Welcome to the Hive blockchain!
As you may have noticed there are a lot of things that you will need to figure out in order to start using the blockchain so with that in mind I have put this Hive Survival Guide together to possibly help those trying to navigate how to do so.
It is worth noting that I will be updating this Survival Guide with the release of newer versions as I find new things that might be helpful and the platform continues to develop.
If you think that something should be included in this guide please leave a link to it in the comments of this post so that I can review it for addition in the next version.
If you want a good news feed for the Hive blockchain then I highly suggest subscribing to the Chain News Badge here:
https://peakd.com/b/badge-321321
If you need a history lesson on why there is a Hive blockchain then the following article provides a good summation of events:
https://cointelegraph.com/news/steem-community-resists-takeover-hard-fork-launches-hive-network
If you already have a Steem blockchain account and just want a quick crash course on how to login into Hive with your Steem credentials then read this:
I Have A Steemit Account: How Do I Switch to Hive?
A simple beginners guide for Hive can be found here:
@hivepeople/hive-for-noobs
If you are an absolute beginner then I recommend reading over the following guide so that you can gain some general understanding about the Hive blockchain:
@remotehorst23/hive-beginner-tutorial
There is also some really good information about Hive in the following two articles:
Hive Beginners Tips is a Community dedicated to helping new users:
/created/hive-198524
Beginner's Guide 11 Fatal Hive Mistakes To Avoid:
@sidwrites/11-hive-mistakes
I recommend keeping an eye on the Unofficial Hive Beginners FAQ as it gets updated with information. It is still a work in progress but looks promising.
A nice article about the use of Tags on Hive can be found here:
@innerhive/let-s-talk-tags
19 Ultimate Hive Tips For Brand New Users:
@sidwrites/hive-tips-for-new-users
Hive Video Tutorials:
Lesson 1 - Creating an Account & Signing in
Lesson 2 - Participating Successfully
Lesson 3 - Money Matters
Lesson 4 - Useful Tools & Features
Accounts, Sign In Options & Interfaces:
Personally I highly recommend using the https://peakd.com interface and logging in via one of the following methods:
- Hivesigner
- Hive Keychain For Chrome, Opera, or Brave
- Hive Keychain For Firefox
- Hive Keychain On Github For Manual Installation
- PeakLock This Works Best For Mobile Browsers
Another good login and account creation option is eSteem for Mobile or Desktop:
For more on Esteem read the Esteem FAQ 3.0
The official Hive sites are https://hive.blog and https://hive.io
Official Hive account creation portal with a list of ways to create an account:
https://signup.hive.io/
Create a Hive account via Blocktrades:
https://blocktrades.us/en/create-hive-account
Create a Hive account with Hiveonboard:
https://hiveonboard.com/
Invite people to join Hive:
@pharesim/announcing-hiveinvite
PeakD Community on Hive:
created/hive-163399
PeakD launch information:
@peakd/peakd-live
Download and installation instructions for the Hive Keychain from Github: @stoodkev/hive-keychain-1-8-4
How to use Hivesigner (Hive version of SteemConnect)
@good-karma/hivesigner-released-and-ready
Tutorial: Working with Hive Keychain and Steem Keychain.
@deniskj/tutorial-working-with-hive-keychain-and-steem-keychain
How to use the Steem Keychain with Hive by changing the api endpoint: @bitrocker2020/how-to-use-keychain-to-login-and-post-on-hive
How to view and change your Recovery Account:
@engrave/review-your-recovery-account-if-you-dont-want-to-lose-your-assets
Hive Account Recovery:
@netuoso/introducing-hive-account-recovery-hive-139531
Hive Account Recovery GUI:
@reazuliqbal/hive-account-recovery-gui
Trading/Managing HIVE, HBD & Tokens:
You can now give HIVE and HBD Tips via PeakD:
@peakd/tips-notifications-and-other-improvements
Hive wallets for multiple platforms can be found here:
https://hive.io/wallets/
Trade HIVE and HBD on the internal market:
https://wallet.hive.blog/market
Buy HIVE on BlockTrades: @blocktrades/blocktrades-adds-support-for-new-hive-cryptocurrency
STEEM and HIVE pairing on BlockTrades: @blocktrades/blocktrades-re-opens-support-for-selling-steem-e-g-steem-hive
Trade STEEM For HIVE on BlockTrades:
https://blocktrades.us/trade
How to buy and sell HIVE on the Ionomy exchange:
@timcliff/how-to-buy-and-sell-hive-tokens-using-the-ionomy-exchange
Tutorial: How to transfer HIVE to Bittrex | 将HIVE转移到Bittrex换:
@ace108/tutorial-moving-hive-to-bittrex-or-hive-bittrex-by-ace108
Tutorial: How to Remove & Make HivePower (HP) Delegations @eddiespino/tutorial-how-to-remove-hivepower-hp-delegations-also-useful-of-you-want-to-make-a-delegation
Hive-Engine is Steem-Engine for Hive but with more features:
https://hive-engine.com/
Convert EM and ENG to BEE or WORKER BEE tokens:
https://converter-api.hive-engine.com/convert/
Witness Related:
PeakD Witness page:
https://peakd.com/me/witnesses
Official Hive.Blog Witness page:
https://wallet.hive.blog/~witnesses
Detailed Witness information:
https://hivekings.com/witnesses
Hive Witness Essentials on Github:
https://github.com/therealwolf42/hive-witness-essentials
Hive Tools:
I Love PeakD is a Chrome (Brave) web extension for those who love PeakD. This extension redirects various frontend articles to the peakd.com:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/i-love-peakd/nnjpaiehjlcdpajkbajkkdnepdafiiaa/related
I Love PeakD on Github:
https://github.com/selabie68/i-love-peakd
Esteem Search is a search engine for Hive:
https://search.esteem.app/
HiveDesktop is a desktop application for the Hive blockchain:
@holger80/hivedesktop-a-new-desktop-app-for-accessing-hive
HiveDesktop installers for Linux, OSX and Windows on Github:
https://github.com/holgern/hivedesktop/releases
HiveBuzz is SteemitBoard for Hive:
@hivebuzz/hivebuzz-hive-gamification-experience
HIVE2VESTS converts HIVE to VESTS:
https://hive2vests.chitty.me/
Hive-Converter is for switching between blockchain sites:
@eminidi/switch-between-all-blockchain-sites-using-hive-converter
SteemRSS is now HiveRSS and how to use it: @torrey.blog/migration-announcement-steemrss-is-now-hiverss
HIVE Ticker Extension for GNOME desktop environment:
@engrave/hive-ticker-extension-for-gnome-desktop-environment
Hive-Now is a site for retrieving information and stats for a Hive account:
https://hive-now.com/
HE Explorer is a Hive-Engine blockexplorer:
@reazuliqbal/he-explorer-hive-engine-explorer
HE Explorer on Github:
https://github.com/CodeBull/HiveEngineExplorer
Hive.Vote is Steemauto for Hive:
https://hive.vote/
Tagbot is an upvote bot:
https://github.com/emre/tagbot
Hiveblocks is a Hive blockexplorer:
https://hiveblocks.com
Hive-db is a Hive blockexplorer:
https://hive-db.com/
HIVE WHAT is a Hive blockchain Search & Directory:
https://hivewhat.com/
Hive2csv makes it possible to download Hive blockchain data in .CSV format:
https://hive2csv.lightproject.me/
Engage is a Hive Community management tool:
https://engage.hivechain.app/
Jarvis is an automatization tool:
@therealwolf/jarvis-your-butler-on-hive
HiveURL is a URL link shortener for Hive and includes analytics:
https://hiveurl.com/
Hive Images:
Official Hive brand assets (images) can be found here:
https://hive.io/brand/
Hive Image Kit:
@nateaguila/free-hive-badge-kit-and-other-ramblings
Hive Wallpapers for Desktop:
@doze/hive-wallpapers-for-desktop
Developer Resources:
Hive developer portal:
https://developers.hive.io/
HiveDevs Community
created/hive-139531
Hive Source Code on Github:
https://github.com/openhive-network/hive
A list of current Hive projects can be found here:
https://hiveprojects.io/
Hive Developer Portal Quickstart:
https://developers.hive.io/quickstart/
Hive Developer Portal Resources:
https://developers.hive.io/resources/#resources-overview
Hive dApps directory:
https://hivedapps.com/
Hivejs Tutorial: Introduction for beginners:
@pakgamer/hivejs-tutorials-introduction-or-or-for-beginners
Hive Javascript libraries:
@good-karma/javascript-libraries-are-ready-to-build-on-hive
HIVE compatible Steemfeed-JS:
@someguy123/steemfeed-js-v3-1-0-released-easier-to-use-and-now-hive-compatible
Beem is a python library for Hive that also includes the CLI tool beempy:
https://github.com/holgern/beem
Beem documentation page that also includes tutorials:
https://beem.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
Hivesigner Python Client:
@emrebeyler/powering-up-2
Lighthive is a light python client to interact with the Hive blockchain:
https://github.com/emre/lighthive
Hiveengine a python library for Hive-Engine:
@holger80/hiveengine-a-python-library-for-hive-engine-com
Hive-ruby is a Ruby API for the Hive blockchain:
https://gitlab.syncad.com/hive/hive-ruby
Hive-Ruby setup guide:
@inertia/ruby-client-for-hive-hive-ruby-1-0-0-pre-1
Go-Hive is a Hive library for Go:
https://git.sr.ht/~jrswab/go-hive
Hivescript is a script/json to keep app URL structure of all Hive apps: @good-karma/hivescript-for-canonical-links-and-seo
SuperHive is a PHP blog engine for embedding Hive posts on a website: @bambukah/superhive-is-alive-hive-139531
Hive Games & Gaming:
Gamers Badge on PeakD where you can subscribe to a gaming feed of Badge holders:
https://peakd.com/b/badge-969696
EXODE Hive Game:
https://exodegame.com/
EXODE Wiki:
https://exodegame.com/wiki/doku.php
EXODE Getting Started Guide:
@jacobpeacock/exode-hive-game-getting-started-guide
Rising Star Hive Game:
https://www.risingstargame.com/
Rising Star Tutorial:
@risingstargame/rising-star-tutorial-how-to-play
Dcity Hive Game:
https://dcity.io
Dcity Information:
https://dcity.io/info
Qlabs Hive Game:
https://qlabs.online/
Qlabs Hive Blog:
@qlabs
BROcity Hive Game:
https://thebrocity.com/
BROcity Hive Blog:
@bro.city
Battle Games Hive Frontend:
https://www.battlegames.io/
Battle Games Hive Blog:
@battlegames
Angry Warlord Hive Game:
https://gemslab.io/
Helpful Discord Channels:
The Official Hive Discord server can be found here:
https://discord.gg/xHKUjeC
The Official PeakD Discord server can be found here:
https://discord.gg/Fy3bca5
The Discord link for Palnet that never expires can be found here:
http://minnowpond.org/
The Beem developer Discord channel can be found here:
https://discord.gg/4HM592V
That is all for now!
Please keep in mind that the Hive blockchain and all its associated projects are new and there will undoubtedly be things to fix and stuff that does not work correctly as well as new features and new projects being developed. Give it time and please be patient with those developing the blockchain and the applications that run on it!
Cheers and Happy Hiving!