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When you set up an account through Splinterlands, we create an account on the Hive blockchain for you. This account has four keys and a master password associated with it. When you request and receive your keys, BACK THEM UP and STORE THEM IN A SAFE PLACE.

 
Master Password: The master password is the string from which your other keys were generated and can be used to obtain all your other keys. We recommend you only use the master password to load your keys into hive-keychain, then put it into cold storage.
 
The 4 HIVE keys are as follows:
 

Owner Key: This key is used to obtain a new master password and change the rest of your keys.   Never share or give this key out because it can reset all the keys, thereby cutting off access to you. 

Active Key: This is your financial key; any financial transaction on the base Hive blockchain layer requires this key (such as sending HIVE or HBD). Within Splinterlands, the following operations require an active key (while we update this list, there may be new features not yet added):

  • Creating a guild
  • Promoting Co-leader to Leader (Transfering guild ownership).
  • Contributing to a guild
  • Adding an external wallet to your account
  • Purchasing items from the market
  • Renting from the market
  • Renewing a rental from the market
  • Gifting cards
  • Selling cards
  • Canceling cards you have for sale
  • Canceling all items you have for sale at once
  • Updating the price of a rental or card for sale
  • Converting Alpha to Beta cards
  • Gifting packs
  • Burning cards
  • Transferring skins
  • Transferring items
  • Trading titles
  • Locking or unlocking assets or canceling of unlocking of assets
  • SPS Staking/Unstaking
  • Combining cards
  • Changing linked email in game
  • Node purchases
  • Land shop purchases (grain, power cores, time crystals)
Posting Key: This key is a general entry key for your Hive wallet. You can safely log into many applications with it, including Splinterlands, Peakmonsters, and hive.blog. The posting key is used within Splinterlands for the following operations (while we update this list, there may be new features not yet added):
  • To start a ranked, brawl, or tournament battles
  • Submitting a team
  • Promoting a guild member (up to Co-leader).
  • To claim Season Rewards
  • Combining cards
  • Purchase rewards in the Reward shop
  • Purchasing Energy
  • Land Functions:
    • Tax Collection
    • Assigning workers to a plot
    • Claim resources
Memo Key: This key can be used in conjunction with the Active key to send an encrypted message with a token transfer, typically 0.001 HIVE, and only the sender and receiver can read the message. We don't currently use the memo key within Splinterlands. Please do not put your memo key into the memo area of a transaction (or ANY key, for that matter), as it will become visible to at least the recipient if encrypted, if not the whole blockchain.

Further reading about other blockchain specific uses of the keys can be found at
https://wallet.hive.blog/@yourusername/permissions 
 

Public vs. Private Keys:  Every key in the list above has a Public and Private instance or version.  This may be a bit confusing initially, so let's review the difference between these two:

  • The Public Key is how transactions and other on-chain information "talks" about the private key, or references it so anyone looking at the chain can see what key was used without actually revealing the Private key and thereby access to the account; think of it as a confirmation stating this specific Key fits this specific lock, but without showing what that Key physically looks like. The public key will not be able to sign any transactions, and is visible publicly, so it does not need to remain hidden or backed up.
    • These keys will typically start with STM, due to the Hive Blockchain having forked off from the Steem chain; this remnant of the Steem account/key creation system remains.
  • The Private Key is the actual physical key that unlocks the metaphorical lock, and is NOT visible publicly. These must remain safely backed-up, as they are what are used to give direct access to the account, for various functions. 
    • These keys typically starts with the number 5, so if you see that instead of STM, DO NOT SHARE THEM!
    • Just to reiterate: Never give these keys to anyone.

 

Questions or issues with the above? Submit a request – Splinterlands

 

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