Achievement 2 @dave-hanny Task : Basic Security on Steem

in hive-172186 •  3 years ago 

Introduction

Hello guys,
It's my pleasure to have you all as my friends and I'm glad to be part of you. Today, with overwhelming joy in me, I hereby present my achievement number 2 task which talks about basic security on steem.

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There are so many keys in steemit as a platform which are to be safely kept so as to secure our account. Reasons of this achievement 2 task is to know the functions of these various keys and to also discuss how the keys can be kept save. Below are the various keys present in the steemit platform

Your Tron Account Keys

We basically have two(2) keys that are present in this section and they are listed below;

  • Tron Public Key (Tron Address)

  • Tron Private Key

Your Steemit Private Keys
There are four(4) basic keys that are present in this section and they are listed below;

  • Private posting key

  • Private memo key

  • Private active key

  • Private owner key

Your Steemit Public Keys
Listed below,are the basic four(4)keys that are present in this section;

  • Posting public

  • Memo public

  • Active public

  • Owner public

Note: Master Password is the only password you will need to remember and it is very critical that you do not lose or forget the password,it is a documents that contain and generate all the keys and it is advisable that master key should not be known by anyone and kept safely

In your Tron account key, we have two different keys one of which is the public key which serves as the Tron address. The other is the Tron private key which is use to perform many activities in the Tron account. Some of the activities include transfer token, freeze and unfreeze TRX, vote for Tron SRs, explore Tron ecosystem and many more.

POSTING KEY
Posting key perform so many actions among which are; editing of post or comments, upvote or downvote, publish a post or comments and also follow people, mute accounts etc

ACTIVE KEY

The active keys are actions which are specially related to money therefore,it allows any form of monetry transaction from the wallet such as placing an order of exchange, transfer tokens or powering steem up and down,publish a witness price feed,vote for witnesses,creat a new user, SBD conversation etc.

OWNER KEY

Owner key is one of the most important key which is to be kept safely,owner key permits recovering in cases of misplacement of account, resetting owner,active and posting keys also, cases of decline voting rights etc.

MEMO KEY

The memo key stores encrypted password or can also be described as pasword manager,it sent and view encrypted messages.

PUBLIC KEYS

Private keys have public keys as well which are listed above,since public keys associates with username they encrypts and view messages too and note that, public keys are not needed to be used to login on steemit.com.

Question 1: Have you retrieve all your keys on steemit?

Yes, the keys have been retrieved.

Question 2: Do you know each of these keys functions and restrictions?

Yes I know the functions of each key and i have gone futher to explain each of the keys mentioned, expecially for public keys.

Question 3:How do you plan to keep your master password?

I have copied and saved my master password offline in my hard disk, more also, i have printed a hard copy of the keys and had it documented in my files.

Question 4:Do you know how to transfer your steem token to another steem user account?

Yes,I know how to transfer my steem token to another steem users account below are the screenshots and the procedure.

Step 1

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Step 2

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Step 3

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Question 5:Do you know how to power up your STEEM?

Yes,I know how to power up my steem so,below are the screenshots and procedure

Step 1

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Step 2

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Conclusion

I'm saying a big thank you to you my friends who stood by me and gave me the moral to be encouraged doing this work.I want to sincerely appreciate @simonnwigwe who have helped and supported me to get a phone to be part of this great platform so i could earn too. May the Almighty God bless and keep you all.

Thanks for reading...

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Hi, @dave-hanny,

Your post has been supported by @juichi from the Steem Greeter Team.

This Achievement Task is very important in our Steemit journey. You need to understand clearly the different important keys and their functions in the Steemit wallet. Be sure to store your keys safely. For the latest updates and important announcements, don't forget to follow @steemitblog and visit the Steemit Crypto Academy for you to learn about cryptocurrency.

You have been verified for this task and you may now proceed to Achievement 3: Content Etiquette at your convenience. Please refer to the guide on the Newcomers Achievement Program on the Notice Board pinned post. For the latest updates and important announcements, don't forget to follow @steemitblog and visit the Steemit Crypto Academy for you to learn about cryptocurrency.

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