How to use Hive Ledger Wallet

<h1>Introduction <p dir="auto">Hardware wallets are considered to be the most secure way to keep your crypto assets. From now on, Ledger Devices (S/S+/X) can be used to protect your Hive account. This guide will help you protecting your Hive account with keys derived on your Ledger device and treat is as a cold wallet. This is the ultimate protection for your account. <h2>Quickly about Hive <p dir="auto">Hive is different than most blockchains. It has two native assets: HIVE and HBD (Hive Backed Dollar) and usernames instead of public addresses. Those accounts have different keys associated with different roles (owner, active, posting and memo). Every role can contain different key. To ultimately protect your Hive account it is recommended to replace your Owner key with the one derived from your device - this will protect you from leaking your private key by mistake. <h1>Requirements <p dir="auto">Before you start, make sure you have <ul> <li>Initialized Ledger Device with newest firmware <li>Hive application installed on your device <h1>Install Hive App <ol> <li>Open the <strong>Manager in Ledger Live application <li>Connect and unlock your Ledger Device <li>If asked, follow the onscreen instructions and <strong>Allow Ledger Manager. <li>Find <strong>Hive in the app catalog.<br /> <img src="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/enMtdPu.png" srcset="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/enMtdPu.png 1x, https://images.hive.blog/1536x0/https://i.imgur.com/enMtdPu.png 2x" /> <li>Click the <strong>Install button and wait for application to be sucesfully installed <li>Close Ledger Live <h1>Get an account <p dir="auto"><strong>If you already have Hive account, you can skip this part. <p dir="auto">Hive accounts are not free - they need to be created by another user and it costs 3 HIVE (or equivalent in Resource Credits which are proportional to staked Hive aka Hive Power). <p dir="auto">There are multiple providers of Hive accounts. Most of them requires some sort of validation (i.e phone or email) and some can utilize different crypto assets (like BTC) to pay the fee. <p dir="auto">Visit and choose what fits you best: <p dir="auto"><span><a href="https://signup.hive.io" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">https://signup.hive.io <h1>Account discovery - how to find accounts associated with your device <p dir="auto"><a href="https://hiveledger.io" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">Hive Ledger Wallet will automatically discover all accounts associated with your device everytime you will try using it. The process is very simple, you just need to authorize access to your device. <ol> <li><p dir="auto">Connect your device, unlock and open Hive application.<br /> <img src="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/E5vdx3o.jpg" srcset="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/E5vdx3o.jpg 1x, https://images.hive.blog/1536x0/https://i.imgur.com/E5vdx3o.jpg 2x" /> <li><p dir="auto"><code>Full access with Ledger Nano S/X card<br /> <img src="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/xtUSxvy.png" srcset="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/xtUSxvy.png 1x, https://images.hive.blog/1536x0/https://i.imgur.com/xtUSxvy.png 2x" /><span>Visit <a href="https://hiveledger.io" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">https://hiveledger.io and click <li><p dir="auto">Make sure you have your Ledger unlocked and Hive application opened. Click "Connect" .<br /> <img src="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/MkFLnos.png" srcset="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/MkFLnos.png 1x, https://images.hive.blog/1536x0/https://i.imgur.com/MkFLnos.png 2x" /> <li><p dir="auto">Select your device from a drop down. This popup may not appear later on if you connect and authorize your device.<br /> <img src="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/TvsOP9p.png" srcset="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/TvsOP9p.png 1x, https://images.hive.blog/1536x0/https://i.imgur.com/TvsOP9p.png 2x" /> <li><p dir="auto">Wait for the wallet to discover accounts associated with your device (if any). This might take few seconds.<br /> <img src="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/vVvBHNr.png" srcset="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/vVvBHNr.png 1x, https://images.hive.blog/1536x0/https://i.imgur.com/vVvBHNr.png 2x" /> <li><p dir="auto">If you use <a href="https://hiveledger.io" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">Hive Ledger Wallet for the first time, you will see another screen, with the information that no account associated with your device was found. In such case you need to associate your account as descrived below.<br /> <img src="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/nGltYhN.png" srcset="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/nGltYhN.png 1x, https://images.hive.blog/1536x0/https://i.imgur.com/nGltYhN.png 2x" /> <h1>How to associate your account with Ledger device <p dir="auto">If you already have your Hive username, you can use your Ledger device to ultimately protect it by changing all your keys to the ones derived from your device. <p dir="auto">In the example below, we will associate existing account called <code>test.ledger with the device. You will need current owner private key in Hive supported WIF format. <ol> <li><p dir="auto">Connect your device, unlock and open Hive application.<br /> <img src="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/E5vdx3o.jpg" srcset="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/E5vdx3o.jpg 1x, https://images.hive.blog/1536x0/https://i.imgur.com/E5vdx3o.jpg 2x" /> <li><p dir="auto">Click <code>Associate existing account card to start the process.<br /> <img src="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/nGltYhN.png" srcset="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/nGltYhN.png 1x, https://images.hive.blog/1536x0/https://i.imgur.com/nGltYhN.png 2x" /><br /> <img src="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/AfOceN4.png" srcset="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/AfOceN4.png 1x, https://images.hive.blog/1536x0/https://i.imgur.com/AfOceN4.png 2x" /> <li><p dir="auto">Click <code>Request new key to find new, unused public key that could be used to replace your current owner key.<br /> <img src="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/MlQLjQl.png" srcset="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/MlQLjQl.png 1x, https://images.hive.blog/1536x0/https://i.imgur.com/MlQLjQl.png 2x" /> <li><p dir="auto">Confirm the key on your device. Navigate using left and right buttons to inspect the key. Make sure it's the same that in your terminal<br /> <img src="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/Gnggq0f.jpg" srcset="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/Gnggq0f.jpg 1x, https://images.hive.blog/1536x0/https://i.imgur.com/Gnggq0f.jpg 2x" /><br /> <img src="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/M8HeJ7v.jpg" srcset="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/M8HeJ7v.jpg 1x, https://images.hive.blog/1536x0/https://i.imgur.com/M8HeJ7v.jpg 2x" /><br /> <img src="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/yKceFr5.jpg" srcset="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/yKceFr5.jpg 1x, https://images.hive.blog/1536x0/https://i.imgur.com/yKceFr5.jpg 2x" /><br /> <img src="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/sFxsNIh.jpg" srcset="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/sFxsNIh.jpg 1x, https://images.hive.blog/1536x0/https://i.imgur.com/sFxsNIh.jpg 2x" /><br /> <img src="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/zYvqRBO.jpg" srcset="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/zYvqRBO.jpg 1x, https://images.hive.blog/1536x0/https://i.imgur.com/zYvqRBO.jpg 2x" /> <li><p dir="auto">Confirm public key by pressing both buttons on "Approve" screen.<br /> <img src="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/YDvVEQV.jpg" srcset="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/YDvVEQV.jpg 1x, https://images.hive.blog/1536x0/https://i.imgur.com/YDvVEQV.jpg 2x" /> <li><p dir="auto">Click continue to start the second step. <li><p dir="auto">Fill your username and current private owner key in WIF format.<br /> <img src="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/mTJIPOM.png" srcset="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/mTJIPOM.png 1x, https://images.hive.blog/1536x0/https://i.imgur.com/mTJIPOM.png 2x" /> <li><p dir="auto">Click "Continue" to start the last step <li><p dir="auto">Select all the key roles you want to replace. If you want to create cold storage wallet, we recommend replacing all the roles. If you want to keep social abilities (voting, commenting etc), unselect <code>Posting key.<br /> <img src="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/GpbeVHl.png" srcset="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/GpbeVHl.png 1x, https://images.hive.blog/1536x0/https://i.imgur.com/GpbeVHl.png 2x" /> <li><p dir="auto">Click <code>Update account. Your account will be updated with new keys and you will be automatically logged in into the wallet. <h1>How to transfer HIVE or HBD to another account <p dir="auto">You can send liquid tokens (HIVE or HBD) withing 3 seconds to any other existing Hive account. <p dir="auto">To send 0.001 HIVE from engrave.cold to engrave account: <ol> <li><p dir="auto">Connect your device, unlock and open Hive application.<br /> <img src="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/E5vdx3o.jpg" srcset="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/E5vdx3o.jpg 1x, https://images.hive.blog/1536x0/https://i.imgur.com/E5vdx3o.jpg 2x" /> <li><p dir="auto">Open <a href="https://hiveledger.io" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">Hive Ledger Wallet and proceed with Account discovery procedure described above. You should be able to see your dashboard <li><p dir="auto">Make sure you activated account from which you want to transfer funds.<br /> <img src="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/2KCbF8u.png" srcset="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/2KCbF8u.png 1x, https://images.hive.blog/1536x0/https://i.imgur.com/2KCbF8u.png 2x" /> <li><p dir="auto">Visit Balance tab <li><p dir="auto">Fill "Transfer" form with receiver username, asset and amount. You can skip "Memo" field as it is optional and serves as a transfer description.<br /> <img src="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/l4FV7mZ.png" srcset="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/l4FV7mZ.png 1x, https://images.hive.blog/1536x0/https://i.imgur.com/l4FV7mZ.png 2x" /> <li><p dir="auto">Click "Send" button to open confirmation modal.<br /> <img src="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/jgcQhoQ.png" srcset="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/jgcQhoQ.png 1x, https://images.hive.blog/1536x0/https://i.imgur.com/jgcQhoQ.png 2x" /> <li><p dir="auto">Click "Sign with Ledger", validate and accept transaction on your device. <li><p dir="auto">Use left and right buttons to verify transaction on your hardware wallet.<br /> <img src="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/sh2zh9X.jpg" srcset="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/sh2zh9X.jpg 1x, https://images.hive.blog/1536x0/https://i.imgur.com/sh2zh9X.jpg 2x" /><br /> <img src="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/nqvYQUi.jpg" srcset="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/nqvYQUi.jpg 1x, https://images.hive.blog/1536x0/https://i.imgur.com/nqvYQUi.jpg 2x" /><br /> <img src="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/BKg8pW1.jpg" srcset="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/BKg8pW1.jpg 1x, https://images.hive.blog/1536x0/https://i.imgur.com/BKg8pW1.jpg 2x" /><br /> <img src="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/v0eTCE0.jpg" srcset="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/v0eTCE0.jpg 1x, https://images.hive.blog/1536x0/https://i.imgur.com/v0eTCE0.jpg 2x" /><br /> <img src="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/toFCSW5.jpg" srcset="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/toFCSW5.jpg 1x, https://images.hive.blog/1536x0/https://i.imgur.com/toFCSW5.jpg 2x" /><br /> <img src="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/jzxeaAM.jpg" srcset="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/jzxeaAM.jpg 1x, https://images.hive.blog/1536x0/https://i.imgur.com/jzxeaAM.jpg 2x" /><br /> <img src="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/y1UBY9m.jpg" srcset="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/y1UBY9m.jpg 1x, https://images.hive.blog/1536x0/https://i.imgur.com/y1UBY9m.jpg 2x" /><br /> <img src="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/bxgL0oz.jpg" srcset="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/bxgL0oz.jpg 1x, https://images.hive.blog/1536x0/https://i.imgur.com/bxgL0oz.jpg 2x" /> <li><p dir="auto">Accept the transaction by pressing both buttons on "Approve" screen.<br /> <img src="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/YDvVEQV.jpg" srcset="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/YDvVEQV.jpg 1x, https://images.hive.blog/1536x0/https://i.imgur.com/YDvVEQV.jpg 2x" /> <li><p dir="auto">Wait for a few seconds until your transaction is broadcasted and confirmed by the blockchain. <h1>How to stake HIVE <p dir="auto">To gain more governance power over Hive blockchain, you can convert your HIVE into Hive Power. We call it "powering up" and other blockchains calls it "staking". Underneath, your tokens are converted to VESTS. Withdrawal of your staked HIVE (converting it back to liquid HIVE) will take 13 weeks. <ol> <li><p dir="auto">Connect your device, unlock and open Hive application.<br /> <img src="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/E5vdx3o.jpg" srcset="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/E5vdx3o.jpg 1x, https://images.hive.blog/1536x0/https://i.imgur.com/E5vdx3o.jpg 2x" /> <li><p dir="auto">Open <a href="https://hiveledger.io" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">Hive Ledger Wallet and proceed with Account discovery procedure described above. You should be able to see your dashboard <li><p dir="auto">Make sure you activated account from which you want to transfer funds.<br /> <img src="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/2KCbF8u.png" srcset="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/2KCbF8u.png 1x, https://images.hive.blog/1536x0/https://i.imgur.com/2KCbF8u.png 2x" /> <li><p dir="auto">Visit Balance tab <li><p dir="auto">Fill "Power up" form with desired amount of HIVE tokens to stake. It's impossible to stake HBD so the Asset selector is disabled.<br /> <img src="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/kDTdCbm.png" srcset="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/kDTdCbm.png 1x, https://images.hive.blog/1536x0/https://i.imgur.com/kDTdCbm.png 2x" /> <li><p dir="auto">Click "Power up" button to open confirmation modal.<br /> <img src="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/KaESqdF.png" srcset="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/KaESqdF.png 1x, https://images.hive.blog/1536x0/https://i.imgur.com/KaESqdF.png 2x" /> <li><p dir="auto">Click "Sign with Ledger", validate and accept transaction on your device. <li><p dir="auto">Use left and right keys to verify transaction on your hardware wallet<br /> <img src="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/sh2zh9X.jpg" srcset="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/sh2zh9X.jpg 1x, https://images.hive.blog/1536x0/https://i.imgur.com/sh2zh9X.jpg 2x" /><br /> <img src="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/nqvYQUi.jpg" srcset="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/nqvYQUi.jpg 1x, https://images.hive.blog/1536x0/https://i.imgur.com/nqvYQUi.jpg 2x" /><br /> <img src="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/OnL6Lgc.jpg" srcset="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/OnL6Lgc.jpg 1x, https://images.hive.blog/1536x0/https://i.imgur.com/OnL6Lgc.jpg 2x" /><br /> <img src="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/v0eTCE0.jpg" srcset="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/v0eTCE0.jpg 1x, https://images.hive.blog/1536x0/https://i.imgur.com/v0eTCE0.jpg 2x" /><br /> <img src="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/SWf4uAH.jpg" srcset="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/SWf4uAH.jpg 1x, https://images.hive.blog/1536x0/https://i.imgur.com/SWf4uAH.jpg 2x" /><br /> <img src="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/jzxeaAM.jpg" srcset="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/jzxeaAM.jpg 1x, https://images.hive.blog/1536x0/https://i.imgur.com/jzxeaAM.jpg 2x" /> <li><p dir="auto">Accept the transaction by pressing both buttons on "Approve" screen.<br /> <img src="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/YDvVEQV.jpg" srcset="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://i.imgur.com/YDvVEQV.jpg 1x, https://images.hive.blog/1536x0/https://i.imgur.com/YDvVEQV.jpg 2x" /> <h1>Support <p dir="auto"><span>If you encounter any problem, please contact me (<a href="/@engrave">@engrave) directly on Hive blockchain, write a comment under this post or use: <ul> <li>Discord: <a href="https://discord.gg/8NktdFh" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">Engrave Discord <li><span>Gitlab issue tracker: <a href="https://gitlab.com/engrave/ledger/app-hive/-/issues" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">https://gitlab.com/engrave/ledger/app-hive/-/issues <hr /> <p dir="auto"><center><sup>Originally posted on <a href="http://blog.hiveledger.io/how-to-use-hive-ledger-wallet" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">Hive Ledger Support. Hive blog powered by <a href="https://dblog.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">ENGRAVE.