The Multichain Update is Here for Keychain Extension

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v4.1 is now live on Chromium extensions, coming with MULTICHAIN and a bunch of new features we hope you will enjoy! The Firefox version will follow shortly.

This new update is bringing EVM networks, assets, and dApp support directly into Keychain Extension. Alongside it, we're launching the new Keychain Aggregator and a redesigned Hive tutorial to help new users discover the ecosystem.

This new version of Keychain requires additional permissions. After updating, you will need to accept these new permissions. It should show in the top-right corner. If not, navigate to your extension page and enable it.

These permissions are necessary for dApps to communicate with Keychain.


Multichain is now live

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Keychain now lets you manage your Hive and EVM accounts from the same wallet. You can interact with dApps, manage tokens and NFTs, view transaction history, and use supported networks including Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, Optimism, and Avalanche. You can also import an existing EVM wallet using your Secret Recovery Phrase or private key, allowing you to use Keychain without moving your assets to a new wallet. If you don't have one, you can create one too right from the extension.

We are really excited to see you all using this update and showing us in which new dApps did you signed in using Keychain. Don't hesitate to tag us on Hive or X so we can see it!


The Keychain Aggregator is here

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Multichain gives you access to more assets, so we also wanted to make sure you had a way to use them from the beginning.

The new Keychain Aggregator brings Buy, Sell, Swap, and Bridge directly from your Portfolio. It connects multiple providers and routes, giving you more options when moving between supported assets and networks.

You can access the Aggregator directly from your Portfolio and manage your swaps without leaving Keychain.

We are not charging any fee with Keychain on EVM swaps and ramps features for the time being. HAVE FUN!

A new way to discover Hive

With Multichain, we expect users from other ecosystems to discover Hive through Keychain. To make that first experience easier, we've completely reworked our Hive tutorial.

The new tutorial introduces what Hive is, explains the basics of the ecosystem, and shows newcomers where they can start exploring Hive's dApps and communities.

You don't need to already understand Hive to get started. The tutorial is designed to give new users the context they need before they start exploring.


One wallet. Multiple ecosystems.

Multichain expands what you can do with Hive Keychain while keeping Hive at the center of the experience.

More networks, more assets, a new Aggregator, and an easier introduction to Hive. And this is only the beginning.

Welcome to Multichain. 馃殌


Download the Apps / Extensions

The download links for our mobile Apps and extensions are available on our landing page

Discord

To communicate with us, report an issue or become a Beta tester, join our Discord by following this link :
https://discord.gg/3EM6YfRrGv

Or scanning this QR Code :

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Team

stoodkev@stoodkev : Founder - Witness
cedricguillas@cedricguillas : Lead Developer
manuphotos@manuphotos : Ecosystem Growth Lead - Witness
yabapmatt@yabapmatt : Advisor - Witness


Support Hive Keychain development by voting for our proposal on PeakD or with HiveSigner.

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