diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c68528569..ff464d466 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "3box": "^1.10.2",
     "@babel/runtime": "^7.5.5",
+    "@download/blockies": "^1.0.3",
     "@material-ui/core": "1.0.0",
     "@sentry/browser": "^4.1.1",
     "@zxing/library": "^0.8.0",
diff --git a/ui/app/components/ui/identicon/blockieIdenticon/blockieIdenticon.component.js b/ui/app/components/ui/identicon/blockieIdenticon/blockieIdenticon.component.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7ed0d00e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/app/components/ui/identicon/blockieIdenticon/blockieIdenticon.component.js
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import React, { useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react'
+import PropTypes from 'prop-types'
+import { renderIcon } from '@download/blockies'
+
+const BlockieIdenticon = ({ address, diameter }) => {
+  const [dataUrl, setDataUrl] = useState(null)
+  const canvasRef = useRef(null)
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const canvas = canvasRef.current
+    renderIcon({ seed: address.toLowerCase() }, canvas)
+    const updatedDataUrl = canvas.toDataURL()
+
+    if (updatedDataUrl !== dataUrl) {
+      setDataUrl(updatedDataUrl)
+    }
+  })
+
+  return (
+    <>
+      <canvas
+        ref={canvasRef}
+        style={{ display: 'none' }}
+      />
+      <img
+        src={dataUrl}
+        height={diameter}
+        width={diameter}
+      />
+    </>
+  )
+}
+
+BlockieIdenticon.propTypes = {
+  address: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
+  diameter: PropTypes.number.isRequired,
+}
+
+export default BlockieIdenticon
diff --git a/ui/app/components/ui/identicon/blockieIdenticon/index.js b/ui/app/components/ui/identicon/blockieIdenticon/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a87ff9323
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/app/components/ui/identicon/blockieIdenticon/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export { default } from './blockieIdenticon.component'
diff --git a/ui/app/components/ui/identicon/identicon.component.js b/ui/app/components/ui/identicon/identicon.component.js
index 5582c7d12..913b8d493 100644
--- a/ui/app/components/ui/identicon/identicon.component.js
+++ b/ui/app/components/ui/identicon/identicon.component.js
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 import React, { PureComponent } from 'react'
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types'
 import classnames from 'classnames'
-import { toDataUrl } from '../../../../lib/blockies'
 import contractMap from 'eth-contract-metadata'
+
+import BlockieIdenticon from './blockieIdenticon'
 import { checksumAddress } from '../../../helpers/utils/util'
 import Jazzicon from '../jazzicon'
 
@@ -61,10 +62,9 @@ export default class Identicon extends PureComponent {
         className={classnames('identicon', className)}
         style={getStyles(diameter)}
       >
-        <img
-          src={toDataUrl(address)}
-          height={diameter}
-          width={diameter}
+        <BlockieIdenticon
+          address={address}
+          diameter={diameter}
         />
       </div>
     )
diff --git a/ui/lib/blockies.js b/ui/lib/blockies.js
deleted file mode 100644
index ee5a2a5ca..000000000
--- a/ui/lib/blockies.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,364 +0,0 @@
-(function (global, factory) {
-  typeof exports === 'object' && typeof module !== 'undefined' ? factory(exports) :
-    typeof define === 'function' && define.amd ? define(['exports'], factory) :
-      (factory((global.blockies = {})));
-}(this, (function (exports) { 'use strict';
-
-  /**
-   * A handy class to calculate color values.
-   *
-   * @version 1.0
-   * @author Robert Eisele <robert@xarg.org>
-   * @copyright Copyright (c) 2010, Robert Eisele
-   * @link http://www.xarg.org/2010/03/generate-client-side-png-files-using-javascript/
-   * @license http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php BSD License
-   *
-   */
-
-
-// helper functions for that ctx
-  function write(buffer, offs) {
-    for (var i = 2; i < arguments.length; i++) {
-      for (var j = 0; j < arguments[i].length; j++) {
-        buffer[offs++] = arguments[i].charAt(j);
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  function byte2(w) {
-    return String.fromCharCode((w >> 8) & 255, w & 255);
-  }
-
-  function byte4(w) {
-    return String.fromCharCode((w >> 24) & 255, (w >> 16) & 255, (w >> 8) & 255, w & 255);
-  }
-
-  function byte2lsb(w) {
-    return String.fromCharCode(w & 255, (w >> 8) & 255);
-  }
-
-  var PNG = function(width,height,depth) {
-
-    this.width   = width;
-    this.height  = height;
-    this.depth   = depth;
-
-    // pixel data and row filter identifier size
-    this.pix_size = height * (width + 1);
-
-    // deflate header, pix_size, block headers, adler32 checksum
-    this.data_size = 2 + this.pix_size + 5 * Math.floor((0xfffe + this.pix_size) / 0xffff) + 4;
-
-    // offsets and sizes of Png chunks
-    this.ihdr_offs = 0;									// IHDR offset and size
-    this.ihdr_size = 4 + 4 + 13 + 4;
-    this.plte_offs = this.ihdr_offs + this.ihdr_size;	// PLTE offset and size
-    this.plte_size = 4 + 4 + 3 * depth + 4;
-    this.trns_offs = this.plte_offs + this.plte_size;	// tRNS offset and size
-    this.trns_size = 4 + 4 + depth + 4;
-    this.idat_offs = this.trns_offs + this.trns_size;	// IDAT offset and size
-    this.idat_size = 4 + 4 + this.data_size + 4;
-    this.iend_offs = this.idat_offs + this.idat_size;	// IEND offset and size
-    this.iend_size = 4 + 4 + 4;
-    this.buffer_size  = this.iend_offs + this.iend_size;	// total PNG size
-
-    this.buffer  = new Array();
-    this.palette = new Object();
-    this.pindex  = 0;
-
-    var _crc32 = new Array();
-
-    // initialize buffer with zero bytes
-    for (var i = 0; i < this.buffer_size; i++) {
-      this.buffer[i] = "\x00";
-    }
-
-    // initialize non-zero elements
-    write(this.buffer, this.ihdr_offs, byte4(this.ihdr_size - 12), 'IHDR', byte4(width), byte4(height), "\x08\x03");
-    write(this.buffer, this.plte_offs, byte4(this.plte_size - 12), 'PLTE');
-    write(this.buffer, this.trns_offs, byte4(this.trns_size - 12), 'tRNS');
-    write(this.buffer, this.idat_offs, byte4(this.idat_size - 12), 'IDAT');
-    write(this.buffer, this.iend_offs, byte4(this.iend_size - 12), 'IEND');
-
-    // initialize deflate header
-    var header = ((8 + (7 << 4)) << 8) | (3 << 6);
-    header+= 31 - (header % 31);
-
-    write(this.buffer, this.idat_offs + 8, byte2(header));
-
-    // initialize deflate block headers
-    for (var i = 0; (i << 16) - 1 < this.pix_size; i++) {
-      var size, bits;
-      if (i + 0xffff < this.pix_size) {
-        size = 0xffff;
-        bits = "\x00";
-      } else {
-        size = this.pix_size - (i << 16) - i;
-        bits = "\x01";
-      }
-      write(this.buffer, this.idat_offs + 8 + 2 + (i << 16) + (i << 2), bits, byte2lsb(size), byte2lsb(~size));
-    }
-
-    /* Create crc32 lookup table */
-    for (var i = 0; i < 256; i++) {
-      var c = i;
-      for (var j = 0; j < 8; j++) {
-        if (c & 1) {
-          c = -306674912 ^ ((c >> 1) & 0x7fffffff);
-        } else {
-          c = (c >> 1) & 0x7fffffff;
-        }
-      }
-      _crc32[i] = c;
-    }
-
-    // compute the index into a png for a given pixel
-    this.index = function(x,y) {
-      var i = y * (this.width + 1) + x + 1;
-      var j = this.idat_offs + 8 + 2 + 5 * Math.floor((i / 0xffff) + 1) + i;
-      return j;
-    };
-
-    // convert a color and build up the palette
-    this.color = function(red, green, blue, alpha) {
-
-      alpha = alpha >= 0 ? alpha : 255;
-      var color = (((((alpha << 8) | red) << 8) | green) << 8) | blue;
-
-      if (typeof this.palette[color] == "undefined") {
-        if (this.pindex == this.depth) return "\x00";
-
-        var ndx = this.plte_offs + 8 + 3 * this.pindex;
-
-        this.buffer[ndx + 0] = String.fromCharCode(red);
-        this.buffer[ndx + 1] = String.fromCharCode(green);
-        this.buffer[ndx + 2] = String.fromCharCode(blue);
-        this.buffer[this.trns_offs+8+this.pindex] = String.fromCharCode(alpha);
-
-        this.palette[color] = String.fromCharCode(this.pindex++);
-      }
-      return this.palette[color];
-    };
-
-    // output a PNG string, Base64 encoded
-    this.getBase64 = function() {
-
-      var s = this.getDump();
-
-      var ch = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/=";
-      var c1, c2, c3, e1, e2, e3, e4;
-      var l = s.length;
-      var i = 0;
-      var r = "";
-
-      do {
-        c1 = s.charCodeAt(i);
-        e1 = c1 >> 2;
-        c2 = s.charCodeAt(i+1);
-        e2 = ((c1 & 3) << 4) | (c2 >> 4);
-        c3 = s.charCodeAt(i+2);
-        if (l < i+2) { e3 = 64; } else { e3 = ((c2 & 0xf) << 2) | (c3 >> 6); }
-        if (l < i+3) { e4 = 64; } else { e4 = c3 & 0x3f; }
-        r+= ch.charAt(e1) + ch.charAt(e2) + ch.charAt(e3) + ch.charAt(e4);
-      } while ((i+= 3) < l);
-      return r;
-    };
-
-    // output a PNG string
-    this.getDump = function() {
-
-      // compute adler32 of output pixels + row filter bytes
-      var BASE = 65521; /* largest prime smaller than 65536 */
-      var NMAX = 5552;  /* NMAX is the largest n such that 255n(n+1)/2 + (n+1)(BASE-1) <= 2^32-1 */
-      var s1 = 1;
-      var s2 = 0;
-      var n = NMAX;
-
-      for (var y = 0; y < this.height; y++) {
-        for (var x = -1; x < this.width; x++) {
-          s1+= this.buffer[this.index(x, y)].charCodeAt(0);
-          s2+= s1;
-          if ((n-= 1) == 0) {
-            s1%= BASE;
-            s2%= BASE;
-            n = NMAX;
-          }
-        }
-      }
-      s1%= BASE;
-      s2%= BASE;
-      write(this.buffer, this.idat_offs + this.idat_size - 8, byte4((s2 << 16) | s1));
-
-      // compute crc32 of the PNG chunks
-      function crc32(png, offs, size) {
-        var crc = -1;
-        for (var i = 4; i < size-4; i += 1) {
-          crc = _crc32[(crc ^ png[offs+i].charCodeAt(0)) & 0xff] ^ ((crc >> 8) & 0x00ffffff);
-        }
-        write(png, offs+size-4, byte4(crc ^ -1));
-      }
-
-      crc32(this.buffer, this.ihdr_offs, this.ihdr_size);
-      crc32(this.buffer, this.plte_offs, this.plte_size);
-      crc32(this.buffer, this.trns_offs, this.trns_size);
-      crc32(this.buffer, this.idat_offs, this.idat_size);
-      crc32(this.buffer, this.iend_offs, this.iend_size);
-
-      // convert PNG to string
-      return "\x89PNG\r\n\x1A\n"+this.buffer.join('');
-    };
-
-    this.fillRect = function (x, y, w, h, color) {
-      for(var i = 0; i < w; i++) {
-        for (var j = 0; j < h; j++) {
-          this.buffer[this.index(x+i, y+j)] = color;
-        }
-      }
-    };
-  };
-
-// https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2353211/hsl-to-rgb-color-conversion
-  /**
-   * Converts an HSL color value to RGB. Conversion formula
-   * adapted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSL_color_space.
-   * Assumes h, s, and l are contained in the set [0, 1] and
-   * returns r, g, and b in the set [0, 255].
-   *
-   * @param   {number}  h       The hue
-   * @param   {number}  s       The saturation
-   * @param   {number}  l       The lightness
-   * @return  {Array}           The RGB representation
-   */
-
-  function hue2rgb(p, q, t) {
-    if(t < 0) t += 1;
-    if(t > 1) t -= 1;
-    if(t < 1/6) return p + (q - p) * 6 * t;
-    if(t < 1/2) return q;
-    if(t < 2/3) return p + (q - p) * (2/3 - t) * 6;
-    return p;
-  }
-
-  function hsl2rgb(h, s, l){
-    var r, g, b;
-
-    if(s == 0){
-      r = g = b = l; // achromatic
-    }else{
-      var q = l < 0.5 ? l * (1 + s) : l + s - l * s;
-      var p = 2 * l - q;
-      r = hue2rgb(p, q, h + 1/3);
-      g = hue2rgb(p, q, h);
-      b = hue2rgb(p, q, h - 1/3);
-    }
-
-    return [Math.round(r * 255), Math.round(g * 255), Math.round(b * 255), 255];
-  }
-
-// The random number is a js implementation of the Xorshift PRNG
-  var randseed = new Array(4); // Xorshift: [x, y, z, w] 32 bit values
-
-  function seedrand(seed) {
-    for (var i = 0; i < randseed.length; i++) {
-      randseed[i] = 0;
-    }
-    for (var i = 0; i < seed.length; i++) {
-      randseed[i % 4] = (randseed[i % 4] << 5) - randseed[i % 4] + seed.charCodeAt(i);
-    }
-  }
-
-  function rand() {
-    // based on Java's String.hashCode(), expanded to 4 32bit values
-    var t = randseed[0] ^ (randseed[0] << 11);
-
-    randseed[0] = randseed[1];
-    randseed[1] = randseed[2];
-    randseed[2] = randseed[3];
-    randseed[3] = randseed[3] ^ (randseed[3] >> 19) ^ t ^ (t >> 8);
-
-    return (randseed[3] >>> 0) / (1 << 31 >>> 0);
-  }
-
-  function createColor() {
-    //saturation is the whole color spectrum
-    var h = Math.floor(rand() * 360);
-    //saturation goes from 40 to 100, it avoids greyish colors
-    var s = rand() * 60 + 40;
-    //lightness can be anything from 0 to 100, but probabilities are a bell curve around 50%
-    var l = (rand() + rand() + rand() + rand()) * 25;
-
-    return [h / 360,s / 100,l / 100];
-  }
-
-  function createImageData(size) {
-    var width = size; // Only support square icons for now
-    var height = size;
-
-    var dataWidth = Math.ceil(width / 2);
-    var mirrorWidth = width - dataWidth;
-
-    var data = [];
-    for (var y = 0; y < height; y++) {
-      var row = [];
-      for (var x = 0; x < dataWidth; x++) {
-        // this makes foreground and background color to have a 43% (1/2.3) probability
-        // spot color has 13% chance
-        row[x] = Math.floor(rand() * 2.3);
-      }
-      var r = row.slice(0, mirrorWidth);
-      r.reverse();
-      row = row.concat(r);
-
-      for (var i = 0; i < row.length; i++) {
-        data.push(row[i]);
-      }
-    }
-
-    return data;
-  }
-
-  function buildOpts(opts) {
-    if (!opts.seed) {
-      throw 'No seed provided'
-    }
-
-    seedrand(opts.seed);
-
-    return Object.assign({
-      size: 8,
-      scale: 16,
-      color: createColor(),
-      bgcolor: createColor(),
-      spotcolor: createColor(),
-    }, opts)
-  }
-
-  function toDataUrl(address) {
-    const opts = buildOpts({seed: address.toLowerCase()});
-
-    const imageData = createImageData(opts.size);
-    const width = Math.sqrt(imageData.length);
-
-    const p = new PNG(opts.size*opts.scale, opts.size*opts.scale, 3);
-    const bgcolor = p.color(...hsl2rgb(...opts.bgcolor));
-    const color = p.color(...hsl2rgb(...opts.color));
-    const spotcolor = p.color(...hsl2rgb(...opts.spotcolor));
-
-    for (var i = 0; i < imageData.length; i++) {
-      var row = Math.floor(i / width);
-      var col = i % width;
-      // if data is 0, leave the background
-      if (imageData[i]) {
-        // if data is 2, choose spot color, if 1 choose foreground
-        const pngColor = imageData[i] == 1 ? color : spotcolor;
-        p.fillRect(col * opts.scale, row * opts.scale, opts.scale, opts.scale, pngColor);
-      }
-    }
-    return `data:image/png;base64,${p.getBase64()}`;
-  }
-
-  exports.toDataUrl = toDataUrl;
-
-  Object.defineProperty(exports, '__esModule', { value: true });
-
-})));
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index d04954447..8397a6296 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1455,6 +1455,11 @@
     lodash "^4.17.13"
     to-fast-properties "^2.0.0"
 
+"@download/blockies@^1.0.3":
+  version "1.0.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@download/blockies/-/blockies-1.0.3.tgz#9aea770f9de72f3f947f1b3a53ee1e92f8dc4a68"
+  integrity sha512-iGDh2M6pFuXg9kyW+U//963LKylSLFpLG5hZvUppCjhkiDwsYquQPyamxCQlLASYySS3gGKAki2eWG9qIHKCew==
+
 "@emotion/cache@^10.0.17":
   version "10.0.19"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@emotion/cache/-/cache-10.0.19.tgz#d258d94d9c707dcadaf1558def968b86bb87ad71"