There's always something new for us to learn on Hive, if not everyday. Once again, I've come to the knowledge of one more sign up process to onboard new users to Hive and that is through the LeoInfra method.
Signing up Hive accounts using X or Google is now possible with LeoInfra
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Before now, I've used different methods to sign up new accounts and from my experience, some methods are tedious and complex especially for newbies to use while some are not. Some methods requires payment for new account and some don't, and now, I've found a new way that doesn't require payment.
LeoInfra is super easy to use!
How does signing up with LeoInfra works?
I made a video for the whole process which is at the beginning of this post, you can watch it and get the whole idea of how it works. I made sure to make the video as short as possible, I mean, the process isn't long at all so I got done with it in almost no time.
But for feedback purposes, I decided to do another guide with just screenshots. I had two accounts to create, but I failed to create the second account due to a reason I'm not sure of an answer to.
The Simple Process...
You can use the Leo sign up link and it will take you to where you will sign up a new account but I used the interface directly. Logged out of my account and it took me to where I can sign up.
Clicking on Sign up takes you to the sign up options as listed in the screenshot "Create a Hive account or sign up with X or Google"
I chose to use the X option.
After reading the details at the bottom, I proceed to add the new username for the Hive account I want to create. Some names didn't work as they have been taken already until I found a unique one and clicked on "continue" .
Since I had created the first account which I used for the video illustration, I guess it is the reason this account couldn't create. Or maybe it's because I used my mobile phone for this sign up, it says "There's another user with this log in authority"
I figured I would have to have sort that out myself and continue the sign up for this account but I'll appreciate any guide for ease on that.
You will notice I couldn't use the control page on mobile as well, it works only on Pc so yeah, the video is more detailed and practical.
Personal Feedback from my LeoInfra experience
I didn't find any difficulty in creating the first account as seen in the video but I couldn't get anywhere to find the keys assigned to that account as it should be with Hive accounts. I searched for the username on peakD and I found it but I'm wondering how she'd be able to transact without her Hive keys.
It would be awesome if the team would look into this, the sign up process is definitely one I would love to use more and I look forward to seeing this issue sorted out. Thanks to zealy quest that made me explore this aspect of Leo and Hive in general.
