diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index dd26a582d..aaa11a6fd 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
     "lodash": "^4.17.11",
     "lru-cache": "^4.1.3",
     "multiaddr": "^5.0.2",
-    "multibase": "~0.5.0",
+    "multibase": "~0.6.0",
     "multihashes": "~0.4.14",
     "ndjson": "^1.5.0",
     "once": "^1.4.0",
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
     "eslint-plugin-react": "^7.11.1",
     "go-ipfs-dep": "~0.4.18",
     "gulp": "^3.9.1",
-    "interface-ipfs-core": "~0.87.0",
+    "interface-ipfs-core": "~0.88.0",
     "ipfsd-ctl": "~0.40.0",
     "nock": "^10.0.2",
     "pull-stream": "^3.6.9",
diff --git a/src/object/addLink.js b/src/object/addLink.js
index d586d73d7..3ed3c7bc5 100644
--- a/src/object/addLink.js
+++ b/src/object/addLink.js
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 'use strict'
 
 const promisify = require('promisify-es6')
+const CID = require('cids')
 const cleanMultihash = require('../utils/clean-multihash')
 
 module.exports = (send) => {
-  const objectGet = require('./get')(send)
-
   return promisify((multihash, dLink, opts, callback) => {
     if (typeof opts === 'function') {
       callback = opts
@@ -32,7 +31,7 @@ module.exports = (send) => {
       if (err) {
         return callback(err)
       }
-      objectGet(result.Hash, { enc: 'base58' }, callback)
+      callback(null, new CID(result.Hash))
     })
   })
 }
diff --git a/src/object/appendData.js b/src/object/appendData.js
index fa3783909..1fe4ce695 100644
--- a/src/object/appendData.js
+++ b/src/object/appendData.js
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 const promisify = require('promisify-es6')
 const once = require('once')
+const CID = require('cids')
 const cleanMultihash = require('../utils/clean-multihash')
 const SendOneFile = require('../utils/send-one-file')
 
 module.exports = (send) => {
-  const objectGet = require('./get')(send)
   const sendOneFile = SendOneFile(send, 'object/patch/append-data')
 
   return promisify((multihash, data, opts, _callback) => {
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ module.exports = (send) => {
         return callback(err)
       }
 
-      objectGet(result.Hash, { enc: 'base58' }, callback)
+      callback(null, new CID(result.Hash))
     })
   })
 }
diff --git a/src/object/links.js b/src/object/links.js
index 9b4f6284e..943509e67 100644
--- a/src/object/links.js
+++ b/src/object/links.js
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ const promisify = require('promisify-es6')
 const dagPB = require('ipld-dag-pb')
 const DAGLink = dagPB.DAGLink
 const cleanMultihash = require('../utils/clean-multihash')
-const bs58 = require('bs58')
 const LRU = require('lru-cache')
 const lruOptions = {
   max: 128
@@ -46,7 +45,7 @@ module.exports = (send) => {
 
       if (result.Links) {
         links = result.Links.map((l) => {
-          return new DAGLink(l.Name, l.Size, Buffer.from(bs58.decode(l.Hash)))
+          return new DAGLink(l.Name, l.Size, l.Hash)
         })
       }
       callback(null, links)
diff --git a/src/object/new.js b/src/object/new.js
index 351e7b885..f9d8ddb35 100644
--- a/src/object/new.js
+++ b/src/object/new.js
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 'use strict'
 
 const promisify = require('promisify-es6')
-const dagPB = require('ipld-dag-pb')
-const DAGNode = dagPB.DAGNode
-const Unixfs = require('ipfs-unixfs')
+const CID = require('cids')
 
 module.exports = (send) => {
   return promisify((template, callback) => {
@@ -19,24 +17,7 @@ module.exports = (send) => {
         return callback(err)
       }
 
-      let data
-
-      if (template) {
-        if (template !== 'unixfs-dir') {
-          return callback(new Error('unkown template: ' + template))
-        }
-        data = (new Unixfs('directory')).marshal()
-      } else {
-        data = Buffer.alloc(0)
-      }
-
-      DAGNode.create(data, (err, node) => {
-        if (err) {
-          return callback(err)
-        }
-
-        callback(null, node)
-      })
+      callback(null, new CID(result.Hash))
     })
   })
 }
diff --git a/src/object/put.js b/src/object/put.js
index 2d4f8ad5a..0b624f7f9 100644
--- a/src/object/put.js
+++ b/src/object/put.js
@@ -1,14 +1,9 @@
 'use strict'
 
 const promisify = require('promisify-es6')
-const dagPB = require('ipld-dag-pb')
-const DAGNode = dagPB.DAGNode
-const LRU = require('lru-cache')
-const lruOptions = {
-  max: 128
-}
+const CID = require('cids')
+const { DAGNode } = require('ipld-dag-pb')
 
-const cache = LRU(lruOptions)
 const SendOneFile = require('../utils/send-one-file')
 const once = require('once')
 
@@ -72,49 +67,7 @@ module.exports = (send) => {
         return callback(err) // early
       }
 
-      if (Buffer.isBuffer(obj)) {
-        if (!options.enc) {
-          obj = { Data: obj, Links: [] }
-        } else if (options.enc === 'json') {
-          obj = JSON.parse(obj.toString())
-        }
-      }
-
-      let node
-
-      if (DAGNode.isDAGNode(obj)) {
-        node = obj
-      } else if (options.enc === 'protobuf') {
-        dagPB.util.deserialize(obj, (err, _node) => {
-          if (err) {
-            return callback(err)
-          }
-          node = _node
-          next()
-        })
-        return
-      } else {
-        DAGNode.create(Buffer.from(obj.Data), obj.Links, (err, _node) => {
-          if (err) {
-            return callback(err)
-          }
-          node = _node
-          next()
-        })
-        return
-      }
-      next()
-
-      function next () {
-        dagPB.util.cid(node, (err, cid) => {
-          if (err) {
-            return callback(err)
-          }
-
-          cache.set(cid.toBaseEncodedString(), node)
-          callback(null, node)
-        })
-      }
+      callback(null, new CID(result.Hash))
     })
   })
 }
diff --git a/src/object/rmLink.js b/src/object/rmLink.js
index d127af1ab..3a45529cf 100644
--- a/src/object/rmLink.js
+++ b/src/object/rmLink.js
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 'use strict'
 
 const promisify = require('promisify-es6')
+const CID = require('cids')
 const cleanMultihash = require('../utils/clean-multihash')
 
 module.exports = (send) => {
-  const objectGet = require('./get')(send)
-
   return promisify((multihash, dLink, opts, callback) => {
     if (typeof opts === 'function') {
       callback = opts
@@ -31,7 +30,7 @@ module.exports = (send) => {
       if (err) {
         return callback(err)
       }
-      objectGet(result.Hash, { enc: 'base58' }, callback)
+      callback(null, new CID(result.Hash))
     })
   })
 }
diff --git a/src/object/setData.js b/src/object/setData.js
index a4296dddd..7a256ca11 100644
--- a/src/object/setData.js
+++ b/src/object/setData.js
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 const promisify = require('promisify-es6')
 const once = require('once')
+const CID = require('cids')
 const cleanMultihash = require('../utils/clean-multihash')
 const SendOneFile = require('../utils/send-one-file')
 
 module.exports = (send) => {
-  const objectGet = require('./get')(send)
   const sendOneFile = SendOneFile(send, 'object/patch/set-data')
 
   return promisify((multihash, data, opts, _callback) => {
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ module.exports = (send) => {
       if (err) {
         return callback(err)
       }
-      objectGet(result.Hash, { enc: 'base58' }, callback)
+      callback(null, new CID(result.Hash))
     })
   })
 }
diff --git a/test/log.spec.js b/test/log.spec.js
index 1d6432f57..38f9cf58c 100644
--- a/test/log.spec.js
+++ b/test/log.spec.js
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ describe('.log', function () {
 
   it('.log.tail', (done) => {
     let i = setInterval(() => {
-      ipfs.files.add(Buffer.from('just adding some data to generate logs'))
+      ipfs.add(Buffer.from('just adding some data to generate logs'))
     }, 1000)
 
     const req = ipfs.log.tail((err, res) => {