diff --git a/idhub/admin/forms.py b/idhub/admin/forms.py
index 8ff83b5..90a9c0c 100644
--- a/idhub/admin/forms.py
+++ b/idhub/admin/forms.py
@@ -114,12 +114,12 @@ class ImportForm(forms.Form):
         return user.first()
 
     def create_credential(self, user, row):
-        d = self.json_schema.copy()
-        d['instance'] = row
         return VerificableCredential(
             verified=False,
             user=user,
-            data=json.dumps(d)
+            csv_data=json.dumps(row),
+            issuer_did=self._did,
+            schema=self._schema,
         )
 
     def exception(self, msg):
diff --git a/idhub/admin/views.py b/idhub/admin/views.py
index 9b40faa..6ee837b 100644
--- a/idhub/admin/views.py
+++ b/idhub/admin/views.py
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404, redirect
 from django.urls import reverse_lazy
 from django.http import HttpResponse
 from django.contrib import messages
-from utils.apiregiter import iota
 from utils import credtools
 from idhub_auth.models import User
 from idhub_auth.forms import ProfileForm
@@ -646,7 +645,7 @@ class DidRegisterView(Credentials, CreateView):
 
     def form_valid(self, form):
         form.instance.user = self.request.user
-        form.instance.did = iota.issue_did()
+        form.instance.set_did()
         form.save()
         messages.success(self.request, _('DID created successfully'))
         Event.set_EV_ORG_DID_CREATED_BY_ADMIN(form.instance)
diff --git a/idhub/migrations/0001_initial.py b/idhub/migrations/0001_initial.py
index bbd5d49..b4d6ac7 100644
--- a/idhub/migrations/0001_initial.py
+++ b/idhub/migrations/0001_initial.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Generated by Django 4.2.5 on 2023-11-14 16:32
+# Generated by Django 4.2.5 on 2023-11-15 09:58
 
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.db import migrations, models
@@ -13,6 +13,33 @@ class Migration(migrations.Migration):
     ]
 
     operations = [
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name='DID',
+            fields=[
+                (
+                    'id',
+                    models.BigAutoField(
+                        auto_created=True,
+                        primary_key=True,
+                        serialize=False,
+                        verbose_name='ID',
+                    ),
+                ),
+                ('created_at', models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)),
+                ('label', models.CharField(max_length=50)),
+                ('did', models.CharField(max_length=250)),
+                ('key_material', models.CharField(max_length=250)),
+                (
+                    'user',
+                    models.ForeignKey(
+                        null=True,
+                        on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE,
+                        related_name='dids',
+                        to=settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL,
+                    ),
+                ),
+            ],
+        ),
         migrations.CreateModel(
             name='File_datas',
             fields=[
@@ -141,9 +168,9 @@ class Migration(migrations.Migration):
                 ('verified', models.BooleanField()),
                 ('created_on', models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)),
                 ('issued_on', models.DateTimeField(null=True)),
-                ('did_issuer', models.CharField(max_length=250)),
-                ('did_subject', models.CharField(max_length=250)),
+                ('subject_did', models.CharField(max_length=250)),
                 ('data', models.TextField()),
+                ('csv_data', models.TextField()),
                 (
                     'status',
                     models.PositiveSmallIntegerField(
@@ -156,6 +183,22 @@ class Migration(migrations.Migration):
                         default=1,
                     ),
                 ),
+                (
+                    'issuer_did',
+                    models.ForeignKey(
+                        on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE,
+                        related_name='vcredentials',
+                        to='idhub.did',
+                    ),
+                ),
+                (
+                    'schema',
+                    models.ForeignKey(
+                        on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE,
+                        related_name='vcredentials',
+                        to='idhub.schemas',
+                    ),
+                ),
                 (
                     'user',
                     models.ForeignKey(
@@ -275,32 +318,6 @@ class Migration(migrations.Migration):
                 ),
             ],
         ),
-        migrations.CreateModel(
-            name='DID',
-            fields=[
-                (
-                    'id',
-                    models.BigAutoField(
-                        auto_created=True,
-                        primary_key=True,
-                        serialize=False,
-                        verbose_name='ID',
-                    ),
-                ),
-                ('created_at', models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)),
-                ('did', models.CharField(max_length=250, unique=True)),
-                ('label', models.CharField(max_length=50)),
-                (
-                    'user',
-                    models.ForeignKey(
-                        null=True,
-                        on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE,
-                        related_name='dids',
-                        to=settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL,
-                    ),
-                ),
-            ],
-        ),
         migrations.CreateModel(
             name='UserRol',
             fields=[
diff --git a/idhub/models.py b/idhub/models.py
index 19c42c6..4e9cf6f 100644
--- a/idhub/models.py
+++ b/idhub/models.py
@@ -2,7 +2,13 @@ import json
 import requests
 import datetime
 from django.db import models
+from django.template.loader import get_template
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
+from utils.idhub_ssikit import (
+    generate_did_controller_key,
+    keydid_from_controller_key,
+    sign_credential,
+)
 from idhub_auth.models import User
 
 
@@ -396,15 +402,18 @@ class Event(models.Model):
 
 class DID(models.Model):
     created_at = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)
-    did = models.CharField(max_length=250, unique=True)
     label = models.CharField(max_length=50)
+    did = models.CharField(max_length=250)
+    # In JWK format. Must be stored as-is and passed whole to library functions.
+    # Example key material:
+    # '{"kty":"OKP","crv":"Ed25519","x":"oB2cPGFx5FX4dtS1Rtep8ac6B__61HAP_RtSzJdPxqs","d":"OJw80T1CtcqV0hUcZdcI-vYNBN1dlubrLaJa0_se_gU"}'
+    key_material = models.CharField(max_length=250)
     user = models.ForeignKey(
         User,
         on_delete=models.CASCADE,
         related_name='dids',
         null=True,
     )
-    # kind = "KEY|WEB"
 
     @property
     def is_organization_did(self):
@@ -412,6 +421,13 @@ class DID(models.Model):
             return True
         return False
 
+    def set_did(self):
+        self.key_material = generate_did_controller_key()
+        self.did = keydid_from_controller_key(self.key_material)
+
+    def get_key(self):
+        return json.loads(self.key_material)
+
 
 class Schemas(models.Model):
     file_schema = models.CharField(max_length=250)
@@ -445,9 +461,9 @@ class VerificableCredential(models.Model):
     verified = models.BooleanField()
     created_on = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)
     issued_on = models.DateTimeField(null=True)
-    did_issuer = models.CharField(max_length=250)
-    did_subject = models.CharField(max_length=250)
+    subject_did = models.CharField(max_length=250)
     data = models.TextField()
+    csv_data = models.TextField()
     status = models.PositiveSmallIntegerField(
         choices=Status.choices,
         default=Status.ENABLED
@@ -457,6 +473,16 @@ class VerificableCredential(models.Model):
         on_delete=models.CASCADE,
         related_name='vcredentials',
     )
+    issuer_did = models.ForeignKey(
+        DID,
+        on_delete=models.CASCADE,
+        related_name='vcredentials',
+    )
+    schema = models.ForeignKey(
+        Schemas,
+        on_delete=models.CASCADE,
+        related_name='vcredentials',
+    )
 
     @property
     def get_schema(self):
@@ -474,16 +500,49 @@ class VerificableCredential(models.Model):
         return self.Status(self.status).label
 
     def get_datas(self):
-        data = json.loads(self.data).get('instance').items()
+        data = json.loads(self.csv_data).items()
         return data
 
     def issue(self, did):
+        if self.status == self.Status.ISSUED:
+            return
+
         self.status = self.Status.ISSUED
-        self.did_subject = did
+        self.subject_did = did
         self.issued_on = datetime.datetime.now()
+        self.data = sign_credential(
+            self.render(),
+            self.issuer_did.key_material
+        )
+
+    def get_context(self):
+        d = json.loads(self.csv_data)
+        format = "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ"
+        issuance_date = self.issued_on.strftime(format)
+
+        context = {
+            'vc_id': self.id,
+            'issuer_did': self.issuer_did.did,
+            'subject_did': self.subject_did,
+            'issuance_date': issuance_date,
+        }
+        context.update(d)
+        return context
+
+    def render(self):
+        context = self.get_context()
+        template_name = 'credentials/{}'.format(
+            self.schema.file_schema
+        )
+        tmpl = get_template(template_name)
+        return tmpl.render(context)
+
 
     def get_issued_on(self):
-        return self.issued_on.strftime("%m/%d/%Y")
+        if self.issued_on:
+            return self.issued_on.strftime("%m/%d/%Y")
+
+        return ''
 
 class VCTemplate(models.Model):
     wkit_template_id = models.CharField(max_length=250)
diff --git a/idhub/templates/credentials/member.json b/idhub/templates/credentials/member.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e98bef2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/idhub/templates/credentials/member.json
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{
+  "@context": [
+    "https://www.w3.org/2018/credentials/v1",
+    {
+      "name": "https://schema.org/name",
+      "email": "https://schema.org/email",
+      "membershipType": "https://schema.org/memberOf",
+      "individual": "https://schema.org/Person",
+      "organization": "https://schema.org/Organization",
+      "Member": "https://schema.org/Member",
+      "startDate": "https://schema.org/startDate",
+      "jsonSchema": "https://schema.org/jsonSchema",
+      "$ref": "https://schema.org/jsonSchemaRef"
+    }
+  ],
+  "type": ["VerifiableCredential", "VerifiableAttestation"],
+  "id": "{{ vc_id }}",
+  "issuer": "{{ issuer_did }}",
+  "issuanceDate": "{{ issuance_date }}",
+  "credentialSubject": {
+    "id": "{{ subject_did }}",
+    "Member": {
+      "name": "{{ name }}",
+      "email": "{{ email }}",
+      "membershipType": "{{ membershipType }}",
+      "startDate": "{{ startDate }}"
+    },
+    "jsonSchema": {
+      "$ref": "https://gitea.pangea.org/trustchain-oc1-orchestral/schemas/member-schema.json"
+    }
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/idhub/user/views.py b/idhub/user/views.py
index 6c73df3..3dffbc9 100644
--- a/idhub/user/views.py
+++ b/idhub/user/views.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404, redirect
 from django.urls import reverse_lazy
 from django.http import HttpResponse
 from django.contrib import messages
-from utils.apiregiter import iota
 from idhub.user.forms import ProfileForm, RequestCredentialForm, CredentialPresentationForm
 from idhub.mixins import UserView
 from idhub.models import DID, VerificableCredential, Event
@@ -190,7 +189,7 @@ class DidRegisterView(MyWallet, CreateView):
 
     def form_valid(self, form):
         form.instance.user = self.request.user
-        form.instance.did = iota.issue_did()
+        form.instance.set_did()
         form.save()
         messages.success(self.request, _('DID created successfully'))
 
diff --git a/idhub_auth/migrations/0001_initial.py b/idhub_auth/migrations/0001_initial.py
index 46412dd..d40f0a4 100644
--- a/idhub_auth/migrations/0001_initial.py
+++ b/idhub_auth/migrations/0001_initial.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Generated by Django 4.2.5 on 2023-11-14 16:32
+# Generated by Django 4.2.5 on 2023-11-15 09:58
 
 from django.db import migrations, models
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 03a9c58..745c483 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -6,5 +6,7 @@ python-decouple==3.8
 jsonschema==4.19.1
 pandas==2.1.1
 requests==2.31.0
+didkit==0.3.2
+jinja2==3.1.2
 jsonref==1.1.0
 pyld==2.0.3
diff --git a/schemas/member-schema.json b/schemas/member-schema.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 38199be..0000000
--- a/schemas/member-schema.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-    {
-      "$id": "https://pangea.org/schemas/member-credential-schema.json",
-      "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
-      "name": "MemberCredential",
-      "description": "MemberCredential using JsonSchemaCredential",
-      "type": "object",
-      "properties": {
-        "name": {
-          "type": "string"
-        },
-        "email": {
-          "type": "string",
-          "format": "email"
-        },
-        "membershipType": {
-          "type": "string",
-          "enum": ["individual", "organization"]
-        }
-      },
-      "required": ["name", "email", "membershipType"]
-    }
diff --git a/schemas/member.json b/schemas/member.json
index 845ab50..38199be 100644
--- a/schemas/member.json
+++ b/schemas/member.json
@@ -1,21 +1,4 @@
-{
-  "@context": [
-    "https://www.w3.org/ns/credentials/v2",
-    "https://www.w3.org/ns/credentials/examples/v2"
-  ],
-  "id": "https://example.com/credentials/3734",
-  "type": ["VerifiableCredential", "JsonSchemaCredential"],
-  "issuer": "https://pangea.org/issuers/10",
-  "issuanceDate": "2023-09-01T19:23:24Z",
-  "credentialSchema": {
-    "id": "https://www.w3.org/2022/credentials/v2/json-schema-credential-schema.json",
-    "type": "JsonSchema",
-    "digestSRI": "sha384-S57yQDg1MTzF56Oi9DbSQ14u7jBy0RDdx0YbeV7shwhCS88G8SCXeFq82PafhCrW"
-  },
-  "credentialSubject": {
-    "id": "https://pangea.org/schemas/member-credential-schema.json",
-    "type": "JsonSchema",
-    "jsonSchema": {
+    {
       "$id": "https://pangea.org/schemas/member-credential-schema.json",
       "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
       "name": "MemberCredential",
@@ -36,5 +19,3 @@
       },
       "required": ["name", "email", "membershipType"]
     }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/trustchain_walletkit/__init__.py b/trustchain_walletkit/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 02d0144..0000000
--- a/trustchain_walletkit/__init__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-from pathlib import Path
-
-import requests
-import json
-
-WALLETKITD = 'http://localhost:8080/'
-ISSUER = f'{WALLETKITD}issuer-api/default/'
-VERIFIER = f'{WALLETKITD}verifier-api/default/'
-
-default_ctype_header = {
-    'Content-Type': 'application/json',  # specify the type of data you're sending
-    'Accept': 'application/json',  # specify the type of data you can accept
-}
-
-
-def include_str(path):
-    with open(path, "r") as f:
-        return f.read().strip()
-
-
-# Create DID for tenant
-# Valid methods: 'key'|'web'
-def user_create_did(did_method):
-    url = f'{ISSUER}config/did/create'
-    data = {
-        'method': did_method
-    }
-    response = requests.post(url, json=data, headers=default_ctype_header)
-    response.raise_for_status()
-    return response.text
-
-
-def admin_create_template(template_name, template_body):
-    url = f'{ISSUER}config/templates/{template_name}'
-    body = template_body
-    response = requests.post(url, data=body, headers=default_ctype_header)
-    response.raise_for_status()
-    return
-
-
-def user_issue_vc(vc_name, vc_params):
-    url = f'{ISSUER}credentials/issuance/request'
-    # ...
-    # TODO examine cross-device issuance workflow
-    pass
-
-
-
-
-
-TENANT_CFG_TMEPLATE = include_str("./TENANT_CFG_TEMPLATE")
-
diff --git a/utils/apiregiter.py b/utils/apiregiter.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e794181..0000000
--- a/utils/apiregiter.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-import uuid
-import hashlib
-
-
-class Iota:
-    """
-    Framework for simulate the comunication with IOTA DLT  
-    """
-
-    def issue_did(self):
-        u = str(uuid.uuid4()).encode()
-        d = hashlib.sha3_256(u).hexdigest()
-        did = "did:iota:{}".format(d)
-        return did
-
-
-iota = Iota()
diff --git a/utils/idhub_ssikit/README.md b/utils/idhub_ssikit/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/trustchain_walletkit/TENANT_CFG_TEMPLATE b/utils/idhub_ssikit/TENANT_CFG_TEMPLATE
similarity index 100%
rename from trustchain_walletkit/TENANT_CFG_TEMPLATE
rename to utils/idhub_ssikit/TENANT_CFG_TEMPLATE
diff --git a/utils/idhub_ssikit/__init__.py b/utils/idhub_ssikit/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..18a5ff2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/idhub_ssikit/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+import asyncio
+import datetime
+import didkit
+import json
+import jinja2
+from django.template.backends.django import Template
+
+
+def generate_did_controller_key():
+    return didkit.generate_ed25519_key()
+
+
+def keydid_from_controller_key(key):
+    return didkit.key_to_did("key", key)
+
+
+def generate_generic_vc_id():
+    # TODO agree on a system for Verifiable Credential IDs
+    return "https://pangea.org/credentials/42"
+
+
+def render_and_sign_credential(vc_template: jinja2.Template, jwk_issuer, vc_data: dict[str, str]):
+    """
+    Populates a VC template with data for issuance, and signs the result with the provided key.
+
+    The `vc_data` parameter must at a minimum include:
+        * issuer_did
+        * subject_did
+        * vc_id
+    and must include whatever other fields are relevant for the vc_template to be instantiated.
+
+    The following field(s) will be auto-generated if not passed in `vc_data`:
+        * issuance_date (to `datetime.datetime.now()`)
+    """
+    async def inner():
+        unsigned_vc = vc_template.render(vc_data)
+        signed_vc = await didkit.issue_credential(
+            unsigned_vc,
+            '{"proofFormat": "ldp"}',
+            jwk_issuer
+        )
+        return signed_vc
+
+    if vc_data.get("issuance_date") is None:
+        vc_data["issuance_date"] = datetime.datetime.now().replace(microsecond=0).isoformat()
+
+    return asyncio.run(inner())
+
+    
+def sign_credential(unsigned_vc: str, jwk_issuer):
+    """
+        Signs the and unsigned credential with the provided key.
+    """
+    async def inner():
+      signed_vc = await didkit.issue_credential(
+          unsigned_vc,
+          '{"proofFormat": "ldp"}',
+          jwk_issuer
+      )
+      return signed_vc
+
+    return asyncio.run(inner())
+
+
+def verify_credential(vc, proof_options):
+    """
+    Returns a (bool, str) tuple indicating whether the credential is valid.
+    If the boolean is true, the credential is valid and the second argument can be ignored.
+    If it is false, the VC is invalid and the second argument contains a JSON object with further information.
+    """
+    async def inner():
+        return didkit.verify_credential(vc, proof_options)
+
+    return asyncio.run(inner())