Achievement 2: Basic security on steem

Hi,
Good day everyone, am so delighted and pleased to be here and on another level. Am glad to let you know that my achievement1 has been approved and right away am on my next stage which is achievement 2.

Here I will be looking at the Basic security on steem.

Before I continue i will like to first and foremost define what security is all about.
Security is something that secures, its a guarantee. In other words it is something that secures the fulfillment of an obligation or law.
Similarly, security is what gives you access and a proof of ownership.

Hence, I will be discussing on the keys that were given me when my account was created in steem.

At that time I was able to retrieve the keys, saved them on my gmail account and also copied and wrote them out on my diary book as a way of keeping them safe, especially my master key

I also studied the keys with their various functions and their restrictions. For instance:

• posting key: This is the key that gives you the right and access on social networking to post, comment and also to vote.

• Active Key: The active key is very important because its the key that gives you permission to perform all money-related issues or actions such as; transferring and exchanging tokens. Thus, guard it jealously and be cautious of usage to avoid losing fortune.

• Memo key: Though not commonly used today but might be a powerful feature tomorrow. It is used for encrypt and decrypt private messages sent through the blockchain.

• Owner key: This key is specifically use for recovery of ones account or to change your other keys. It is also one of the lost important keys so guard and keep safely.

• Master key: This was the first and the main key that was generated during the creation of my account. It is used to complete my account creation and to retrieve all other keys. Its also used to retrieve account when loose.

I have been able to learn how to transfer my steem token to another user by following the below steps:

• Simply logging in to my wallet * Head over to my liquid steem balance

• Click on the drop down arrow besides steem, then select transfer

• On the box that will come out, * Input the username of the person I want to transfer to for instance; to @ngoenyi

• Then the amount. This can be 0.001

NB: I will not go further than this to avoid being charged for actually transferring the steem.

• Then click NEXT and the transfer will be done.

I have also learnt how to power up my steem by following the following steps:

• Log in to my wallet
• Then click on the arrow besides steem
• Click on power up,
  On the box that will come out
• I will input the amount to power up. Eg 0.001.
• Then I will click power up

NB: I will not be clicking the power up since I don't really intend to complete the task now.

On the note of emphasis, I completed the transaction
of both transfer of steem and power up with my active key.

Waoh! In conclusion, am super excited to have successfully attended to all the questions in achievement2.
Am super grateful to my bosslady @ngoenyi for her usual guidance and mentorship.