diff --git a/bindings/autheticatedConnection.go b/bindings/autheticatedConnection.go
index 5e1f78f4e08f813881f01b3695b423a4c1cd2f1e..cc0ef41a8092ad48d45e9c7357c502ed4483e632 100644
--- a/bindings/autheticatedConnection.go
+++ b/bindings/autheticatedConnection.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ func (_ *AuthenticatedConnection) IsAuthenticated() bool {
 // ConnectWithAuthentication is called by the client (i.e. the one establishing
 // connection with the server). Once a connect.Connection has been established
 // with the server and then authenticate their identity to the server.
-// accepts a marshalled TransmissionIdentity and contact.Contact object
+// accepts a marshalled ReceptionIdentity and contact.Contact object
 func (c *Cmix) ConnectWithAuthentication(e2eId int, recipientContact []byte) (*AuthenticatedConnection, error) {
 	cont, err := contact.Unmarshal(recipientContact)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/bindings/connect.go b/bindings/connect.go
index 8be9e4881ec5f345fd7d80b932e22d8d693ae19f..42add7b3091bcad9579e6f6d9a5fc2009bc17b04 100644
--- a/bindings/connect.go
+++ b/bindings/connect.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ func (c *Connection) GetId() int {
 // This function is to be used sender-side and will block until the
 // partner.Manager is confirmed.
 // recipientContact - marshalled contact.Contact object
-// myIdentity - marshalled TransmissionIdentity object
+// myIdentity - marshalled ReceptionIdentity object
 func (c *Cmix) Connect(e2eId int, recipientContact []byte) (
 	*Connection, error) {
 	cont, err := contact.Unmarshal(recipientContact)
diff --git a/bindings/contact.go b/bindings/contact.go
index c07b66f8f790eb9ffb4bdf0081aad25c32c8185c..8e24e486141fa9da7f06f61e6ddbb54b353c7924 100644
--- a/bindings/contact.go
+++ b/bindings/contact.go
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ import (
 	"gitlab.com/xx_network/primitives/id"
 )
 
-// TransmissionIdentity struct
-// Example marshalled TransmissionIdentity:
+// ReceptionIdentity struct
+// Example marshalled ReceptionIdentity:
 // {"ID":"emV6aW1hAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD",  // User ID (base64)
 //  // RSA Private key (PEM format)
 //  "RSAPrivatePem":"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",
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import (
 //  // DH Private key
 //  "DHKeyPrivate":"eyJWYWx1ZSI6NDU2MDgzOTEzMjA0OTIyODA5Njg2MDI3MzQ0MzM3OTA0MzAyODYwMjM2NDk2NDM5NDI4NTcxMTMwNDMzOTQwMzgyMTIyMjY4OTQzNTMyMjIyMzc1MTkzNTEzMjU4MjA4MDA0NTczMDY4MjEwNzg2NDI5NjA1MjA0OTA3MjI2ODI5OTc3NTczMDkxODY0NTY3NDExMDExNjQxNCwiRmluZ2VycHJpbnQiOjE2ODAxNTQxNTExMjMzMDk4MzYzfQ=="
 // }
-type TransmissionIdentity struct {
+type ReceptionIdentity struct {
 	ID            []byte
 	RSAPrivatePem []byte
 	Salt          []byte
@@ -30,14 +30,14 @@ type TransmissionIdentity struct {
 func (c *Cmix) MakeIdentity() ([]byte, error) {
 	s := c.api.GetRng().GetStream()
 	defer s.Close()
-	ident, err := xxdk.MakeTransmissionIdentity(s, c.api.GetStorage().GetE2EGroup())
+	ident, err := xxdk.MakeReceptionIdentity(s, c.api.GetStorage().GetE2EGroup())
 
 	dhPrivJson, err := ident.DHKeyPrivate.MarshalJSON()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	//create the identity object
-	I := TransmissionIdentity{
+	I := ReceptionIdentity{
 		ID:            ident.ID.Marshal(),
 		RSAPrivatePem: rsa.CreatePrivateKeyPem(ident.RSAPrivatePem),
 		Salt:          ident.Salt,
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func (c *Cmix) MakeIdentity() ([]byte, error) {
 	return json.Marshal(&I)
 }
 
-// GetContactFromIdentity accepts a marshalled TransmissionIdentity object and returns a marshalled contact.Contact object
+// GetContactFromIdentity accepts a marshalled ReceptionIdentity object and returns a marshalled contact.Contact object
 func (c *Cmix) GetContactFromIdentity(identity []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 	unmarshalledIdentity, err := c.unmarshalIdentity(identity)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -68,30 +68,30 @@ func (c *Cmix) GetContactFromIdentity(identity []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 	return ct.Marshal(), nil
 }
 
-func (c *Cmix) unmarshalIdentity(marshaled []byte) (xxdk.TransmissionIdentity, error) {
-	newIdentity := xxdk.TransmissionIdentity{}
+func (c *Cmix) unmarshalIdentity(marshaled []byte) (xxdk.ReceptionIdentity, error) {
+	newIdentity := xxdk.ReceptionIdentity{}
 
-	// Unmarshal given identity into TransmissionIdentity object
-	givenIdentity := TransmissionIdentity{}
+	// Unmarshal given identity into ReceptionIdentity object
+	givenIdentity := ReceptionIdentity{}
 	err := json.Unmarshal(marshaled, &givenIdentity)
 	if err != nil {
-		return xxdk.TransmissionIdentity{}, err
+		return xxdk.ReceptionIdentity{}, err
 	}
 
 	newIdentity.ID, err = id.Unmarshal(givenIdentity.ID)
 	if err != nil {
-		return xxdk.TransmissionIdentity{}, err
+		return xxdk.ReceptionIdentity{}, err
 	}
 
 	newIdentity.DHKeyPrivate = c.api.GetStorage().GetE2EGroup().NewInt(1)
 	err = newIdentity.DHKeyPrivate.UnmarshalJSON(givenIdentity.DHKeyPrivate)
 	if err != nil {
-		return xxdk.TransmissionIdentity{}, err
+		return xxdk.ReceptionIdentity{}, err
 	}
 
 	newIdentity.RSAPrivatePem, err = rsa.LoadPrivateKeyFromPem(givenIdentity.RSAPrivatePem)
 	if err != nil {
-		return xxdk.TransmissionIdentity{}, err
+		return xxdk.ReceptionIdentity{}, err
 	}
 
 	newIdentity.Salt = givenIdentity.Salt
diff --git a/bindings/contact_test.go b/bindings/contact_test.go
index 97af0264f4bd9b76c9fe83017ff09477947b7a3d..1d1e0be0f331185480fbf48d87ca7607f2eb7f5b 100644
--- a/bindings/contact_test.go
+++ b/bindings/contact_test.go
@@ -22,14 +22,14 @@ func TestIdentity_JSON(t *testing.T) {
 	dhpkJson, _ := dhpk.MarshalJSON()
 	op := make([]byte, 64)
 	_, _ = rng.Read(op)
-	identity := TransmissionIdentity{
+	identity := ReceptionIdentity{
 		ID:            uid.Marshal(),
 		RSAPrivatePem: rsa.CreatePrivateKeyPem(pk),
 		Salt:          salt,
 		DHKeyPrivate:  dhpkJson,
 	}
 	im, _ := json.Marshal(identity)
-	t.Log("Marshalled TransmissionIdentity object")
+	t.Log("Marshalled ReceptionIdentity object")
 	t.Log(string(im))
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index f4f26ef17080c2caded6f8ade4a240658658cd14..66ca4426aa012dbf18666b756675b85547ce6c7a 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -1176,7 +1176,7 @@ func init() {
 	viper.BindPFlag("log", rootCmd.PersistentFlags().Lookup("log"))
 
 	rootCmd.Flags().StringP("regcode", "", "",
-		"TransmissionIdentity code (optional)")
+		"ReceptionIdentity code (optional)")
 	viper.BindPFlag("regcode", rootCmd.Flags().Lookup("regcode"))
 
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringP("message", "m", "",
diff --git a/xxdk/e2e.go b/xxdk/e2e.go
index c3536ec8eb316f61bfc49643ab903ee393b1a99b..1dabcf44eb15cd2826c759ca45a7a9dc7ea145d6 100644
--- a/xxdk/e2e.go
+++ b/xxdk/e2e.go
@@ -25,27 +25,27 @@ import (
 	"gitlab.com/xx_network/primitives/id"
 )
 
-// E2e object bundles a TransmissionIdentity with a Cmix
+// E2e object bundles a ReceptionIdentity with a Cmix
 // and can be used for high level operations such as connections
 type E2e struct {
 	*Cmix
 	auth        auth.State
 	e2e         e2e.Handler
 	backup      *Container
-	e2eIdentity TransmissionIdentity
+	e2eIdentity ReceptionIdentity
 }
 
 // Login creates a new E2e backed by the xxdk.Cmix persistent versioned.KV
-// If identity == nil, a new TransmissionIdentity will be generated automagically
+// If identity == nil, a new ReceptionIdentity will be generated automagically
 func Login(client *Cmix, callbacks auth.Callbacks,
-	identity TransmissionIdentity) (m *E2e, err error) {
+	identity ReceptionIdentity) (m *E2e, err error) {
 	return login(client, callbacks, identity, client.GetStorage().GetKV())
 }
 
 // LoginEphemeral creates a new E2e backed by a totally ephemeral versioned.KV
-// If identity == nil, a new TransmissionIdentity will be generated automagically
+// If identity == nil, a new ReceptionIdentity will be generated automagically
 func LoginEphemeral(client *Cmix, callbacks auth.Callbacks,
-	identity TransmissionIdentity) (m *E2e, err error) {
+	identity ReceptionIdentity) (m *E2e, err error) {
 	return login(client, callbacks, identity, versioned.NewKV(ekv.MakeMemstore()))
 }
 
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func LoginLegacy(client *Cmix, callbacks auth.Callbacks) (m *E2e, err error) {
 	}
 
 	u := m.Cmix.GetUser()
-	m.e2eIdentity = TransmissionIdentity{
+	m.e2eIdentity = ReceptionIdentity{
 		ID:            u.TransmissionID,
 		RSAPrivatePem: u.TransmissionRSA,
 		Salt:          u.TransmissionSalt,
@@ -84,9 +84,9 @@ func LoginLegacy(client *Cmix, callbacks auth.Callbacks) (m *E2e, err error) {
 
 // login creates a new e2eApi.E2e backed by the given versioned.KV
 func login(client *Cmix, callbacks auth.Callbacks,
-	identity TransmissionIdentity, kv *versioned.KV) (m *E2e, err error) {
+	identity ReceptionIdentity, kv *versioned.KV) (m *E2e, err error) {
 
-	// Verify the passed-in TransmissionIdentity matches its properties
+	// Verify the passed-in ReceptionIdentity matches its properties
 	generatedId, err := xx.NewID(identity.RSAPrivatePem.GetPublic(), identity.Salt, id.User)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -209,8 +209,8 @@ func (m *E2e) GetUser() user.Info {
 	return u
 }
 
-// GetTransmissionIdentity returns a safe copy of the E2e TransmissionIdentity
-func (m *E2e) GetTransmissionIdentity() TransmissionIdentity {
+// GetTransmissionIdentity returns a safe copy of the E2e ReceptionIdentity
+func (m *E2e) GetTransmissionIdentity() ReceptionIdentity {
 	return m.e2eIdentity.DeepCopy()
 }
 
diff --git a/xxdk/identity.go b/xxdk/identity.go
index daef4c673bbf1668ae1a11dc294adfeaaa945e1c..52959db88ced70e0722f18d430397f90e728db6b 100644
--- a/xxdk/identity.go
+++ b/xxdk/identity.go
@@ -15,20 +15,20 @@ import (
 	"gitlab.com/xx_network/primitives/id"
 )
 
-type TransmissionIdentity struct {
+type ReceptionIdentity struct {
 	ID            *id.ID
 	RSAPrivatePem *rsa.PrivateKey
 	Salt          []byte
 	DHKeyPrivate  *cyclic.Int
 }
 
-// MakeTransmissionIdentity generates a new cryptographic identity for receiving messages
-func MakeTransmissionIdentity(rng csprng.Source, grp *cyclic.Group) (TransmissionIdentity, error) {
+// MakeReceptionIdentity generates a new cryptographic identity for receiving messages
+func MakeReceptionIdentity(rng csprng.Source, grp *cyclic.Group) (ReceptionIdentity, error) {
 	//make RSA Key
 	rsaKey, err := rsa.GenerateKey(rng,
 		rsa.DefaultRSABitLen)
 	if err != nil {
-		return TransmissionIdentity{}, err
+		return ReceptionIdentity{}, err
 	}
 
 	//make salt
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ func MakeTransmissionIdentity(rng csprng.Source, grp *cyclic.Group) (Transmissio
 	newId, err := xx.NewID(rsaKey.GetPublic(),
 		salt, id.User)
 	if err != nil {
-		return TransmissionIdentity{}, err
+		return ReceptionIdentity{}, err
 	}
 
 	//create the identity object
-	I := TransmissionIdentity{
+	I := ReceptionIdentity{
 		ID:            newId,
 		RSAPrivatePem: rsaKey,
 		Salt:          salt,
@@ -58,11 +58,11 @@ func MakeTransmissionIdentity(rng csprng.Source, grp *cyclic.Group) (Transmissio
 	return I, nil
 }
 
-// DeepCopy produces a safe copy of a TransmissionIdentity
-func (t TransmissionIdentity) DeepCopy() TransmissionIdentity {
+// DeepCopy produces a safe copy of a ReceptionIdentity
+func (t ReceptionIdentity) DeepCopy() ReceptionIdentity {
 	saltCopy := make([]byte, len(t.Salt))
 	copy(saltCopy, t.Salt)
-	return TransmissionIdentity{
+	return ReceptionIdentity{
 		ID:            t.ID.DeepCopy(),
 		RSAPrivatePem: t.RSAPrivatePem,
 		Salt:          saltCopy,