**Keychain for Hive** is a browser extension (available for Chrome, Firefox and Brave) and mobile app (for Android and Apple), that can store the [private keys](/wiki/Private-Key) of one or more [[Hive]] user accounts, thereby creating secure and seamless access to Hive powered websites, [dApps](/wiki/Decentralized-Application), and services <ref>https://hive-keychain.com/</ref>.

^{source: https://hive-keychain.com/}

## Main features
- Stores private keys of Hive user accounts
- Sign transactions requested by dApps
- Wallet function (viewing balances, transferring tokens, staking, delegating and buying from fiat or exchanges)
- Token swapping function
- Portfolio view (showing balances across several accounts)

## Usage

Most of the Hive dApps have an integrated Keychain functionality for logins and signing transactions.
Which transactions are possible via Keychain depends on which keys have been added; for example: if only the posting key was added, token transfers or other financial transactions are not possible.

More news on recent updates are published on Hive at [@Keychain](https://hive.blog/@keychain).

## Developers

Keychain was developed by [@stoodkev](https://hive.blog/@stoodkev),[@cedricguillas](https://hive.blog/@cedricguillas) and others.