Hive
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.
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 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[9] was also recently launched last August 13 and is available in the App store.
See Also
External Links
- Hive project website
- GitHub repo
- Hive Official Twitter account
- Hive Official Facebook account