diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
index aa20e9bf..80c6464e 100644
--- a/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -24,11 +24,10 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
           livereload: true,
         },
       },
-        // we monitor only app/models/* because we have test for models only now
-//      test: {
-//        files: ['test/**/*.js', 'test/*.js','app/models/*.js'],
-//        tasks: ['test'],
-//      }
+      test: {
+        files: ['test/**/*.js', 'test/*.js','app/**/*.js'],
+        tasks: ['test'],
+      }
     },
     jshint: {
       all: {
diff --git a/config/config.js b/config/config.js
index f0da3f9d..ee0a01de 100644
--- a/config/config.js
+++ b/config/config.js
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ var enableMailbox = process.env.ENABLE_MAILBOX === 'true';
 var enableRatelimiter = process.env.ENABLE_RATELIMITER === 'true';
 var enableCredentialstore = process.env.ENABLE_CREDSTORE === 'true';
 var enableEmailstore = process.env.ENABLE_EMAILSTORE === 'true';
+var enablePublicInfo = process.env.ENABLE_PUBLICINFO === 'true';
 var loggerLevel = process.env.LOGGER_LEVEL || 'info';
 var enableHTTPS = process.env.ENABLE_HTTPS === 'true';
 
@@ -105,6 +106,8 @@ module.exports = {
   credentialstore: require('../plugins/config-credentialstore'),
   enableEmailstore: enableEmailstore,
   emailstore: require('../plugins/config-emailstore'),
+  enablePublicInfo: enablePublicInfo,
+  publicInfo: require('../plugins/publicInfo/config'),
   loggerLevel: loggerLevel,
   enableHTTPS: enableHTTPS,
   version: version,
diff --git a/insight.js b/insight.js
index 8ca809b1..22d670c1 100755
--- a/insight.js
+++ b/insight.js
@@ -151,6 +151,10 @@ if (config.enableEmailstore) {
   require('./plugins/emailstore').init(expressApp, config.emailstore);
 }
 
+if (config.enablePublicInfo) {
+  require('./plugins/publicInfo/publicInfo').init(expressApp, config.emailstore);
+}
+
 // express settings
 require('./config/express')(expressApp, historicSync, peerSync);
 require('./config/routes')(expressApp);
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6189684b..756dc6c7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
     "async": "*",
     "base58-native": "0.1.2",
     "bignum": "*",
+    "bitauth": "^0.1.1",
     "bitcore": "git://github.com/bitpay/bitcore.git#aa41c70cff2583d810664c073a324376c39c8b36",
     "bufferput": "git://github.com/bitpay/node-bufferput.git",
     "buffertools": "*",
diff --git a/plugins/publicInfo/config.js b/plugins/publicInfo/config.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7be35b6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/publicInfo/config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+module.exports = {
+};
diff --git a/plugins/publicInfo/publicInfo.js b/plugins/publicInfo/publicInfo.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ddafb034
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/publicInfo/publicInfo.js
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+/**
+ * Module to allow Copay users to publish public information about themselves
+ *
+ * It uses BitAuth to verify the authenticity of the request.
+ *
+ */
+(function() {
+
+'use strict';
+
+var     logger = require('../../lib/logger').logger,
+       levelup = require('levelup'),
+       bitauth = require('bitauth'),
+  globalConfig = require('../../config/config'),
+   querystring = require('querystring');
+
+var publicInfo = {};
+
+/**
+ * Constant enum with the errors that the application may return
+ */
+var errors = {
+  MISSING_PARAMETER: {
+    code: 400,
+    message: 'Missing required parameter'
+  },
+  UNAUTHENTICATED: {
+    code: 401,
+    message: 'SIN validation error'
+  },
+  NOT_FOUND: {
+    code: 404,
+    message: 'There\'s no record of public information for the public key requested'
+  }
+};
+
+var NAMESPACE = 'public-info-';
+var MAX_ALLOWED_STORAGE = 64 * 1024 /* no more than 64 kb of data is allowed to be stored */;
+
+/**
+ * Initializes the plugin
+ *
+ * @param {Express} expressApp
+ * @param {Object} config
+ */
+publicInfo.init = function(expressApp, config) {
+  logger.info('Using publicInfo plugin');
+
+  var path = globalConfig.leveldb + '/publicinfo' + (globalConfig.name ? ('-' + globalConfig.name) : '');
+  publicInfo.db = config.db || globalConfig.db || levelup(path);
+
+  expressApp.post(globalConfig.apiPrefix + '/public', publicInfo.post);
+  expressApp.get(globalConfig.apiPrefix + '/public/:sin', publicInfo.get);
+};
+
+/**
+ * Helper function that ends a requests showing the user an error. The response body will be a JSON
+ * encoded object with only one property with key "error" and value <tt>error.message</tt>, one of
+ * the parameters of the function
+ *
+ * @param {Object} error - The error that caused the request to be terminated
+ * @param {number} error.code - the HTTP code to return
+ * @param {string} error.message - the message to send in the body
+ * @param {Express.Response} response - the express.js response. the methods status, json, and end
+ *                                      will be called, terminating the request.
+ */
+var returnError = function(error, response) {
+  response.status(error.code).json({error: error.message}).end();
+};
+
+/**
+ * Store a record in the database. The underlying database is merely a levelup instance (a key
+ * value store) that uses the SIN to store the body of the message.
+ *
+ * @param {Express.Request} request
+ * @param {Express.Response} response
+ */
+publicInfo.post = function(request, response) {
+
+  var record = '';
+  request.on('data', function(data) {
+    record += data;
+    if (record.length > MAX_ALLOWED_STORAGE) {
+      record = '';
+      response.writeHead(413, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'}).end();
+      request.connection.destroy();
+    }
+  }).on('end', function() {
+    var fullUrl = request.protocol + '://' + request.get('host') + request.url;
+    var data = fullUrl + record;
+
+    bitauth.verifySignature(data, request.headers['x-identity'], request.headers['x-signature'],
+      function(err, result) {
+        if(err || !result) {
+          return returnError(errors.UNAUTHENTICATED, response);
+        }
+
+        // Get the SIN from the public key
+        var sin = bitauth.getSinFromPublicKey(request.headers['x-identity']);
+        if (!sin) {
+          return returnError(errors.UNAUTHENTICATED, response);
+        }
+        publicInfo.db.put(NAMESPACE + sin, record, function (err) {
+          if (err) {
+            return returnError({code: 500, message: err}, response);
+          }
+          response.json({success: true}).end();
+          if (request.testCallback) {
+            request.testCallback();
+          }
+        });
+      }
+    );
+  });
+};
+
+/**
+ * Retrieve a record from the database.
+ *
+ * The request is expected to contain the parameter "sin"
+ *
+ * @param {Express.Request} request
+ * @param {Express.Response} response
+ */
+publicInfo.get = function(request, response) {
+  var sin = request.param('sin');
+  if (!sin) {
+    return returnError(errors.MISSING_PARAMETER, response);
+  }
+
+  publicInfo.db.get(NAMESPACE + sin, function (err, value) {
+    if (err) {
+      if (err.notFound) {
+        return returnError(errors.NOT_FOUND, response);
+      }
+      return returnError({code: 500, message: err}, response);
+    }
+    response.send(value).end();
+  });
+};
+
+module.exports = publicInfo;
+
+})();
diff --git a/test/test.EmailStore.js b/test/test.EmailStore.js
index 32a4dfe0..67029687 100644
--- a/test/test.EmailStore.js
+++ b/test/test.EmailStore.js
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ describe('emailstore test', function() {
     it('should allow the user to retrieve credentials', function() {
       request.param.onFirstCall().returns('secret');
       leveldb_stub.get.reset();
-  
+
       var returnValue = '!@#$%';
       leveldb_stub.get.onFirstCall().callsArgWith(1, null, returnValue);
       response.send.returnsThis();
diff --git a/test/test.PublicProfile.js b/test/test.PublicProfile.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cfe9fc68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test.PublicProfile.js
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+'use strict';
+
+var chai = require('chai');
+var assert = require('assert');
+var sinon = require('sinon');
+var should = chai.should;
+var expect = chai.expect;
+var bitauth = require('bitauth');
+
+describe('public profile test', function() {
+
+  var globalConfig = require('../config/config');
+  var leveldb_stub = sinon.stub();
+  leveldb_stub.put = sinon.stub();
+  leveldb_stub.get = sinon.stub();
+  var plugin = require('../plugins/publicInfo/publicInfo.js');
+  var express_mock = null;
+  var request = null;
+  var response = null;
+
+  beforeEach(function() {
+
+    express_mock = sinon.stub();
+    express_mock.post = sinon.stub();
+    express_mock.get = sinon.stub();
+
+    plugin.init(express_mock, {db: leveldb_stub});
+
+    request = sinon.stub();
+    request.on = sinon.stub();
+    request.param = sinon.stub();
+    response = sinon.stub();
+    response.send = sinon.stub();
+    response.status = sinon.stub();
+    response.json = sinon.stub();
+    response.end = sinon.stub();
+  });
+
+  it('initializes correctly', function() {
+    assert(plugin.db === leveldb_stub);
+    assert(express_mock.post.calledWith(
+      globalConfig.apiPrefix + '/public', plugin.post
+    ));
+    assert(express_mock.get.calledWith(
+      globalConfig.apiPrefix + '/public/:sin', plugin.get
+    ));
+  });
+
+  it.only('writes a message correctly', function(done) {
+
+    var privateKey = bitauth.generateSin();
+    var protocol = 'https';
+    var dataToSign = protocol + '://hosturlSTUFF';
+    var signature = bitauth.sign(dataToSign, privateKey.priv);
+    request.get = function() { return 'host'; };
+    request.protocol = protocol;
+    request.url = 'url';
+    request.headers = {
+      'x-identity': privateKey.pub,
+      'x-signature': signature
+    };
+    request.on.onFirstCall().callsArgWith(1, 'STUFF');
+    request.on.onFirstCall().returnsThis();
+    request.on.onSecondCall().callsArg(1);
+
+    leveldb_stub.put.onFirstCall().callsArg(2);
+    response.status.returns(response);
+    response.json.returns(response);
+
+    request.testCallback =  function() {
+      assert(leveldb_stub.put.firstCall.args[0] === 'public-info-' + privateKey.sin);
+      assert(leveldb_stub.put.firstCall.args[1] === 'STUFF');
+      assert(response.json.calledOnce);
+      assert(response.end.calledOnce);
+      done();
+    };
+
+    plugin.post(request, response);
+  });
+
+  it('fails if the signature is invalid', function() {
+    var data = 'uecord3';
+    request.get = function() { return ''; };
+    request.headers = {};
+    request.on.onFirstCall().callsArgWith(1, data);
+    request.on.onFirstCall().returnsThis();
+    request.on.onSecondCall().callsArg(1);
+    leveldb_stub.put = sinon.stub();
+
+    leveldb_stub.put.onFirstCall().callsArg(2);
+    response.json.returnsThis();
+    response.status.returnsThis();
+
+    plugin.post(request, response);
+
+    assert(response.end.calledOnce);
+  });
+
+  it('retrieves a message correctly', function() {
+
+    request.param.onFirstCall().returns('SIN');
+
+    var returnValue = '!@#$%';
+    leveldb_stub.get.onFirstCall().callsArgWith(1, null, returnValue);
+    response.send.returnsThis();
+
+    plugin.get(request, response);
+
+    assert(leveldb_stub.get.firstCall.args[0] === 'public-info-SIN');
+    assert(response.send.calledWith(returnValue));
+    assert(response.end.calledOnce);
+  });
+});