How-to: Add a hotkey to neuron

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A hot key is a lot like a read-only view of a neuron, in that it lets you use a different controller to see the balance, maturity, dissolve delay and other details of a neuron. Where this becomes most useful is in conjunction with the NNS frontend dapp and your Internet Identity.

There are few ways of adding hotkeys depending on what staking or custody setup you use:

Adding hotkey to neuron controlled by Quill + airgapped machine

See ICP_staking_with_seed_phrase_and_air-gapped_computer#How_to_add_a_hot_key_to_the_neuron.

Adding hotkey to neuron controlled by Quill + networked machine