I produce blocks on the Hive blockchain from the UK and run free, public full API nodes for Hive and Hive Engine that any app or developer can use.
Hive Engine is the smart-contract sidechain behind Hive's tokens, NFTs and Diesel Pools. Its witnesses are elected by staked WORKERBEE, and I'm one of them.
A space combat and trading game I built on Hive.
Fly 60-second combat patrols against pirates, collect cargo canisters and trade across the galaxy. Your trades, jumps and rewards are recorded on the Hive blockchain, and you can earn BEE as you play.
Every flight is replayed on the server to check kills and pickups, and the leaderboard only counts progress confirmed on Hive.
Both nodes are free to use with no key or sign-up. Point your app, wallet or script at them. Status below is checked live from your browser.
https://api.c0ff33a.ukcurl -s https://api.c0ff33a.uk \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,
"method":"condenser_api.get_dynamic_global_properties"}'
https://heapi.c0ff33a.uk/contracts and /blockchain endpointscurl -s https://heapi.c0ff33a.uk/contracts \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"findOne","params":
{"contract":"tokens","table":"tokens","query":{"symbol":"BEE"}}}'
Hive is a fast, fee-free blockchain built for people and communities. One human-readable account works across every Hive app: blogging, video, games, finance and more.
Hive launched in March 2020, when its community forked away from Steem to keep the chain independent. There's no company in charge. The network is run by witnesses, elected continuously by everyone who holds Hive Power, and development is funded through an on-chain proposal system that the same stakeholders vote on.
Instead of paying a fee for every action, your Hive Power gives you Resource Credits that regenerate over time. Posting, voting and transferring cost nothing in cash, which makes Hive work well for social apps and games with lots of small transactions.
Content on Hive earns rewards from an inflation-funded reward pool, shared between authors, curators who upvote early, and stakers. You can hold your rewards as HIVE, stake them as Hive Power, or keep them as HBD, Hive's dollar-pegged token, which earns interest in savings.
Transactions confirm in about three seconds, and blocks become irreversible within a minute.
Actions use regenerating Resource Credits rather than per-transaction fees.
Set by witness consensus. Shown live from the chain.
The top 20 elected witnesses plus one rotating backup produce each round.
Every account can vote for up to 30 witnesses. Voting is free and never locks your stake.
c0ff33a's current published HIVE price in USD.
Every Hive account costs a small amount to create, because it lives on the chain forever. These community services cover that cost for you or charge a little, depending on how much verification you're happy with.
| Service | Cost | How it works | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hive Signup | Directory | The official list of every account provider, compared side by side. A good place to start. | Compare providers |
| Ecency | Free | Instant sign-up with email or a crypto wallet. Extra anti-abuse checks apply to free accounts, with a paid option that includes perks. | Sign up on Ecency |
| Hive Onboard | Free | Request a free account, or have an existing Hive user create one for you with a referral link. | Sign up on Hive Onboard |
| InLeo | Free | Sign up with an X or Google login and keep your keys in InLeo's keystore. | Sign up on InLeo |
| HiveDapps | Free | Not instant: a community member reviews and creates your account. | Sign up on HiveDapps |
| Hivedex | $1.49 | Instant and anonymous. Pay with ETH, SOL, TON, LTC, stablecoins and many other coins. | Sign up on Hivedex |
| Actifit | $2 | Instant with no verification, paid in HIVE. | Sign up on Actifit |
| V4V.app | Paid | Buy an account with Bitcoin over the Lightning Network. | Sign up on V4V.app |
| Hive Keychain | Friend | Already know someone on Hive? In the Keychain mobile app, choose "Create with a friend" and they can make your account for you. | Get Hive Keychain |
Save your keys before you do anything else. Hive has no "forgot password" button. Nobody can recover your account if you lose your master password or owner key, so store them offline somewhere safe and only enter keys into a wallet like Hive Keychain.
Witness votes decide who secures Hive. Voting is free, doesn't spend your Hive Power and you can change it at any time. If my nodes are useful to you, a vote helps keep them running.