diff --git a/CLC-qthing/SiliconTorch/NVSExplorer.cpp b/CLC-qthing/SiliconTorch/NVSExplorer.cpp
index dfaf3df4005b91d6a19eafe5e1ce2442f4e8a374..cac14fb8db7faa59acf481db0574226a8c44412b 100644
--- a/CLC-qthing/SiliconTorch/NVSExplorer.cpp
+++ b/CLC-qthing/SiliconTorch/NVSExplorer.cpp
@@ -1183,6 +1183,53 @@ namespace SiliconTorch {
     }
 
 
+
+    bool NVSExplorer::copyKey(const str& nameSpace, const str& keyFrom, const str& keyTo) {
+
+      return false;  // TODO: implementation!
+
+    }
+
+    bool NVSExplorer::copyKey(const str& nsFrom, const str& keyFrom, const str& nsTo, const str& keyTo) {
+
+      nvs_type_t entryType = getType(nsFrom, keyFrom);
+
+      if (entryType == NVS_TYPE_ANY)  // key not found
+        return false;
+
+      if (entryType == NVS_TYPE_BLOB)  // BLOBs are currently unsupported
+        return false;
+
+
+      u64 intStorage = 0;
+      str strStorage = "";
+
+
+      return false;
+
+    }
+
+
+    bool NVSExplorer::moveKey(const str& nameSpace, const str& keyFrom, const str& keyTo) {
+
+      if ( ! copyKey(nameSpace, keyFrom, keyTo) )
+        return false;
+
+      return removeKey(nameSpace, keyFrom);
+    }
+
+    bool NVSExplorer::moveKey(const str& nsFrom, const str& keyFrom, const str& nsTo, const str& keyTo) {
+
+      if ( ! copyKey(nsFrom, keyFrom, nsTo, keyTo) )
+        return false;
+
+      return removeKey(nsFrom, keyFrom);
+    }
+
+
+
+
+
     str NVSExplorer::deviceTopic(const str& suffix) {
       return str(DEVICE_NAMESPACE + "NVS/") + suffix;
     }
diff --git a/CLC-qthing/SiliconTorch/NVSExplorer.hpp b/CLC-qthing/SiliconTorch/NVSExplorer.hpp
index 593801bb776747727ec9e76833e8dcd48acd16de..c163447bbdabf43443272f313de666953fec81d8 100644
--- a/CLC-qthing/SiliconTorch/NVSExplorer.hpp
+++ b/CLC-qthing/SiliconTorch/NVSExplorer.hpp
@@ -87,6 +87,13 @@ namespace SiliconTorch {
         bool setString(const str& nameSpace, const str& key, const str& value);
 
 
+        /* TODO: implement! */       bool copyKey(const str& nameSpace, const str& keyFrom, const str& keyTo);                // copies key inside namespace
+        /* TODO: implement! */       bool copyKey(const str& nsFrom, const str& keyFrom, const str& nsTo, const str& keyTo);  // copies key to another namespace
+
+        /* TODO: test thoroughly! */ bool moveKey(const str& nameSpace, const str& keyFrom, const str& keyTo);                // moves key inside namespace
+        /* TODO: test thoroughly! */ bool moveKey(const str& nsFrom, const str& keyFrom, const str& nsTo, const str& keyTo);  // moves key to another namespace
+
+
         str type2str(nvs_type_t typ);
         nvs_type_t getType(const str& nameSpace, const str& key);
         str getTypeStr(const str& nameSpace, const str& key);