Welcome to Hive!
This will be a brief newbie guide based on the many questions I have seen today and an effort to compile some links and resources all in one place :)
Basics
If you had a steem account prior to this fork you will have a HIVE account automatically. If you were not on the excluded list you will have received an airdrop that mirrors the state of your account exactly!
This included your liquid steem, steem power, SBD, delegations, witness votes, previous posts etc. EVERYTHING should be mirrored exactly.
Where do I login
Currently there are two options, https://peakd.com/ (recommended) and https://hive.blog/.
PeakD
On PeakD you can use the integrated peaklock system. This will be shown when you click the login button, or you can use the new hive keychain. The hive keychain has not been officially approved by the chrome/firefox extension stores yet but @themarkymark wrote a great post on how to install it that is very easy to follow even if you have low tech skills.
https://peakd.com/hive/@themarkymark/how-to-install-hive-keychain
Last option is hivesigner (the new steemconnect), here is a post about it: https://peakd.com/hive/@good-karma/hivesigner-released-and-ready
I accidentally posted on stem/hive when I didn't mean to 0_0
There is currently some confusion with nodes and people have been accidentally posting where they don't mean to. If you wish to use steem on a steem frontend, set your old keychain node to steemit api, setting it to anyx may result in a post on hive and will show a weird STEEMHIVE hybrid in the wallet section. This section may be updated as things progress.
Using hive keychain on PeakD should work without issue
Additional questions and useful things
Q: Why doesn't X work?
A: Please be patient as various pieces of infrastructure are ported over to the new chain. Many dapps have stated that they are moving over but some may not, here is an incomplete list:
(Please contact the individual projects for more details)
- Steempeak (rebranded)
- Actifit
- SteemStem (now HiveStem)
- Curiesteem.com
- Steem-Roller
- Dpoll
- SteemWallet for ios/android
- 3speak.online
- Wise.vote
- Steem.Chat (now openhive.chat)
- OCD and thegoodwhales.com
- BROsinoPoker.com and brosgn.net
- C-Squared
- Crowdmind
- dblog.org/dblog.pl
- Global Blacklist API
- steemian.info
- SteemViz (rebranding)
- Team Australia/centrelink
- the-magic-frog.com
- Photofeed
- Diyhub
- DDaily
- AnonSteem (anon.steem.network)
- SteemAuto
- Dlease
- SteemRSS
- esteem (rebranded)
- STEEM.CRAFT
- Steemitworldmap (rebranded)
- Haveyoubeenhere
- OneLoveDtube
- OneLoveIPFS
- Steemsafe
- Steeming.com (rebranded)
- Keychain
- Curangel
- Steeminvite
Q: Where can I trade HIVE?
A: Be patient. Exchanges are being brought online. It's standard procedure for them to prevent deposits and withdrawals during a chain hard fork, especially with an airdrop involved.
Currently Trading:
https://global.bittrex.com/
https://ionomy.com/en/markets/btc-hive
Remember: not your keys, not your coins. Use centralized exchanges with caution. Do your own research.
Also we are now on coingeko!: https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/hive
Witness voting
I highly recommend that on HIVE you go back to your normal witness voting, many of us adjusted votes to the current top 30 strategically but on HIVE we no longer need to do so, rearrange your votes as you please!
The new block explorer is https://hiveblocks.com/
Servers with more info
Please note that the influx of question is very heavy though that seems to be cooling a bit! Have some patience with your helpers as they are doing their best and always check pinned messages and info rooms if you can because your question may have already been answered 100 times ;)
Not everything is working as intended and that is normal right now. Don't panic!
HIVE discord server: https://discord.gg/EMgXs5N
Palnet server: http://minnowpond.org/
If you tweet about HIVE on social media use the tags #hive, #hiveisalive and/or #hivehasarrived, have fun!
Cool!
Thanks so excited to be here!
Thank you for your mention here Julia.
https://steem-roller.com sister site https://hive-roller.com is running.
Thanks julia for your amazing topics about this great new tools we feel as a child with new toys.
You're welcome I'm glad it's helpful, lots of new stuff to learn today!
=) now it's just a matter of time.
Thanks - I'm really liking PeakD and am happy to ditch Steemit and move on.
To log in to peakd I use the peaklock option with my steemit posting key and a new 5 number password
I am testing peak lock on mobile and it seems very easy to use! I love it
Thanks for the post.
Are you aware of any good breakdowns on setting up your Hive wallet? I'm not seeing too many links on that specifically. I am probably missing something and will research.
Update: it works fine through PeakD.
I'm stoked to be here! I love seeing keychain in black, red and grey, it's like the Steem's cooler, more edgy twin.
It does look sexy I like it!
Thank you for this helpful post!
Thanks for this timely information. Found it at the right moment. Glad to be here.
Thank you so much for putting this together. A little hand-holding here and there and we will all be pros soon! And as you said, the rough spots will smooth out.
Awesome guide. I'm going to actually start a traditional forum shortly to help keep all things Hive in one area too 😀
edit: https://peakd.com/hive/@pharesim/announcing-hiveinvite <- update for steeminvite as its now hiveinvite 😀
Thanks a lot for this concise explanation of the current situation.
You will be able to add Bittrex to the list of exchanges soon.
I updated it last night, looks like theres probit now too!
Yes, it is. Thanks :)
All green :)
Wonderful ! Thanks for the article :D
Thanks for the info in solving key chain malfunction, everything will work smoothly in time
Thank you very much for this post, although I do feel a dumbass when reading it. Hopefully I'll get the hang of things.