Now that your account is ready, there are some apps you will definitely need as you start your blogging journey on Hive. The following two apps are important to have them in your device:
Lets look at what each of these two apps do.
Hive Keychain is a wallet app to store your Hive earnings. It also helps you save and manage your keys. Through keychain, you can perform all wallet activities such as receiving earnings, sending Hive and other tokens, powering up, delegating and the rest. Do not worry, you will learn about all these later. But for now, we want to see how to set up your account in Hive Keychain.
Hive Keychain is available both for Android and iOS devices. Whichever you have, this app could be gotten in their different stores. If you use an Android device, download the app from PlayStore.
Step 1: Search for Hive Keychain on Playstore and install the app.
Step 2: Once the app is installed, open the app and click "Existing Account"
Step 3: Choose and enter a 6-digit PIN. Then confirm the PIN again.
Step 3: In the next window, enter your username in the first box. Then copy and paste your posting key in the second box. Finally, click "IMPORT".
The next window will then show your wallet. You can see your Hive, Hive dollars, Hive power and other tokens. Check Image below.
If you imported your account using your private posting key, you can also save your Private active key on Keychain. That will make it easy to retrieve the keys and use them to complete transactions. Let us see how to do that.
Step 1: Click on the 3 dots at the top right corner of the keychain app. When the menu opens, click "ACCOUNTS". Check image below
Step 2: Next, click on "MANAGE KEYS". The next page should show which keys are already there. You can notice that my POSTING KEY is already there. So I need to copy and add the ACTIVE KEY. So under ACTIVE KEY, click "ADD KEY"
Step 3: Once you paste the Private Active key in the space provided, click "Save" to finish up. Congratulations, you have added your ACTIVE key to the keychain. You can go back to the 3 dots at top right and click "WALLET" to go back to your wallets page.
Ecency is one of the apps or frontend that is used to do blogging on Hive. Just like https://leofinance.io/, it allows you to view posts made by other users. Through ecency, you can make comments, vote posts, reblog posts and manage your wallets activities.
Ecency has a web version which is accessible through https://ecency.com/. But for mobile users, you can download the Ecency mobile App through the iOS store or Google play store.
Step 1: Go to PlayStore. Search for, download and install Ecency
Step 2: After installation, Click on the profile picture icon to reveal a menu. (See image below)
Step 3: Click "Add Account" from the menu.
Step 4: On the new window, enter your username and your posting key. Click "LOGIN"
Congratulations!! You have signed into the Ecency mobile app. You can take a look around and explore some of the app features. In my next presentation, I will demonstrate how to use some of the features of both the ecency app and the Hive Keychain app.
Note: All screenshots were made from my Keychain and Ecency apps.
