Achievement 2 @ronindboss Task : Basic Security

in Newcomers' Community3 years ago (edited)

Hello, Dear Steemian Community! my sincere greetings to everyone and it's my pleasure to be part of this great platform. Within a week of joining this platform, I have developed a great interest to this platform and willing to participate in all it activities...

I'll continue my steemit career by writing my Achievement2 post.

Link to my achievement1 https://steemit.com/hive-172186/@ronindboss/achievement-1-by-ronindboss-in-newcomers-community

BASIC SECURITY ON STEEM

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These are the basic keys given to steem users and their functions.

POSTING KEY
Posting key is used to publish a post, comment, Edit a post or comment, Upvote or downvote, Resteem content, Follow people and to Mute available accounts.

ACTIVE KEY
Active Key is used to Transfer tokens, to Power STEEM up or down, SBD conversion, Vote for witnesses, Place an order on an exchange, Certain profile changes, Publish a Witness price feed and to Create a new user.

OWNER KEY
Owner Key is used to, Reset Owner, Active, and Posting keys, to Recover your account, and Decline the voting rights.

MEMO KEY
Memo key is used to send an encrypted/encoded message and to view an encrypted message.

MASTER KEY
Master key is the most important key and the first one given to the user to Obtain all the keys for the account. As the name of the key suggests, master key, that key is the master of that account or the one who knows it.

How to transfer Steem to another account

Step 1:
Log in to your account using username and active key password.

Step 2:
Click on the small arrow beside the Steem balance and then select transfer.

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Step 3:
Put the amount you want to transfer, the receiver user name, amount and memo then you click next

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Step 4:
then enter your key then click ok.

Step 5:
confirm it and your tokens Will be transferred.

How to power up

We can transfer liquid Steem to steem power and this process is called power up.

Step 1: Go to wallet and click to the steem and this interface will open.

Step 2: Click to the power up

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Step 3: Put in the amount of steem you want to be converted then click power up, then your Steem will be converted into steem power.

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This process is called powering up your Steem. With more steem power you have more influence in the platform .

How to power down

This can be done to transfer steem power to liquid steem .
Step 1: Go to wallet.
Step 2: click the arrow close to steem power.
Step 3: you will see an option to power down then click it.

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Step 4: Put in the amount of steem you want then click power down.

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Step 5: you will be asked to provide a key (active key or master key ) Fill it in with either one of them.

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Step 5:Then click sign in and you've successful powered down.

Do you have a backup on the Keys to steemit?

Yes, I have other storage facilities where I save my keys such as offline USB storage, WhatsApp and Google drive.

Thanks for reading all the way...

Special thanks to...
@swaylee
@whitestallion
@cryptokannon

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 3 years ago 

Hello @ronindboss , you have explained theoretically how to both transfer and power-up but did not put all required screenshots to that effect. Kindly include screenshots.

Thanks,

 3 years ago 

I'll do that soon... Thanks for the reminder

 3 years ago 

I've added d screenshots.. thanks 😊

Hi @ronindboss

Congratulations, your achievement 2 is verified.

You can advance and complete Achievement 3 and meet its requirements to continue advancing and increase the opportunity to receive support from Steem Greeters and be eligible to apply for 500 SP minnowsupport.

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 3 years ago 

Thank you very much.

 3 years ago 

Security is an essential part of steemit as if we let our keys get lost or stolen we would lose total access to our accounts and that won't be desirable after all the hardwork

Hello. You need to attach the link to your achievement 1 to be verified. Friday, October 1st, 2021.

#onepercent #venezuela #affable

 3 years ago 

I've done that.. thanks

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