diff --git a/project.task.yaml b/project.task.yaml
index 492ad008..51a9a7cf 100644
--- a/project.task.yaml
+++ b/project.task.yaml
@@ -8,13 +8,11 @@ tasks:
 
 - look for "if is a new user" -- blank name
 - copy button for seed
-- explanation for contact icons
 
 - .5 If notifications are not enabled, add message to front page with link/button to enable
 - record donations vs gives
 - make server endpoint for full English description of limits
 - make identicons for contacts into more-memorable faces (and maybe change project identicons, too)
-- .5 add next key hash to text input field
 
 - 01 server - show all claim details when issued by the issuer
 - bug - got error adding on Firefox user #0 as contact for themselves
diff --git a/src/db/tables/contacts.ts b/src/db/tables/contacts.ts
index 2f59a417..14ad6809 100644
--- a/src/db/tables/contacts.ts
+++ b/src/db/tables/contacts.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 export interface Contact {
   did: string;
   name?: string;
-  nextPublicKeyHashBase64?: string; // base64-encoded SHA256 hash of next public key
+  nextPubKeyHashB64?: string; // base64-encoded SHA256 hash of next public key
   publicKeyBase64?: string;
   seesMe?: boolean;
   registered?: boolean;
diff --git a/src/views/ContactsView.vue b/src/views/ContactsView.vue
index d3fed6a0..3f0530ab 100644
--- a/src/views/ContactsView.vue
+++ b/src/views/ContactsView.vue
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
       </router-link>
       <input
         type="text"
-        placeholder="DID, Name, Public Key (base 16 or 64)"
+        placeholder="DID, Name, Public Key, Next Public Key Hash"
         class="block w-full rounded-l border border-r-0 border-slate-400 px-3 py-2"
         v-model="contactInput"
       />
@@ -109,9 +109,9 @@
           <div class="text-sm truncate" v-if="contact.publicKeyBase64">
             Public Key (base 64): {{ contact.publicKeyBase64 }}
           </div>
-          <div class="text-sm truncate" v-if="contact.nextPublicKeyHashBase64">
+          <div class="text-sm truncate" v-if="contact.nextPubKeyHashB64">
             Next Public Key Hash (base 64):
-            {{ contact.nextPublicKeyHashBase64 }}
+            {{ contact.nextPubKeyHashB64 }}
           </div>
 
           <div id="ContactActions" class="flex gap-1.5 mt-2">
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ export default class ContactsView extends Vue {
     }
 
     let did = this.contactInput;
-    let name, publicKeyBase64;
+    let name, publicKeyInput, nextPublicKeyHashInput;
     const commaPos1 = this.contactInput.indexOf(",");
     if (commaPos1 > -1) {
       did = this.contactInput.substring(0, commaPos1).trim();
@@ -505,15 +505,31 @@ export default class ContactsView extends Vue {
       const commaPos2 = this.contactInput.indexOf(",", commaPos1 + 1);
       if (commaPos2 > -1) {
         name = this.contactInput.substring(commaPos1 + 1, commaPos2).trim();
-        publicKeyBase64 = this.contactInput.substring(commaPos2 + 1).trim();
+        publicKeyInput = this.contactInput.substring(commaPos2 + 1).trim();
+        const commaPos3 = this.contactInput.indexOf(",", commaPos2 + 1);
+        if (commaPos3 > -1) {
+          publicKeyInput = this.contactInput.substring(commaPos2 + 1, commaPos3).trim(); // eslint-disable-line prettier/prettier
+          nextPublicKeyHashInput = this.contactInput.substring(commaPos3 + 1).trim(); // eslint-disable-line prettier/prettier
+        }
       }
     }
     // help with potential mistakes while this sharing requires copy-and-paste
+    let publicKeyBase64 = publicKeyInput;
     if (publicKeyBase64 && /^[0-9A-Fa-f]{66}$/i.test(publicKeyBase64)) {
       // it must be all hex (compressed public key), so convert
       publicKeyBase64 = Buffer.from(publicKeyBase64, "hex").toString("base64");
     }
-    const newContact = { did, name, publicKeyBase64 };
+    let nextPubKeyHashB64 = nextPublicKeyHashInput;
+    if (nextPubKeyHashB64 && /^[0-9A-Fa-f]{66}$/i.test(nextPubKeyHashB64)) {
+      // it must be all hex (compressed public key), so convert
+      nextPubKeyHashB64 = Buffer.from(nextPubKeyHashB64, "hex").toString("base64"); // eslint-disable-line prettier/prettier
+    }
+    const newContact = {
+      did,
+      name,
+      publicKeyBase64,
+      nextPubKeyHashB64: nextPubKeyHashB64,
+    };
     await this.addContact(newContact);
   }
 
@@ -534,7 +550,7 @@ export default class ContactsView extends Vue {
       return this.addContact({
         did: payload.iss,
         name: payload.own.name,
-        nextPublicKeyHashBase64: payload.own.nextPublicEncKeyHash,
+        nextPubKeyHashB64: payload.own.nextPublicEncKeyHash,
         publicKeyBase64: payload.own.publicEncKey,
       } as Contact);
     }
@@ -592,7 +608,7 @@ export default class ContactsView extends Vue {
             title: "Contact Added",
             text: addedMessage,
           },
-          5000,
+          -1, // keeping it up so that the "visibility" message is seen
         );
       })
       .catch((err) => {