diff --git a/earthsnake/identity.py b/earthsnake/identity.py
index 1f68112..a1cbef3 100644
--- a/earthsnake/identity.py
+++ b/earthsnake/identity.py
@@ -58,6 +58,17 @@ class Identity:
     def __repr__(self) -> str:
         return f'<Identity {self}>'
 
+    def __eq__(self, other: object) -> bool:
+        if isinstance(other, str):
+            return str(self) == other
+
+        if isinstance(other, Identity):
+            return str(self) == str(other)
+
+        raise TypeError(
+            'Don’t know how to compare {self.__class__.__name__} and {other.__class__.__name__}'
+        )
+
     @classmethod
     def from_address(cls, address: str) -> 'Identity':
         """Load an identity from an author address"""
diff --git a/tests/test_identity.py b/tests/test_identity.py
index c9efe90..3e51953 100644
--- a/tests/test_identity.py
+++ b/tests/test_identity.py
@@ -168,3 +168,34 @@ def test_valid_address() -> None:
     """Test if valid_address passes on valid addresses"""
 
     assert Identity.valid_address('@test.bcz76z52y5dlpohtkmpuj3jsdcvfmebzpcgfmtmhu4u7hlexzreya')
+
+
+def test_eq_str() -> None:
+    """Test if an Identity is considered equal to its string representation"""
+
+    identity_str = '@test.bcz76z52y5dlpohtkmpuj3jsdcvfmebzpcgfmtmhu4u7hlexzreya'
+    identity = Identity.from_address(identity_str)
+
+    assert identity == identity_str
+    assert identity != '@test.cz76z52y5dlpohtkmpuj3jsdcvfmebzpcgfmtmhu4u7hlexzreyb'
+
+
+def test_eq_identity() -> None:
+    """Test if two different identities are considered equal if their verifying key is equal"""
+
+    identity_str = '@test.bcz76z52y5dlpohtkmpuj3jsdcvfmebzpcgfmtmhu4u7hlexzreya'
+    identity1 = Identity.from_address(identity_str)
+    identity2 = Identity.from_address(identity_str)
+    identity3 = Identity.generate('some')
+
+    assert identity1 == identity2
+    assert identity1 != identity3
+
+
+@pytest.mark.id_key_seed(TEST_SEED)
+@pytest.mark.id_name('test')
+def test_eq_other(identity: Identity) -> None:
+    """Test if Identity cannot be compared to something like an int"""
+
+    with pytest.raises(TypeError):
+        assert identity == 1