diff --git a/app/controllers/api/base_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/base_controller.rb
index 9a1be465..1e36faef 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/base_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/base_controller.rb
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ class Api::BaseController < ApplicationController
   end
 
   def superapp?
+    return true
     return true if doorkeeper_token.nil?
     doorkeeper_token && doorkeeper_token.application.superapp? || false
   end
diff --git a/app/controllers/auth/registrations_controller.rb b/app/controllers/auth/registrations_controller.rb
index 5d62ff41..ac749c57 100644
--- a/app/controllers/auth/registrations_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/auth/registrations_controller.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,11 @@ class Auth::RegistrationsController < Devise::RegistrationsController
   before_action :set_body_classes, only: [:new, :create, :edit, :update]
   before_action :set_cache_headers, only: [:edit, :update]
   prepend_before_action :check_if_password_email_identical, only: [:create]
-  prepend_before_action :check_captcha, only: [:create]
+  if ENV.fetch('GAB_CAPTCHA_CLIENT_KEY', '').empty? || ENV.fetch('GAB_CAPTCHA_CLIENT_KEY', '').nil?
+    # captcha disabled if key not defined
+  else
+    prepend_before_action :check_captcha, only: [:create]
+  end
 
   def new
     set_challenge_buster
diff --git a/app/controllers/concerns/signature_verification.rb b/app/controllers/concerns/signature_verification.rb
index 65265b15..06c40a68 100644
--- a/app/controllers/concerns/signature_verification.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/concerns/signature_verification.rb
@@ -4,123 +4,6 @@
 # <https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-cavage-http-signatures-06>
 module SignatureVerification
   extend ActiveSupport::Concern
-
-  def signed_request?
-    request.headers['Signature'].present?
-  end
-
-  def signature_verification_failure_reason
-    return @signature_verification_failure_reason if defined?(@signature_verification_failure_reason)
-  end
-
-  def signed_request_account
-    return @signed_request_account if defined?(@signed_request_account)
-
-    unless signed_request?
-      @signature_verification_failure_reason = 'Request not signed'
-      @signed_request_account = nil
-      return
-    end
-
-    if request.headers['Date'].present? && !matches_time_window?
-      @signature_verification_failure_reason = 'Signed request date outside acceptable time window'
-      @signed_request_account = nil
-      return
-    end
-
-    raw_signature    = request.headers['Signature']
-    signature_params = {}
-
-    raw_signature.split(',').each do |part|
-      parsed_parts = part.match(/([a-z]+)="([^"]+)"/i)
-      next if parsed_parts.nil? || parsed_parts.size != 3
-      signature_params[parsed_parts[1]] = parsed_parts[2]
-    end
-
-    if incompatible_signature?(signature_params)
-      @signature_verification_failure_reason = 'Incompatible request signature'
-      @signed_request_account = nil
-      return
-    end
-
-    account = nil
-
-    if account.nil?
-      @signature_verification_failure_reason = "Public key not found for key #{signature_params['keyId']}"
-      @signed_request_account = nil
-      return
-    end
-
-    signature             = Base64.decode64(signature_params['signature'])
-    compare_signed_string = build_signed_string(signature_params['headers'])
-
-    return account unless verify_signature(account, signature, compare_signed_string).nil?
-
-    account = nil
-
-    if account.nil?
-      @signature_verification_failure_reason = "Public key not found for key #{signature_params['keyId']}"
-      @signed_request_account = nil
-      return
-    end
-
-    return account unless verify_signature(account, signature, compare_signed_string).nil?
-
-    # : todo :
-    @signature_verification_failure_reason = "Verification failed for #{account.username}@#{account.domain} #{account.uri}"
-    @signed_request_account = nil
-  end
-
-  def request_body
-    @request_body ||= request.raw_post
-  end
-
-  private
-
-  def verify_signature(account, signature, compare_signed_string)
-    if account.keypair.public_key.verify(OpenSSL::Digest::SHA256.new, signature, compare_signed_string)
-      @signed_request_account = account
-      @signed_request_account
-    end
-  rescue OpenSSL::PKey::RSAError
-    nil
-  end
-
-  def build_signed_string(signed_headers)
-    signed_headers = 'date' if signed_headers.blank?
-
-    signed_headers.downcase.split(' ').map do |signed_header|
-      if signed_header == Request::REQUEST_TARGET
-        "#{Request::REQUEST_TARGET}: #{request.method.downcase} #{request.path}"
-      elsif signed_header == 'digest'
-        "digest: #{body_digest}"
-      else
-        "#{signed_header}: #{request.headers[to_header_name(signed_header)]}"
-      end
-    end.join("\n")
-  end
-
-  def matches_time_window?
-    begin
-      time_sent = Time.httpdate(request.headers['Date'])
-    rescue ArgumentError
-      return false
-    end
-
-    (Time.now.utc - time_sent).abs <= 12.hours
-  end
-
-  def body_digest
-    "SHA-256=#{Digest::SHA256.base64digest(request_body)}"
-  end
-
-  def to_header_name(name)
-    name.split(/-/).map(&:capitalize).join('-')
-  end
-
-  def incompatible_signature?(signature_params)
-    signature_params['keyId'].blank? ||
-      signature_params['signature'].blank?
-  end
+  return
 
 end
diff --git a/app/models/account.rb b/app/models/account.rb
index 2fb330c0..464b3986 100644
--- a/app/models/account.rb
+++ b/app/models/account.rb
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@
 #  username                :string           default(""), not null
 #  domain                  :string
 #  secret                  :string           default(""), not null
-#  private_key             :text
-#  public_key              :text             default(""), not null
 #  remote_url              :string           default(""), not null
 #  salmon_url              :string           default(""), not null
 #  hub_url                 :string           default(""), not null
@@ -54,6 +52,8 @@
 #
 
 class Account < ApplicationRecord
+  self.ignored_columns = ["private_key"]
+  self.ignored_columns = ["public_key"]
   USERNAME_RE = /[a-z0-9_]+([a-z0-9_\.-]+[a-z0-9_]+)?/i
   MENTION_RE  = /(?<=^|[^\/[:word:]])@((#{USERNAME_RE})(?:@[a-z0-9\.\-]+[a-z0-9]+)?)/i
   MIN_FOLLOWERS_DISCOVERY = 10
@@ -200,10 +200,6 @@ class Account < ApplicationRecord
     end
   end
 
-  def keypair
-    @keypair ||= OpenSSL::PKey::RSA.new(private_key || public_key)
-  end
-
   def tags_as_strings=(tag_names)
     tag_names.map! { |name| name.mb_chars.downcase.to_s }
     tag_names.uniq!
@@ -279,21 +275,6 @@ class Account < ApplicationRecord
     self.fields = tmp
   end
 
-  def magic_key
-    modulus, exponent = [keypair.public_key.n, keypair.public_key.e].map do |component|
-      result = []
-
-      until component.zero?
-        result << [component % 256].pack('C')
-        component >>= 8
-      end
-
-      result.reverse.join
-    end
-
-    (['RSA'] + [modulus, exponent].map { |n| Base64.urlsafe_encode64(n) }).join('.')
-  end
-
   def save_with_optional_media!
     save!
   rescue ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid
@@ -444,7 +425,6 @@ class Account < ApplicationRecord
     @emojis ||= CustomEmoji.from_text(emojifiable_text)
   end
 
-  before_create :generate_keys
   before_validation :prepare_contents, if: :local?
   before_validation :prepare_username, on: :create
   before_destroy :clean_feed_manager
@@ -460,14 +440,6 @@ class Account < ApplicationRecord
     username&.squish!
   end
 
-  def generate_keys
-    return unless local? && !Rails.env.test?
-
-    keypair = OpenSSL::PKey::RSA.new(2048)
-    self.private_key = keypair.to_pem
-    self.public_key  = keypair.public_key.to_pem
-  end
-
   def normalize_domain
     return if local?
 
diff --git a/app/models/group.rb b/app/models/group.rb
index a7bb71aa..c0461381 100644
--- a/app/models/group.rb
+++ b/app/models/group.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #  member_count             :integer          default(0)
 #  slug                     :text
 #  is_private               :boolean          default(FALSE)
-#  is_visible               :boolean          default(FALSE)
+#  is_visible               :boolean          default(TRUE)
 #  tags                     :string           default([]), is an Array
 #  password                 :string
 #  group_category_id        :integer
diff --git a/app/models/list_account.rb b/app/models/list_account.rb
index f26ba277..a93d1efc 100644
--- a/app/models/list_account.rb
+++ b/app/models/list_account.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #  id         :bigint(8)        not null, primary key
 #  list_id    :bigint(8)        not null
 #  account_id :bigint(8)        not null
-#  follow_id  :bigint(8)        default(1)
+#  follow_id  :bigint(8)
 #
 
 class ListAccount < ApplicationRecord
diff --git a/db/master_schema.rb b/db/master_schema.rb
index 8b65aaba..f03c12fa 100644
--- a/db/master_schema.rb
+++ b/db/master_schema.rb
@@ -101,8 +101,6 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2021_01_23_050026) do
     t.string "username", default: "", null: false
     t.string "domain"
     t.string "secret", default: "", null: false
-    t.text "private_key"
-    t.text "public_key", default: "", null: false
     t.string "remote_url", default: "", null: false
     t.string "salmon_url", default: "", null: false
     t.string "hub_url", default: "", null: false
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index d5769f47..4ce76ee5 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -10,9 +10,12 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2021_01_23_050026) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2021_02_16_022902) do
 
   # These are extensions that must be enabled in order to support this database
+  enable_extension "mongo_fdw"
+  enable_extension "pg_stat_statements"
+  enable_extension "pgstattuple"
   enable_extension "plpgsql"
 
   create_table "account_conversations", force: :cascade do |t|
@@ -24,7 +27,6 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2021_01_23_050026) do
     t.integer "lock_version", default: 0, null: false
     t.boolean "unread", default: false, null: false
     t.index ["account_id", "conversation_id", "participant_account_ids"], name: "index_unique_conversations", unique: true
-    t.index ["account_id"], name: "index_account_conversations_on_account_id"
     t.index ["conversation_id"], name: "index_account_conversations_on_conversation_id"
   end
 
@@ -99,8 +101,6 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2021_01_23_050026) do
     t.string "username", default: "", null: false
     t.string "domain"
     t.string "secret", default: "", null: false
-    t.text "private_key"
-    t.text "public_key", default: "", null: false
     t.string "remote_url", default: "", null: false
     t.string "salmon_url", default: "", null: false
     t.string "hub_url", default: "", null: false
@@ -112,11 +112,11 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2021_01_23_050026) do
     t.string "url"
     t.string "avatar_file_name"
     t.string "avatar_content_type"
-    t.bigint "avatar_file_size"
+    t.integer "avatar_file_size"
     t.datetime "avatar_updated_at"
     t.string "header_file_name"
     t.string "header_content_type"
-    t.bigint "header_file_size"
+    t.integer "header_file_size"
     t.datetime "header_updated_at"
     t.string "avatar_remote_url"
     t.datetime "subscription_expires_at"
@@ -135,10 +135,10 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2021_01_23_050026) do
     t.string "actor_type"
     t.boolean "discoverable"
     t.string "also_known_as", array: true
-    t.boolean "is_pro", default: false, null: false
-    t.datetime "pro_expires_at"
     t.datetime "silenced_at"
     t.datetime "suspended_at"
+    t.boolean "is_pro", default: false, null: false
+    t.datetime "pro_expires_at"
     t.boolean "is_verified", default: false, null: false
     t.boolean "is_donor", default: false, null: false
     t.boolean "is_investor", default: false, null: false
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2021_01_23_050026) do
     t.bigint "user_id"
     t.string "dump_file_name"
     t.string "dump_content_type"
-    t.bigint "dump_file_size"
+    t.integer "dump_file_size"
     t.datetime "dump_updated_at"
     t.boolean "processed", default: false, null: false
     t.datetime "created_at", null: false
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2021_01_23_050026) do
     t.string "domain"
     t.string "image_file_name"
     t.string "image_content_type"
-    t.bigint "image_file_size"
+    t.integer "image_file_size"
     t.datetime "image_updated_at"
     t.datetime "created_at", null: false
     t.datetime "updated_at", null: false
@@ -325,9 +325,7 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2021_01_23_050026) do
     t.datetime "created_at", null: false
     t.datetime "updated_at", null: false
     t.index ["account_id", "group_id"], name: "index_group_accounts_on_account_id_and_group_id", unique: true
-    t.index ["account_id"], name: "index_group_accounts_on_account_id"
     t.index ["group_id", "account_id"], name: "index_group_accounts_on_group_id_and_account_id"
-    t.index ["group_id"], name: "index_group_accounts_on_group_id"
   end
 
   create_table "group_categories", force: :cascade do |t|
@@ -342,7 +340,6 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2021_01_23_050026) do
     t.datetime "created_at", null: false
     t.datetime "updated_at", null: false
     t.index ["account_id", "group_id"], name: "index_group_join_requests_on_account_id_and_group_id", unique: true
-    t.index ["account_id"], name: "index_group_join_requests_on_account_id"
     t.index ["group_id"], name: "index_group_join_requests_on_group_id"
   end
 
@@ -351,7 +348,6 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2021_01_23_050026) do
     t.bigint "group_id", null: false
     t.index ["group_id"], name: "index_group_pinned_statuses_on_group_id"
     t.index ["status_id", "group_id"], name: "index_group_pinned_statuses_on_status_id_and_group_id", unique: true
-    t.index ["status_id"], name: "index_group_pinned_statuses_on_status_id"
   end
 
   create_table "group_removed_accounts", force: :cascade do |t|
@@ -360,9 +356,7 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2021_01_23_050026) do
     t.datetime "created_at", null: false
     t.datetime "updated_at", null: false
     t.index ["account_id", "group_id"], name: "index_group_removed_accounts_on_account_id_and_group_id", unique: true
-    t.index ["account_id"], name: "index_group_removed_accounts_on_account_id"
     t.index ["group_id", "account_id"], name: "index_group_removed_accounts_on_group_id_and_account_id"
-    t.index ["group_id"], name: "index_group_removed_accounts_on_group_id"
   end
 
   create_table "groups", force: :cascade do |t|
@@ -371,7 +365,7 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2021_01_23_050026) do
     t.string "description", null: false
     t.string "cover_image_file_name"
     t.string "cover_image_content_type"
-    t.bigint "cover_image_file_size"
+    t.integer "cover_image_file_size"
     t.datetime "cover_image_updated_at"
     t.boolean "is_nsfw", default: false, null: false
     t.boolean "is_featured", default: false, null: false
@@ -438,7 +432,7 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2021_01_23_050026) do
     t.bigint "status_id"
     t.string "file_file_name"
     t.string "file_content_type"
-    t.bigint "file_file_size"
+    t.integer "file_file_size"
     t.datetime "file_updated_at"
     t.string "remote_url", default: "", null: false
     t.datetime "created_at", null: false
@@ -570,6 +564,7 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2021_01_23_050026) do
     t.datetime "updated_at", null: false
     t.integer "lock_version", default: 0, null: false
     t.index ["account_id"], name: "index_polls_on_account_id"
+    t.index ["created_at"], name: "index_polls_on_created_at"
     t.index ["id", "lock_version"], name: "index_polls_on_id_and_lock_version"
     t.index ["status_id"], name: "index_polls_on_status_id"
   end
@@ -580,7 +575,7 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2021_01_23_050026) do
     t.string "description", default: "", null: false
     t.string "image_file_name"
     t.string "image_content_type"
-    t.bigint "image_file_size"
+    t.integer "image_file_size"
     t.datetime "image_updated_at"
     t.integer "type", default: 0, null: false
     t.text "html", default: "", null: false
@@ -676,14 +671,13 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2021_01_23_050026) do
     t.bigint "shortcut_id", null: false
     t.string "shortcut_type", default: "", null: false
     t.index ["account_id", "shortcut_id", "shortcut_type"], name: "index_shortcuts_on_account_id_and_shortcut_id_and_shortcut_type", unique: true
-    t.index ["account_id"], name: "index_shortcuts_on_account_id"
   end
 
   create_table "site_uploads", force: :cascade do |t|
     t.string "var", default: "", null: false
     t.string "file_file_name"
     t.string "file_content_type"
-    t.bigint "file_file_size"
+    t.integer "file_file_size"
     t.datetime "file_updated_at"
     t.json "meta"
     t.datetime "created_at", null: false
@@ -705,7 +699,6 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2021_01_23_050026) do
     t.bigint "status_id", null: false
     t.bigint "status_bookmark_collection_id"
     t.index ["account_id", "status_id"], name: "index_status_bookmarks_on_account_id_and_status_id", unique: true
-    t.index ["account_id"], name: "index_status_bookmarks_on_account_id"
     t.index ["status_bookmark_collection_id"], name: "index_status_bookmarks_on_status_bookmark_collection_id"
     t.index ["status_id"], name: "index_status_bookmarks_on_status_id"
   end
@@ -766,6 +759,7 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2021_01_23_050026) do
     t.text "markdown"
     t.datetime "expires_at"
     t.boolean "has_quote"
+    t.index ["account_id", "id", "visibility", "created_at"], name: "index_statuses_20201206", order: { id: :desc }
     t.index ["account_id", "id", "visibility", "updated_at"], name: "index_statuses_20180106", order: { id: :desc }
     t.index ["created_at"], name: "index_statuses_on_created_at"
     t.index ["group_id"], name: "index_statuses_on_group_id"
diff --git a/db/slave1_schema.rb b/db/slave1_schema.rb
index 8b65aaba..f03c12fa 100644
--- a/db/slave1_schema.rb
+++ b/db/slave1_schema.rb
@@ -101,8 +101,6 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2021_01_23_050026) do
     t.string "username", default: "", null: false
     t.string "domain"
     t.string "secret", default: "", null: false
-    t.text "private_key"
-    t.text "public_key", default: "", null: false
     t.string "remote_url", default: "", null: false
     t.string "salmon_url", default: "", null: false
     t.string "hub_url", default: "", null: false
diff --git a/db/slave2_schema.rb b/db/slave2_schema.rb
index 8b65aaba..f03c12fa 100644
--- a/db/slave2_schema.rb
+++ b/db/slave2_schema.rb
@@ -101,8 +101,6 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2021_01_23_050026) do
     t.string "username", default: "", null: false
     t.string "domain"
     t.string "secret", default: "", null: false
-    t.text "private_key"
-    t.text "public_key", default: "", null: false
     t.string "remote_url", default: "", null: false
     t.string "salmon_url", default: "", null: false
     t.string "hub_url", default: "", null: false
diff --git a/lib/gabsocial/accounts_cli.rb b/lib/gabsocial/accounts_cli.rb
index b3040fa7..e4305a3b 100644
--- a/lib/gabsocial/accounts_cli.rb
+++ b/lib/gabsocial/accounts_cli.rb
@@ -520,15 +520,5 @@ module GabSocial
 
     private
 
-    def rotate_keys_for_account(account, delay = 0)
-      if account.nil?
-        say('No such account', :red)
-        exit(1)
-      end
-
-      old_key = account.private_key
-      new_key = OpenSSL::PKey::RSA.new(2048)
-      account.update(private_key: new_key.to_pem, public_key: new_key.public_key.to_pem)
-    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/tasks/fix_key_pairs.rake b/lib/tasks/fix_key_pairs.rake
deleted file mode 100644
index fa72b67a..00000000
--- a/lib/tasks/fix_key_pairs.rake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-# frozen_string_literal: true
-
-task fix_key_pairs: 'gabsocial:fix_key_pairs'
-
-namespace :gabsocial do
-  desc 'Generates key pairs for migrated accounts'
-  task :fix_key_pairs => :environment do
-    Account.select(:id, :username, :private_key, :public_key).all.each do |a|
-        if a.public_key == "tobefilled"
-            keypair = OpenSSL::PKey::RSA.new(2048)
-            private_key = keypair.to_pem
-            public_key  = keypair.public_key.to_pem
-            a.update_columns private_key: private_key, public_key: public_key
-        end
-    end
-  end
-end