Achievement 2 task: Basic security on steem by @jaywise mentored by @cryptokannon

Hello steemit pals,

Trust you all had amazing weekend? Am giving my achievement 2 post on steemit a trial today and I plead you to work with me.

Well, achievement 2 task in steemit borders on security. Yes, for every platform that users have assets locked in emphasis are greatly placed on security and steemit platform is not an exemption.

Security in steemit implies keeping ones account air tight to avoid being a victim of hijackers. Knowing fully well that the steemit platform reward its users with TRX, steem and SBD for producing quality contents and these rewards are locked in user's wallet. For this reason, there became a need to emphasize on preserving those keys given to users upon registration to avoid loosing these rewards to hackers.

Some of these keys are:

• Posting key
• Active key
• Memo key
• Owners key. To mention but a few.

I will briefly DESCRIBE the function of each of these keys which are

• Posting key:
  This is basically used to carry out login activity as well as making a post, editing the post, commenting on another user post, voting another user post etc. It is very significant key as far as steemit is concerned as a user loosing this key is equivalent to loosing his or her account.

• Active key:

This key is also important as far as our earnings in steemit is concerned. For example, we use this key to move funds from one wallet to another and also for power ups and mainly transfer of funds. So, imagine a user losses this key to a hacker, his assets could be moved within a twinkle of an eye.

• Memo key:

This key is also useful as it is used to decrypt and encrypt data with regards to transfer of assets.

• Owners key:

This is a more important key because every other key could be changed or configured using this key. It is the last resort that users have whenever they lose any of their keys.

So, I will be answering the following questions:

Have you retrieved all your keys on steemit?

yes, I have. I did as soon as I concluded my registration process.

Do you Know each of these keys functions and restrictions?

Ans: yes, I do. From what I explained earlier that can be seen.

How do you plan to keep your master password?

By offline storage and by online using hard drive and writing it down somewhere in my diary.

Do you Know how to transfer your steem token to another steem user account?

Ans: yes, I do. You can see that below.

Firstly go to your wallet, then to steem, click on the drop down arrow, and then transfer.

A new page will open up where you need to put in the necessary details like the account name you wish to transfer the address to, the quantity of assets and click NEXT.

Do you know how to power your steem?

yes, I do. You can see below.

Still go to your wallet and then steem and from the drop down arrow, you click on power up.

A new page pops up where you need to improve the amount of steem you wish to power up and then click on POWER UP.

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