Achievement 2 | Basic Security On Steemit by @samarthgupta24

Good day all!! I hope we all are good and healthy . I have completed my acheivement 1 task in the newcomers cummunity and now i am doing my second task which emphasize the basic security.

Steemit is a decentralized website . As we all know which means there is no team working on passwords or retervieng them so its important for us to know all the keys and passwords and what they are for.

I will be answering a few question and i will include tutorial too..

Question1:

Have you retrieved all your keys from steemit ?

Answer:

Yes, I have retrieved my keys and i have also saved it on google drive, a pdf file and email.

Question2:

Do you know each of these key functions and restrictions?

Answer:

Yes I know. The keys are special and they serve their own specific purposes .

The keys are:

Master password :
This is very powerful key and it used to generate all the keys including the owner keys . This is kept private.

Posting key :
This key allows you to log in your account and take several actions like creating post, commenting, following and mute all other accounts.

Active key :
The active key allow you to perform transaction such as transfering funds to other accounts, powering up and down and to convert steam dollars .

Private owner key :
This key is very important and it can be used only when it is neccesary because it can change any of the key listed above.

Memo key :
The memo key is very useful for encrypt and decrypt memos when performing transactions such as transfering funds .

Question 3:

How do you plan to keep your master password ?

Answer:

I have saved my master password to my google drive account, my pdf and in emails and they are all are guarded with the password in order to deny anyone access expect me it is also written in my jotter and kept hidden in a very safe place.

Question 4:

Do you know how we transfer our steem token to another steem token account ?

Answer:

Yes i do and i am going to give a pictorial demonstartion how to do it .
Firstly you go to your wallet. For this click on your profile icon and then select wallet which is shown below.

Then click the figure under steem ( underlined yellow ), which show how many steem token you have .

Then click on the transfer option which is circled in image below:

After you click it, a box will appear as shown below and Then type in the name of the users you are transfering to.You will be required to use a key to confirm and transcation and that will be your active key.

Question 5:

Do you know how to power up your steem ?

Answer:

Yes i do and i will drop pictorial demonstration below still under your wallet click on steam ( underline blue )

A list of option appear. In the options, select power up ( underlined blue )

A box will appear. After that, input the amount of steam that you want to power up and click power up.