ACHIEVEMENT 2: BASIC SECURITY ON THE STEEM BLOCKCHAIN @LADYOFPOLICY||MENTOR BY @CRYPTOKANNON

in Newcomers' Community3 years ago (edited)

Hello everyone!!
@Cryptokannon,@focusnow,@kadosh2340 and the amazing team members @SteemAlive.. I really want to appreciate you all for all the time and effort you put in guiding us.
I must confess,am super happy to be a part of this amazing community and today i will be completing my Achievement 2 task.

It is of great important that every user of STEEMIT blockchain platform understands the basic security measures on STEEMIT blockchain platform. Security consciousness and precautions are highly required to secure our tokens and passwords to avoid fraud and all source of illegal cyber insecurities.
It is very important as a user of STEEMIT blockchain account,you should be very detailed about your privte account passwords because in this platform,a lot of security codes are required for each transaction. Your account is personal to you and therefore you should not share any of your details with a third party because once you lose your account,you cant retrieve it especially your PRIVATE MASTER PASSWORD AND PRIVATE OWNER PASSWORD.
Be warn!!!!!

THE FIVE KEYS IN STEEMIT BLOCKCHAIN PLATFORM AND THEIR FUNCTIONS ON YOUR ACCOUNT.

THE PRIVATE POSTING KEY/PASSWORD

Just as the name implies,it is used on your personal account for posting of contents,upvoting and downvoting,commenting,editing of posts and t follow or mute other accounts.

PRIVATE ACTIVE KEY/PASSWORD

This particular key gives you access toyour wallet.For each transaction you carry out on your wallet,PRIVATE ACTIVE PASSWORD gives you the access like When you update your profile,power up and down transaction,transfer of funds,witness voting,conversion of steem dollar and placement of market orders.

PRIVATE MEMO PASSWORD

It is used to send an encrypted message and also used to view encrypted message sent to you privately.

THE TWO MAJOR PRIVATE KEYS/PASSWORDS

•RIVATE OWNER PASSWORD.
•PRIVATE MASTER PASSWORD.

PRIVATE OWNER PASSWORD

It is the most essential password amongst all the other passwords mentioned earlier. It is used to retrieve any compromised account and it changes every other password on your account including the MASTER PASSWORD. It is very important that every user should save his or her password in a safe place preferably both online (google drive or gmail) and offline either in a flash drive or in a printed copy.

PRIVATE MASTER PASSWORD

This is used to generate every other password including the PRIVATE OWNER PASSWORD.
Never let your password get into a third party website else your account can be tampered with and you wont be able to recover it. Secure your account to avoid losing this valuable treasure.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

• Do you have all your passwords safe and secured?
Ans. Yes i do,I saved them both offline and online.

•Do you know all the five keys and their funtions as a STEEMIT blockchain user?

Ans. Yes of course,I took out my time to study and master the keys with their funtions.

•If you disclose your key to a third party,what will happen to your account?

Ans. Don't even think of it because once you lose your details to a third party it can cause you losing your account forever and you can't recover it,please protect your keys.

•Do you know how to transfer your steem token to steem user account,if yes explain with pictures.

Ans. Yes
•Go to your profile
•Click on steem wallet
•Click on steem balance
•Click on transfer and you will get this...

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• Can you power up your steem?, if yes explain.
Ans. Yes
•Click on profile
•Click on wallet
•Click on steem balance
•Select power up

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Input amount and Click on power up

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CONCLUSION

•NEVER LOSEOR DISCLOSE YOUR PASSWORDS.

•ONCE LOST,ITS LOST FOREVER,YOU CAN'T RECOVER IT SO BE CAREFUL AN PROTECT IT LIKE A PRICELESS JEWELRY.

•ALWAYS BACKUP YOUR PASSWORD.

•ALWAYS POWER UP YOUR 100% FOR MORE PROFIT.

•STORE YOUR PASSWORD BOTH ONLINE AND OFFLINE.

THANKS A LOT @steemalive.

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This is so amazing..

Detailed and a great information... Thanks for this..

 3 years ago 

Thanks,am glad I made a little point

You did very well making this post. It makes us understand the purpose of being security conscious, and being able to keep our keys safely. Nice one.

 3 years ago 

You've done well in explaining the concept of keys in @steemit and how useful and powerful they are, I hope you will keep your keys safe always

 3 years ago 

Definitely I will try my best in keeping them safe

 3 years ago 

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