# Dev blog: Introducing the Mining Ledger - New tools for miners in EVE Online

**URL:** <https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-introducing-the-mining-ledger-new-tools-for-miners-in-eve-online/31910>\
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**Tags:** lifeblood, devblog\
**Created:** [October 16, 2017, 2:35pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-introducing-the-mining-ledger-new-tools-for-miners-in-eve-online/31910 "2017-10-16T14:35:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jin\_taan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/jin_taan/32/381307_2.png) [@Jin\_taan](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Jin_taan)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 12:40am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-introducing-the-mining-ledger-new-tools-for-miners-in-eve-online/31910/73 "2017-10-19T00:40:51Z")

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> [@Benje\_en\_Divalone](#):
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> IMO, the personal API exposes way too much information to whoever is given a key

Simple solution - Don’t give them a key.

> [@Benje\_en\_Divalone](#):
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> There is an API gap for fleet level ops. It should have the immediacy of the personal API but not the permanent tracking capability. When a fleet member leaves fleet so should the data on what they mine until they rejoin.

I agree there - A ‘Session Limited’ API key would make some amount of sense, but I don’t have any technical grounding on why/how/if that would be useful. @steve_ronuken ?

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