
+                    return Err(Error::SignatureTrailerFormat);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        Ok(signatures)
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
diff --git a/node/src/storage/refs.rs b/node/src/storage/refs.rs
index b56a61af..4e09feee 100644
--- a/node/src/storage/refs.rs
+++ b/node/src/storage/refs.rs
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ impl SignedRefs<Verified> {
     {
         let refs = repo.blob_at(oid, Path::new(REFS_BLOB_PATH))?;
         let signature = repo.blob_at(oid, Path::new(SIGNATURE_BLOB_PATH))?;
-        let signature = crypto::Signature::try_from(signature.content())?;
+        let signature: crypto::Signature = signature.content().try_into()?;
 
         match remote.verify(&signature, refs.content()) {
             Ok(()) => {
diff --git a/node/src/test/crypto.rs b/node/src/test/crypto.rs
index 7b8e735f..65008c39 100644
--- a/node/src/test/crypto.rs
+++ b/node/src/test/crypto.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-use ed25519_consensus as ed25519;
-
-use crate::crypto::{PublicKey, SecretKey, Signer};
+use crate::crypto::{PublicKey, SecretKey, Signature, Signer};
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct MockSigner {
@@ -57,7 +55,7 @@ impl Signer for MockSigner {
         &self.pk
     }
 
-    fn sign(&self, msg: &[u8]) -> ed25519::Signature {
-        self.sk.sign(msg)
+    fn sign(&self, msg: &[u8]) -> Signature {
+        self.sk.sign(msg).into()
     }
 }
diff --git a/node/src/test/storage.rs b/node/src/test/storage.rs
index 42244fad..d97ed283 100644
--- a/node/src/test/storage.rs
+++ b/node/src/test/storage.rs
@@ -90,6 +90,14 @@ impl ReadRepository<'_> for MockRepository {
         todo!()
     }
 
+    fn commit(&self, _oid: git::Oid) -> Result<Option<git2::Commit>, git2::Error> {
+        todo!()
+    }
+
+    fn revwalk(&self, _head: git::Oid) -> Result<git2::Revwalk, git2::Error> {
+        todo!()
+    }
+
     fn blob_at<'a>(
         &'a self,
         _oid: radicle_git_ext::Oid,