Hive

Hive wallet for OS X showing its contacts list

Hive wallet for OS X with the Bitstamp app in its application platform

Hive is a lightweight "thin client" Bitcoin wallet for mac OS X and soon in Web and Android. It is primarily based on bitcoinj focusing on ease-of-use.

Features

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

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

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. Months after, Hive has acquired Bridgewalker, "a Euro-based platform for Bitcoin designed with speed in mind".

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. Months after, Hive Android was launched for Beta testing. Hive Web was officially launched during the Inside Bitcoins Conference HK last June 24-25, 2014. As of now, the team is currently developing an iOs app due soon.

See Also

• Thin Client Security

External Links

• Hive project website
• GitHub repo
• Hive Official Twitter account
• Hive Official Facebook account

References

How Hive’s New Web Wallet Attacks Bitcoin Adoption Roadblocks