Achievement 2- Basic Steemit Security

in hive-172186 •  3 years ago 

Achievement 2 is an achievement that is used to educate steemian on security of accounts which is what each key on the platform stands for and how to prevent your account from hackers.

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HAVE YOU OBTAINED AND SAVED ALL YOUR PASSWORD FROM STEEMIT ?

Yes all my keys have been retrieve and I keep it safe, by locking it online in my wps cloud account which can only be access by me

DO YOU KNOW ALL THE RESTRICTIONS AND USE OF YOUR STEEMIT KEYS ?

Posting key

This key is been used to be able to login both my steemit account, I also used it to steemit wallet account, this key is also use to do voting, snd coming on an individual post too etc.

Private Active key

The private key is a key that is used when an individual want to run a transaction which may be transferring of steem and powering up or down of steem, it is a very important key in the platform.

Owner Key

The owner key is a key in steemit platform which is used to change others keys in the platform for security purposes.

Memo Key

This key is the key that is been used in stating what you want to do with the fund you are transferring if it is rewarded from contest or gift.

Master key

The master key is the type of key in steemit that is being used in getting others keys, it is the first key that I encounter and I used it in downloading other key, we can use it also to complete transaction.

HOW DO YOU PLAN TO KEEP ALL YOUR STEEMIT MASTER KEYS SAFE ?

As earlier said the master key is a key that once gotten it means your account is at risk of hacking and so to keep it safe, by locking it online in my wps cloud account which can only be access by me

DO YOU KNOW HOW TO TRANSFER STEEM TO ANOTHER ACCOUNT

Yes,

  • Step 1
    Go to wallet, using your positing key

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  • Step 2
    Here, is the home page of the steemit wallet after accessing it.
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  • step 3
    In this step, you proceed by clicking on the arrow near steem figure and after that you click transfer

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  • step 4
    Here, the receiver account details, amount transfer and memo is needed here
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  • step 5
    To complete transaction, you will be required to put your master key or private active key

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DO YOU KNOW HOW TO POWER UP?

Yes:

  • Step1
    Go to wallet with your posting key

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  • Step2
    click on the arrow and select powerup

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  • Step 3
    Here you will be required to put the steem that you want to power up

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  • Step 4
    Enter the private key to complete transaction

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Thank you

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You have completed this achievement task. Congratulations. Keep your keys safe. Make sure to have a back up in case you loose your keys. You are free now to proceed to the next task. @gideon34

Hi, @gideon34,

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