Greetings everyone, today we would be learning about hive keys, the different types of hive keys and how & why you should keep your keys safe.
Just like the bank makes sure a lot of security measures are in place to keep your money safe, we also have to do that with our hive passwords (also known as hive keys), but unlike some banks that loses their money to robbers even after implementing those security measures, our hive keys will be forever safe if we follow the steps here today.
Hive has four keys.
Master key : The most powerful key on the hive blockchain.
Active key : The second most powerful key on the hive blockchain.
Posting key : This is the most common key in the hive blockchain.
Memo Key : This is the most rarely used key as it doesn’t have much importance.
How to locate your hive keys
First of all, I will be directing every one of you on how to find your hive keys using hive.blog.
The first thing to do after logging into hive, is to go to your Wallet, then click on Keys and Permission after which you would find all of your keys along with the access each keys has. The screenshots below will help give you all better understanding.
Steps
** Open Wallet**
Click on Keys and Permission
Click on “Reveal” and you will see your Keys. Below the “Reveal” Button is the Permission each keys has.
How to keep your keys safe
Now when it comes to keeping your keys safe, you have to
Make sure you don’t give anyone your keys : Your keys are yours and shouldn’t be shared with anyone, that’s why they are called “Private keys”
Avoid clicking on any link that requires you to input your Keys before you access them : Aside from logging into your account or transacting on your wallet, nothing else on hive would require you input your private keys before gaining access to it, so make sure when you see things like that (also known as phishing links) you stay far away from them.
Go old school : The best way to protect your hive keys is to write it down, not on your phone or some app that saves passwords but to write it down on paper, yup, complete old school. And I know it can be stressful having to copy a password with random numbers and letters when you need them, but it’s better for it to be stressful than for it to be hacked and lost.
Well that would be all for today on securing your hive keys, we will meet some other time where you will be taught on what hive power is and how to power up your hive.
Also, everyone between the rep of 25-59 has to write about the basic security of Hive from your own understanding & learning from this post and it has to be nothing less than 200 words. Try to cover the below points when you are making a separate post for passing Stage 2's first task :-
How much do you know about the security keys of Hive?
Do you have enough idea about the importance of these keys?
Do you know how to locate security keys of Hive?
What are the functions/permissions of each keys and explain them?
What measures have you taken to keep your keys safe?
You can write more & share your knowledge if you already have enough idea about the importance of the security keys so that others can learn from your post.
Make sure to include the tags #hl-blog #stage-02 as your first two tags in your post.
Goodbye for now.
I try to make stage_02 very well
Hello there @ahleap I see you're new on hive and have done your Introductory post. Well in other for you to participate in our community's stage 2, you have to first verify yourself on our discord server which is the stage 1.
Here's a link to our discord server for you to verify yourself : https://discord.gg/ByK6j5dnNc
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A very clear explanation @prayzz.
Hopefully everybody can understand better, and also to Stage 02 his will run smoothly.
Thank you @prayzz, very detailed explanation of various hive keys, really useful for us beginners in hive. At first, I was personally confused by the number of keys in the hive, but if we look at it from a security perspective, our hive account will be very strong.
If I'm going to make this stage 2 post, about the hive lock and its security, does it have to be accompanied by a photo as well? And what photo?
Insightful post and easily explained
I have made the post
Well...
I try to make Stage-02 post.
Very useful knowledge. Thank you my ister.
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For some reason my keys don't work in the "Hive Keychain" (needed for the 2nd task). Anyhow, my homework is at https://hive.blog/hl-blog/@fernandoylet/esporeng-hive-tiene-seguridad-web3-amigable-or-hive-has-user-friendly-web3-securty
Hey @prayzz my reputation is 60+ id ont know the reason why I am unverified in your community can you please help me !!???
You have the "member" tag next to your username so you're verified.
You can still come over to our discord server to sort out whatever issues you may have in the future. https://discord.gg/ByK6j5dnNc
Thank you sir
My post on first task of stage-02
https://peakd.com/hive-153850/@blissfash/hive-security-keys-and-their-functions
hello dear friends of this great community today I bring the link of my publication of task 2, in which we learn the use and importance of the keys in hive
https://hive.blog/hive-153850/@crisch23/eng-esp-stage-02-importance-and-use-of-security-keys-in-hive-written-by-crisch23-ing-esp-etapa-02-importancia-y-uso-de-las
hola queridos amigos de esta grandiosa comunidad hoy traigo el link de mi publicacion de la tarea 2, en el cual aprendemos el uso y la importancia de las claves en hive
https://hive.blog/hive-153850/@crisch23/eng-esp-stage-02-importance-and-use-of-security-keys-in-hive-written-by-crisch23-ing-esp-etapa-02-importancia-y-uso-de-las
https://hive.blog/hive-153850/@crisch23/eng-esp-stage-02-importance-and-use-of-security-keys-in-hive-written-by-crisch23-ing-esp-etapa-02-importancia-y-uso-de-las
@prayzz finish making my first task post.
https://peakd.com/hive-153850/@fabiano2/learning-how-to-use-the-hive-security-keys-and-how-to-keep-them-safe
@prayzz
my task link: https://hive.blog/hive-153850/@abdul01/stage-02-hive-keys-and-security-by-abdul01
Hello dear friends, this is the
publication of my stage-02 first task on hive keys and it's security
https://peakd.com/hive-153850/@queenpriscilla/stage-02-hive-security-keys-and-its-functions
This is a wonderful post about hive keychain. This is important to save for hive journey. Nicely explained