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[[Image:Hive-contacts.png|right|200px|Hive wallet for OS X showing its contacts list]]
[[Image:Hive-contacts.png|right|200px|Hive wallet for OS X showing its contacts list]]
[[Image:Hive-Android.png|right|200px|Hive wallet for Android showing home screen]]
[[Image:Hive-Android.png|right|200px|Hive wallet for Android showing home screen]]
[[Image:Hive-Web.png|right|200px|Hive wallet Web ]]
[[Image:Hive-Web.png|right|200px|Hive wallet Web]]




[http://hivewallet.com Hive] is a lightweight "[[Thin Client Security|thin client]]" Bitcoin wallet for mac OS X and soon in Web and Android. It is primarily based on [[BitCoinJ|bitcoinj]] focusing on ease-of-use.  
'''Hive''' is a lightweight "[[Thin Client Security|thin client]]" Bitcoin wallet for mac OS X, iOS, Android and Web. It is primarily based on [[BitCoinJ|bitcoinj]] focusing on ease-of-use. The wallet is currently officially unsupported (see [[Hive#History | History]]).




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* An SPV backend for fast startup.
* An SPV backend for fast startup.
* Tor support for enhanced anonymity.
* Tor support for enhanced anonymity.
* Support for many languages.<ref>[https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/hive-osx/ Hive translations]</ref>
* Support for many languages.<ref>[https://www.transifex.com/organization/hive/dashboard Transifex translation project]</ref>
* Automatic updates
* Automatic updates
* Payment Protocol support
* Payment Protocol support
* Waggle feature based on geolocation service  
* Waggle feature based on geolocation service  
* Multi-token support


Other features for the different platforms currently in development can be found in the GitHub wiki account. <ref>[https://github.com/hivewallet/discussions/wiki/Features-table Github]</ref>
Other features for the different platforms currently in development can be found in the GitHub wiki account. <ref>[https://github.com/hivewallet/discussions/wiki/Features-table Github]</ref>


==History==
==History==
Hive
 
Hive alpha version for mac OS X was released on September 28, 2013 and promoted with a booth at the European Bitcoin convention.<ref>[https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=304060.0;all Hive launch thread]</ref> Months after, Hive has acquired Bridgewalker, "a Euro-based platform for Bitcoin designed with speed in mind".<ref>[http://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-wallet-hive-purchases-android-app-bridgewalker/ Bridgewalker]</ref>
Hive alpha version for mac OS X was released on September 28, 2013 and promoted with a booth at the European Bitcoin convention.<ref>[https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=304060.0;all Hive launch thread]</ref> Months after, Hive has acquired Bridgewalker, "a Euro-based platform for Bitcoin designed with speed in mind".<ref>[http://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-wallet-hive-purchases-android-app-bridgewalker/ Bridgewalker]</ref>


By February 3, 2014, the mac OS X wallet has come out of beta testing and was available to public through download on its website. <ref>[http://www.coindesk.com/hives-bitcoin-wallet-beta-osx-users/ Hive OS X out of beta testing]</ref> After a few months, Hive Android was launched for Beta testing. <ref>[http://www.coindesk.com/hives-bitcoin-wallet-beta-osx-users/ Hive Android for beta testing]</ref> Hive Web was officially launched during the Inside Bitcoins Conference HK last June 24-25, 2014. <ref>[http://www.coindesk.com/hive-web-wallet-bitcoin-adoption-roadblocks/ Hive Web Wallet Bitcoin Adoption Roadblocks]</ref> Hive universal iOS wallet<ref>[http://www.coindesk.com/hives-bitcoin-litecoin-wallet-launches-ios-devices/ Hive's Bitcoin- Litecoin Wallet Launches iOS Devices]</ref> was also recently launched last August 13 and is available in the App store.
By February 3, 2014, the mac OS X wallet has come out of beta testing and was available to public through download on its website. <ref>[http://www.coindesk.com/hives-bitcoin-wallet-beta-osx-users/ Hive OS X out of beta testing]</ref> After a few months, Hive Android was launched for Beta testing. <ref>[http://www.coindesk.com/hives-bitcoin-wallet-beta-osx-users/ Hive Android for beta testing]</ref> Hive Web was officially launched during the Inside Bitcoins Conference HK last June 24-25, 2014. <ref>[http://www.coindesk.com/hive-web-wallet-bitcoin-adoption-roadblocks/ Hive Web Wallet Bitcoin Adoption Roadblocks]</ref> Hive universal iOS wallet was also recently launched last August 13 and is available in the App store.
 
On September 20, 2015, it was announced by Hive Wallet Founder, Wendell Davis, that the wallet is officially unsupported and he recommends to use something else, until new maintainers are found.<ref>https://twitter.com/hivewallet/status/645402186260721664</ref><ref>http://cointelegraph.com/news/115305/hive-wallet-is-officially-unsupported</ref> He claims that the wallet actually does work fine and the servers will kept online for anyone who needs them.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/3lmi9m/hives_status_officially_unsupported/</ref>




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==External Links==
==External Links==


* [http://www.expresscoin.com/wallets/bitcoin/hive How To Create a Hive Bitcoin Wallet]
* [http://hivewallet.com Hive] project website
* [http://hivewallet.com Hive] project website
* [https://github.com/hivewallet GitHub repo]
* [https://github.com/hivewallet GitHub repo]
* [https://twitter.com/hivewallet Hive] Official Twitter account
* [https://twitter.com/hivewallet Hive] Official Twitter account
* [https://www.facebook.com/hivewallet Hive] Official Facebook account
* [https://www.facebook.com/hivewallet Hive] Official Facebook account
* [http://is.gd/Vf0hcW Hive] Official Skype public chat


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Mac OS X]]
[[Category:Mac OS X]]
[[Category:Android]]
[[Category:Android]]
[[Category:iOS]]

Latest revision as of 00:28, 24 April 2019

Hive wallet for OS X showing its contacts list
Hive wallet for OS X showing its contacts list
Hive wallet for Android showing home screen
Hive wallet for Android showing home screen
Hive wallet Web
Hive wallet Web


Hive is a lightweight "thin client" Bitcoin wallet for mac OS X, iOS, Android and Web. It is primarily based on bitcoinj focusing on ease-of-use. The wallet is currently officially unsupported (see History).


Features

  • An attractive, people-oriented interface.
  • Free and open - source.
  • An integrated application platform.[1]
  • An SPV backend for fast startup.
  • Tor support for enhanced anonymity.
  • Support for many languages.[2]
  • Automatic updates
  • Payment Protocol support
  • Waggle feature based on geolocation service
  • Multi-token support

Other features for the different platforms currently in development can be found in the GitHub wiki account. [3]

History

Hive alpha version for mac OS X was released on September 28, 2013 and promoted with a booth at the European Bitcoin convention.[4] Months after, Hive has acquired Bridgewalker, "a Euro-based platform for Bitcoin designed with speed in mind".[5]

By February 3, 2014, the mac OS X wallet has come out of beta testing and was available to public through download on its website. [6] After a few months, Hive Android was launched for Beta testing. [7] Hive Web was officially launched during the Inside Bitcoins Conference HK last June 24-25, 2014. [8] Hive universal iOS wallet was also recently launched last August 13 and is available in the App store.

On September 20, 2015, it was announced by Hive Wallet Founder, Wendell Davis, that the wallet is officially unsupported and he recommends to use something else, until new maintainers are found.[9][10] He claims that the wallet actually does work fine and the servers will kept online for anyone who needs them.[11]


See Also

External Links

References

  1. ↑ How to make a Hive app
  2. ↑ Transifex translation project
  3. ↑ Github
  4. ↑ Hive launch thread
  5. ↑ Bridgewalker
  6. ↑ Hive OS X out of beta testing
  7. ↑ Hive Android for beta testing
  8. ↑ Hive Web Wallet Bitcoin Adoption Roadblocks
  9. ↑ https://twitter.com/hivewallet/status/645402186260721664
  10. ↑ http://cointelegraph.com/news/115305/hive-wallet-is-officially-unsupported
  11. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/3lmi9m/hives_status_officially_unsupported/
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