=Intro=
Learning about hive by tinkering
- Find The Memo Public Key from username
- Encrypt a Message so only the private key holder of that public key can decrypt
==Creating Container==
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Creating a Container so we know reproducable (depends installed ... etc)
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create container
lxc launch ubuntu:24.04 keys -
Login to container
lxc exec keys bash -
switch to user ubuntu
su - ubuntu
==Update Container and Install Dependencies==
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Update package lists
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y -
Install essential packages
sudo apt install -y python3 python3-pip python3-venv git build-essential -
Install development libraries needed for compilation
sudo apt install -y libssl-dev libffi-dev python3-dev -
Verify Python installation
python3 --version
pip3 --version
==Create Virtual Environment (Recommended) ==
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Create a virtual environment
python3 -m venv hive_beem_env -
Activate the virtual environment
source hive_beem_env/bin/activate -
Verify you're in the virtual environment (should show the path)
==Install Beem==
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NOTE: Beem is installed in Virtual Environment to avoid error: externally-managed-environment
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Install beem from PyPI
pip install beem -
Verify installation
python -c "import beem; print(beem.version)"
=Find a Hive Users Public Keys=
- Create Script
$EDITOR find-user-keys.py
- To use script
python3 find-user-keys.py --username completenoobs - OutPut:
- Will also create a text file container user keys in same directory script run:
=Encrypting and Decrypting=
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Install Missing Depends
pip install cryptography -
Create Script
$EDITOR crypt.py
- OutPut:
==Example Use ==
- In this example 2 key pairs where created, to send and receive
== Example of Script use 2 ==
- Below is some test keys generated for this demo
- This time it did not give same public key from signing private key - but still worked.
=== Encryption and Decryption Example 2 ===
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