Almost all actions of your VIZ account (awards, transfers, voting) will be visible to curious and technically competent people. The VIZ blockchain is open-ended, this is not a mistake, it is intended that way. Behave yourself even if you are anonymous. Sooner or later, someone will probably find out who owns your account and will see the entire history of your actions. Or, stay anonymous and try not to reveal your identity.

I will a good boy! (But it isn’t exactly).

Your capital and liquid viz coins are stored electronically on the blockchain. No one except you (or the one who knows your keys) can do anything with them: not only transfer them somewhere, but also “freeze”, “block”, “lose”, “not delegate”, etc., as banks or law enforcement officers sometimes do. At the same time, if a bad person finds out your account key and steals your coins, no one will return them to you. Blockchain is not a bank, you have complete control over your assets and are fully responsible for them. There is no one to complain to.

Cruelly, but fair!

About keys in brief. Key with user’s terms of reference is something like a password, but with restrictions on how to use it. When creating an account, you’ll receive four different keys (in general, there are more of them in VIZ, but the rest are needed only for very advanced users). The keys can’t be created on your own, they are generated by a special algorithm, look like very long lines of letters and numbers and start with 5.

A regular key allows you to reward other users, write information to the blockchain, change account data and vote for apps in VIZ DAO Fund. This is the most harmless key, it’s impossible to do much damage with it. Therefore, it’s usually used in apps.

The active key does everything that the regular one, but in addition, it allows you to manage your assets- viz coins in the wallet and social capital (as well as vote for delegates of the VIZ blockchain). If an attacker knew your active key, he can quickly and irrevocably steal coins from your wallet and enable the reduction of social capital. This key can only be used in a very small number of apps that you trust as much as possible.

The owner key - the master key, allows you to do whatever you want with your account, as well as change other keys in case of their loss or compromise (or just for prevention). It’s better never use the master key and store it in multiple copies in very secure places. It’s needed only in extreme cases - when you need to change other keys after they have been compromised or when you give your account to another person.

A memo key encrypts messages that can be added to awards, transfers, and some other transactions. Usually, notes are created and stored on the blockchain in the clear, but some apps make them incomprehensible to strangers. If someone finds out your note key, he can read all your secret messages.

Don’t worry about the regular key, look after the active ones, keep the master one in the safe!

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