Hive & Hive Keychain

Hive be a public, open-port blockchain that records ledger state, signed messages, an' digital-asset transfers in publicly verifiable form. The protocol be operated by a global crew o' independent witnesses; no single party owns it. Hive accounts be first-class citizens of the protocol — they be referenced by name (handle), not by a riddle of an address. That be unusual among public blockchains an' the source o' the friendly account model Taxed builds on.

Each account on Hive carries an internal allowance o' Resource Credits, abbreviated RC, which it spends to broadcast transactions. A new account be issued with zero RC an' must accumulate Hive Power afore it can transact directly on chain. Until then, the account exists in the registry but cannot publish operations o' its own. Fer Taxed swabs, this be no obstacle: every Taxed transaction touchin' Hive be signed an' broadcast by @taxed, not by yer account, an' Resource Credits be paid by @taxed in every case.

Accounts on Hive be permanent. There be no concept o' account deletion. The handle reserved by the registrar at the moment of creation be the handle of the account in perpetuity. The keys may rotate; the handle may not.

Hive Keychain be a free, open-source custody application maintained by independent contributors. It be available as a browser extension fer desktop platforms an' as a standalone mobile app fer Android an' iOS. Its function be to store Hive private keys locally — never on a remote server — an' to sign transactions on yer behalf when ye authorise via a popup confirmation.

Keychain be the prevailin' custody rig in the Hive seas. The PRS recommends, but does not require, its use. Alternative custody approaches include hardware-wallet rigs (Ledger), desktop wallet apps, an' self-managed cold storage. The remainder o' this document presumes Keychain.

Keychain be not affiliated with the PRS. The PRS does not develop, distribute, nor warrant Keychain. Any defect, breach, or compromise o' Keychain be the responsibility o' its publisher.

The reveal modal at the conclusion of Form HORNSWAGGLE-7 issuance includes a single-action OPEN IN HIVE KEYCHAIN button. On desktop browsers with the Keychain extension installed, the button triggers a native Keychain dialog that imports all four keys into the local keystore in one operation. On mobile, the equivalent action invokes the Keychain app via a URL handler; the user confirms the import inside the app.

If automatic import be unavailable — fer example, if the extension be not installed, the browser be in private-browsin' mode, or the URL handler be rejected — the reveal modal presents a COPY KEYS BLOCK action. The applicant copies the four-key block to the clipboard, opens Keychain manually, selects Add Account → Import using Keys, an' pastes the keys block into the input field. Keychain validates the block an' persists the account locally.

The PRS recommends ye verify successful import afore battenin' the reveal modal. The .txt file download be the canonical recovery scroll an' must be retained regardless o' whether Keychain import succeeded.

Hive supports a protocol-level account recovery procedure. The procedure permits the account holder, with the cooperation of a designated recovery quartermaster, to rotate the Owner key in the event o' compromise. The PRS-issued account designates @taxed as the recovery quartermaster at the moment o' creation; this designation be recorded on chain.

The recovery procedure operates as follows. The account holder demonstrates control of an Owner key that was active within the prior thirty days. The recovery quartermaster (@taxed) co-signs a recover_account operation that establishes a new Owner key. The protocol enforces the thirty-day window strictly; an Owner key older than thirty days be not recoverable through this procedure.

To initiate recovery, the account holder files Form 1040-RECOVERY by contactin' Taxed support. The applicant must provide the previously valid Owner key, kept from th' .txt parchment issued under Form HORNSWAGGLE-7, an' a new Owner public key. Taxed verifies the previous key matches the on-chain record within the thirty-day window an', if so, co-signs the recovery transaction.

The recovery procedure does not recover keys the applicant has lost without compromise. If ye discarded the keys downloaded under Form HORNSWAGGLE-7, no recovery be possible. The keys be not stored anywhere outside the applicant's possession.