ACHIEVEMENT 2 @Osinda❤️ TASK: BASIC SECURITY FOR POSTING(The Essential Keys You Must Keep Safe)

Just as the keys to the various doors in your house gives you access to your room, that's the same way the keys for your steemit account gives you access to the account. What makes you the owner of the account is not just your account name, but the basic security keys that helps one to control the activities of the account.

There are five 🖐🏾 keys that helps one to regulate his/her activities on this steemit platform. The boss of it all is the Master password. As the name goes, the master password acts as the mother and it is from this key that the rest of the keys are born. It is from the master password that the password of the account is generated. In the wrong hands, that third party can take control over the account and the individual might not be able to regain it.

The second key is the Posting key. This is the key that I will say, does most of the work on the steemit platform. With this key, the owner of the account is able to vote for friends, comment on pieces, edit contents, post write ups, resteem, follow favorite people and or preferably, mute others on the platform. You see? I told you this particular key does most of the work. For an account owner to to enjoy the day to day activities on this platform, the person will find him/herself using this key quite a lot.

Third on my list is the Active key. Yep, the Active key. It's use to power up or down transactions, transfer funds, vote for witnesses, place a market order or update your profile details. It is what actually makes you active on the network.

Step for powering up or down your steem.

To power up, you must go through the step below;

1. Search for the login steemit wallet on Google and tap on it to access.

2. Enter you posting key as demand to access your account.

3. Tap on Wallet at the of screen.

4. Details of your account will appear, then tap on the navigation button.

5. A pop up menu will appear then you tap on power up which is second among the list if items.
   

6. Enter the amount you want to power up.

7.Press on power up to power up.

To Power down,

1. Follow the same steps to access your account details.
2. Tap on the navigation button close to the steem power details.

4.Tap on power down as it appears on the pop up menu.
5.Enter the amount to power down making sure you leave more than 5 steem as instructed.

6.Then, power down.

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Owner key is the fourth one and it use is magnificent. When one looses his account to a third party, it is the owner key that the account user will use to recover the account. The owner key holds the power to change other keys and so, must be kept safe.

The last key is the memo key. It use is simple, for encrypting and decrypting messages or memos.

Every key given is important and has a unique function as stated above. Account users must retrieve their keys and keep it safe by downloading it on a drive just as I've done. As we continue to steem on, let's make sure we power up our steem by clicking the arrow beside the numbers at the steem power section and choose power up to do the needful.

Individuals can also use their unique key to transfer steem to other accounts when necessary. Here on steemit, your key is your power. Please handle them well and enjoy your stay here on steemit 😉

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