Achievement 2 by @eliany|| Basic security on Steemit|| mentorship by @cryptokannon

in Newcomers' Community3 years ago

Security generally refers to the state of being free from danger or threat. In this contest, basic security on steem refers to how i can protect my steem account as a newbies so that my account safe and free from hackers.

HAVE YOU RETRIEVED ALL YOUR KEYS ON STEEMIT?

I can affirmatively answer YES that I have retrieved all my keys on steemit. Because immediately i signed up, i was provided with my master password which i used and went to my steemit.com wallet and retrieved all my keys.

DO YOU KNOW EACH OF THESE KEY FUNCTIONS AND RESTRICTIONS

YES I KNOW

Below is a summary of their functions:

  1. Master password - Master password is the password you get upon signing up and is used to generate all other keys. After that, it is stored in a safe place and should only be used when you are going through your account recovery.

  2. Posting key - Posting key is used to publish a post or comment, edit a post or comment, upvote or downvote, reteem content, follow people, mute accounts. It is used to login into your steem account more often.

  3. Active key - This is used to transfer tokens, power steem up or down, converting steem dollars, vote for witnesses, place an order or an exchange, perform certain profile changes, publish a witness price feed.

  4. Owner key - Owner key is used to reset all the keys including Owner key, Posting key and Active key; recover your account, decline voting rights. It is the most powerful key.

  5. Memo key - Memo key is used to send an encrypted message, view an encrypted message.

HOW DO YOU PLAN TO KEEP YOUR MASTER PASSWORD

Since it is very important to keep the master password safe because it is used to derive all keys for one's steem account. I plan to store an offline copy in a digital offline storage such as a flash drive or write them down on my note, keeping it safe away from people view so that my token cannot escape without my knowledge and I've done that already.

DO YOU KNOW HOW TO TRANSFER YOUR STEEM TOKEN TO ANOTHER STEEM USER ACCOUNT?

Yes very well.

Below are the steps below:

  • Login to your steem account using your
    username and posting key
    -Click on your image at top right,
    -Click on wallet next to logout,
    it takes you to your steem wallet,
    -Sign in with your username and active key and
    click login.
    -Upon logging in,click on the drop down arrow
    close to steem and select transfer.

See image below

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-Type in the username of the account user you
are transferring to,
-Type in the amount and click next

See image below

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-Click on Next to confirm the transaction.

DO YOU KNOW HOW TO POWER UP YOUR STEEM?

YES

Power up is a process where by steem can be converted to steem power.
This is easily done from the wallet environment too.

Steps are as follow;

-When you click on the drop down arrow close
to steem,
-Select power up;

see image below

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-Type in the amount in the box provided

  • Click power up.

See image below;

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I am so grateful to @cryptokannon, @focusnow and @ngoenyi for their assistance to me as a newbies

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