Repost of ACHIEVEMENT 2 : BASIC SECURITY ON STEEMIT written by @shedrackmaiyayi

in hive-172186 •  3 years ago  (edited)

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Good day wonderful people of steemit! I hope you are all doing good.I am so glad to proceed with my next achievement after being verified on the first achievement.

BASIC SECURITY ON STEEMIT
Security: can simply be seen as protection or guard of valuables, secrets against danger,exposure or being lost.

In steemit we have different types of securities (keys) that helps the users in protecting their valuables in the steemit and also keeps them in charge of their account. The keys are as follows

Posting key
Active key
Owner key
Memo key

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I will like to explain the uses of each key

POSTING KEY
Posting key is used in publishing a post or comment,to also edit a post or comment, to upvote or downvote,to resteem content(re_sharing of post),and to follow other users.

ACTIVE KEY
Active Key is used in Transferring tokens,Power STEEM up or down,Voting for witnesses, Placing order on an exchange,also profile changing,in publishing a Witness price feed and to Create a new user.

OWNER KEY
Owner Key is used in Resetting Owner, Active, and Posting keys, to Recover your account, and also in Declining the voting rights.

MEMO KEY
Memo key is used in sending an encrypted messagese(secured informations)and in viewing an encrypted message.

MASTER KEY
From the name Master, you should know that these is the overall key,it is the most important key and the first key being given to the users to derive all the keys(mentioned above) for their account. Just as the key implies master key,it controls the whole account.

HOW I SAVED MY STEEMIT KEYS.
After i downloaded the PDF containing my STEEMIT KEYS,I backed it up on Google drive I made a copy of it(written) and kept it safely.

HOW TO TRANSFER STEEM TO ANOTHER'S ACCOUNT.
Step 1: You click on your STEEM wallet

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Step 2: You then click to sign in with your active key

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Step 3: you sign in with your user name and your active key
First you Log in to your account using your username and your active key password.Go to your STEEM wallet,You then click on the small arrow beside the Steem balance and then select transfer(among the options listed)
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Put the name of the user you want to transfer to, then the amount you want to transfer and confirm it.Then you are good.

HOW TO TRANSFER STEEM DOLLARS TO ANOTHER'S ACCOUNT.
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you Log in to your account using your username and your active key password.Go to your STEEM wallet,You then click on the small arrow beside the Steem balance and then select transfer(among the options listed).

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Put the name of the user you want to transfer to, then the amount you want to transfer and confirm it.Then you are good

HOW TO POWER UP
Liquid STEEM can be transferred to SP(STEEM power)This very process is called POWER UP.
You will go to your wallet then click on STEEM,then options will be listed for you,
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click on the POWER UP
Step2: put the amount of steem you want to power up

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and then your Steem will convert into steem power and this process is known as POWERING UP Your STEEM.Steem Power gives you larger influence in steemit,the more power you have,the more beneficial you become on steemit.

CONCLUSION.
Just know that the more you secure your account here,the safer your account will become and also make sure you save your KEYS in places you can always retrieve, because the key is what keeps you in control of your account and the earnings.I hope this will help us
Thank you

Here is a link to the first post that got expired
https://steemit.com/hive-172186/@shedrackmaiyayi/6x43hm-achievement-2-basic-security-on-steemit-written-by-shedrackmaiyayi

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@xkool24 Greetings sir
Here's my achievement 2 kindly review and verify

@lovveday greetings sir
Here's my achievement 2 kindly review and verify

Please correct the tag #achievement2.

  ·  3 years ago (edited)

Congratulations your achievement has been verified by greeter fairy @ashkhan and now you can proceed to your next achievement.

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Hi, @shedrackmaiyayi,

Your post has been supported by the the Steem Greeter Team.

Thank you for sharing
I will try my best and participate