# Getting Started

:round\_pushpin:To start Playing <mark style="color:green;">**dCrops**</mark>, you will need to set up a <mark style="color:red;">**HIVE ACCOUNT**</mark>. To set up an account and receive your private keys please use any of these *Hive onboarding platforms* below.

{% embed url="<https://ecency.com/signup?ref=dcrops>" %}

{% embed url="<https://hiveonboard.com/?ref=dcrops>" %}

{% embed url="<https://blocktrades.us/en/create-hive-account>" %}

<figure><img src="/files/2QdLfTGyBpkjOLdW1OWL" alt=""><figcaption><p>Login page on dCrops</p></figcaption></figure>

:round\_pushpin:Alternatively if you click on *<mark style="background-color:green;">**Create Account,**</mark>* you will be directed to signup via [<mark style="background-color:red;"><mark style="color:red;">**HIVE.IO**<mark style="color:red;"></mark>](https://signup.hive.io/?ref=dcrops)<mark style="color:red;background-color:red;">**.**</mark>

:round\_pushpin:Once this done \[or if you are an existing Hive user],  simply visit [*<mark style="color:blue;">**www.dCrops.com/**</mark>*](mailto:undefined) to <mark style="color:orange;">**Login**</mark> by typing in your <mark style="color:red;">**Hive Username**</mark> and clicking on <mark style="color:red;">**Login with Hive Keychain**</mark>**.**&#x20;

<mark style="color:red;">**Hive Keychain**</mark> is a browser extension for use on computers, and a mobile-app for smartphones. It can hold your Hive Keys in encrypted form and '<mark style="background-color:yellow;">**SIGN'**</mark> transactions on the blockchain for you. That prevents you from having to copy/paste your Keys each time you login or need to confirm a transaction.&#x20;

{% hint style="danger" %}
Copying/pasting Keys constantly is tedious and is very Unsafe.
{% endhint %}

<figure><img src="/files/gB2D2PiGidTXHzl8IWNl" alt=""><figcaption><p>Hive Keychain extension setup</p></figcaption></figure>

The first time you run <mark style="color:red;">**Hive Keychain**</mark>, it will ask you for a <mark style="background-color:yellow;">**'NEW PASSWORD'**</mark> and then to <mark style="background-color:yellow;">**'CONFIRM'**</mark> it. This is a password of your own choosing, to lock and secure <mark style="color:red;">**Keychain**</mark> so only you can get into it.&#x20;

On the next screen, click <mark style="background-color:yellow;">**'USE KEYS/PWD'**</mark> to enter individual Keys, or your Master Password to add all your Keys at once. Then click <mark style="background-color:yellow;">**'SAVE**</mark>**'** and you're ready to use Keychain!

{% embed url="<https://hive-keychain.com/>" %}
Download link to Hive Keychain
{% endembed %}

:round\_pushpin:If you are using a browser like [**KIWI BROSWER**](https://kiwibrowser.com/) which is fast and light, then you need a Hive keychain Extension. Simply click [**Here**](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hive-keychain/jcacnejopjdphbnjgfaaobbfafkihpep?hl=en) to download Hive keychain extension from google chrome web store and install.

{% hint style="danger" %}
Our advice is to <mark style="color:red;">save your Master Password and Keys</mark> to multiple locations, preferably on multiple encrypted thumb-drives (because hardware can always fail), print them on paper and lock them in a box, whatever you have to do to be sure they are always accessible to you, but not to others.
{% endhint %}

{% hint style="danger" %} <mark style="color:green;">**dCrops**</mark> website only Needs your <mark style="color:red;">Posting and Active keys</mark> \[not <mark style="color:red;">Master Password]</mark> to carry out Blockchain transactions. The Hive Keychain securely provides this information by interacting with the dCrops website in an Encrypted manner.
{% endhint %}

{% hint style="danger" %}
No Admin/Staff of <mark style="color:green;">**dCrops**</mark> will ever ask you for your <mark style="color:red;">Private keys</mark>. If you lose your Keys, you lose your gaming assets and any work you've done while building your account.
{% endhint %}


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