ACHIEVEMENT 2: BASIC SECURITY ON STEEMIT by @elvis101

in Newcomers' Community3 years ago

Greetings great steemians

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Security is one of the most important features in any online platform today as hackers can take advantage of the carelessness of internet users to either steal their information , identity and even money. Having taken out time to judiciously read on the basic security on steemit which was adequately understood, Without wasting much time, i would go ahead to present on steem security in details. According to Wikipedia, security is the freedom from, or resilience against potential harm (or other unwanted coercive change) caused by others. Beneficiaries (technically referrents) of security may be of persons and social groups, objects and institutions, ecosystems or any other entity or phenomenon vulnerable to unwanted change.
Having understood the above definitions, some follow up, questions would be asked below.

Question 1.
"Have you retrieved all your keys on steemit"?

Answer.
Yes i have retrieved all my keys, i saved them in a place i consider safe enough

Question 2.
"Do you know each of these keys functions and restrictions"?

Answer.
Yes i do and the keys include:

Posting key: this key functions when logging in, it allows posting, voting, commenting and other social activities.

Active Key: this key is for transaction purpose, for example, transferring steem from one user to another.

Master key: this key is formed from every other key. It is the most important and powerful key just as the name implies, it can change all keys. It is used when trying to recover a lost account

Memo key: it is used for encryption and decryption of memos

Public key: it is used to go through transactions

Note: No key is less important, all keys should be kept safe

How do you intend to keep your master password?

Answer.
All my keys are in a PDF file that i downloaded and is stored securely somewhere.

Question 4.
"Do you know how to transfer steem token to steem user" ?

Answer
Yes i can do it, it’s very easy if you follow the step below
Go to your profile, click on wallet, your balances would appear, after which you need to click on the drop down men. You would get options that look like the ones in the picture, then click on transfer. Then input the user name of the person you want to transfer to and his memo code then click on next. After clicking on next you would be required to input your active key in order to finalize the transaction. Once you do so, the steem would be sent within few minutes.
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Question 5.
"Do you know how to power up your steem" ?

Answer. Yes it is simple too. Visit your wallet, click on steem, a drop down menu would apear where you would find a "power up" option, click on it.
After clicking on it, an interface would appear. It looks like the one below. Just input the number of steem you want to power up, then click on power up. That way you have powered up your steem and it helps gains influence on the platform

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Thank you for your time.

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 3 years ago 

Congratulations !

You have successfully completed achievment 2 task on "Basic Security on Steem". You can now proceed to Achivement 3 : Content Etiquette.

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 3 years ago 

Thank you for your attention

 3 years ago 

Hi, @elvis101,

Your post has been supported by @bright-obias from the Steem Greeter Team.

 3 years ago 

Alright, well appreciated

 3 years ago 

Nice to see your post you done it beautyfuly keep in touch to the #steem and my post on this is on the link
https://steemit.com/hive-172186/@chamman/h1achievement-02-by-chamman-basic-securityh1

 3 years ago 

thanks for your vote

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