Peakd is working very well! :) I haven't tried hive.blog at all yet simply because I got so used to the Peak interface.
With Peakd, when you log in for the first time you should use their PeakLock system - you pop in your private posting key, active key, and then a PIN number. The PIN number is how you'll access things from then on. It's a lot more user friendly!! I can't recommend it enough. You should hopefully have no more problems. 😊
Thanks! I'll give it a go.