Too many things.To use EOS you must get an EOS account.The EOS token is a utility token that can be staked for

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In EOS Resources refer to RAM, CPU or NET. RAM is bought and sold. CPU and NET are gained by staking EOS. Some actions like claiming airdrops use RAM. Transferring tokens use CPU. The amount of CPU taken for a transaction is fixed but the CPU you get for your staked EOS depends on how busy the network is.

See more in the sections on EOS Account Management...

See more in the section on How To Use EOS...

Anyone can run the software and there are already several other active networks running the same sotware.These networks can all be accessed now usingThe main network running the EOS.IO software is called EOS or mainnet the EOS MAINNET.You can see the state of the network using anyThe eosio contract is controlled by the electeds.

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A Block Explorer is a viewer information on a blockchain. There are many EOS block explorers: bloks.io is a block explorer that features wallet and DEX functionality. eosauthority.com is a website that provides a wallet, block explorer and much more. eosflare.io is just a block explorer.

Scatter is a multi-chain wallet. get-scatter.com It works on EOS and other chains.Scatter wallet is the EOS authenticator we recommend.

The Chestahedron is the symbol for EOS: It is the first heptahedron of this configuration in the history of geometry.Created by Frank Chester

EOS isEOS is a Proof Of Stakeblockchain.If you do not know what Proof of Stake means then please see the section on "What is Crypto?".The letters EOS do not stand for anything specific.In greek mythology EOS is the Goddess of the Dawn.is the software that EOS uses.

"EOSIO is a next-generation, open-source blockchain protocol with industry-leading transaction speed and flexible utility. Introduced in May 2017, it has since been widely recognized as the first performant blockchain platform for businesses across the world."

POS stands for Proof of Stake, the next generation of crypto-currencies like EOS and the new POS style Ethereum. Consensus is acheived through voting with staked tokens on the network.

Usually refers to crypto-currency as a topic or your holdings of crypto-currency. The root word means "hidden". Crypto can be short for Cryptography, Cryptographic, a Crypto-Currency or Crypto-Asset.

Wallet Tools are what allow you to perform actions on your account using your authenticator. Authenticators Wallets will provide some tools.The Account Management sections of dApps and web sites are often called "wallets".bloks.io calls it's services a "wallet", eostoolkit calls itself a "toolkit".These Account Management "Wallets" currently provide more services than any authenticators.Wallets Tools (aka Toolkit aka Wallets) LinksFor example in bloks.io/wallet In addition to the account "wallet" which shows your balance there is an additional "wallet" section which has a tools menu :

Currently offers free account creation.Secure key storage and recovery is offered because wombat hold the keys, and ownership, of the account.

WARNING: For some reason Wombat requires you to sign in with a google account. You do not own the free EOS acount. You have an option to buy the EOS account and transfer true ownership to yourself by using your own keys.

Bancor provides you with an ETH and an EOS account they own.Bancor allows you to log in with any SMS telephone number, facebook messenger account or telegram account.You will be able to hold tokens on several networks including the EOS network. You hold EOS in a wallet that Bancor own and manage.You will still need to get your own wallet to make full use of an EOS account.

With bancor you do not create an EOS account name for yourself and you do not fully own the account. There is an option to buy the account.

There are many "wallets" that act as anThese hold yours are authenticators.Other Authenticator Wallets:

Scatter is a multi-chain wallet. get-scatter.com It works on EOS and other chains.Scatter wallet is the EOS authenticator we recommend.

Never remember a password again... A "hardware wallet" is a "hardware authenticator". It holds your keys.Blockchain as the Solution to the Insecurity of Passwords by block.one block.one News : Blockchain solution to the insecurity of passwords

Your private keys you hold for your crypto accounts are commonly refered to as your " keys". The only part of key pairs you NEED is your PRIVATE key because a public key can be regenerated from a private key if lost.

Authenticators are the programs that allow you to authenticate a transaction. For example to authorize an account to send funds you will need an authenticator with the appropriate private key for the account. Authenticators are often provided as "wallets".

Crypto accounts are called wallets. Your account is the location of your tokens and so conceptually like a physical wallet.EOS accounts have a simple username, in BTC the address is a public key.When you look up an account on ayou see the account contents.The contents of your account are said to be in your "wallet".For example communitydev

See more in the sections on EOS Account Management...

A Block Explorer is a viewer information on a blockchain. There are many EOS block explorers: bloks.io is a block explorer that features wallet and DEX functionality. eosauthority.com is a website that provides a wallet, block explorer and much more. eosflare.io is just a block explorer.

In EOS the "wallet" has 3 different aspects: Authenticators allow you to access your account (wallet) and have tools (often also called a wallet).EOS permissions are a powerfull way to control access to the wallet.

See more in the sections on Permissions...

Your private keys you hold for your crypto accounts are commonly refered to as your " keys". The only part of key pairs you NEED is your PRIVATE key because a public key can be regenerated from a private key if lost.

Wallets on the blockchain are not like physical wallets.The word WALLET is ambiguous and can mean:We are going to call all wallets that store your keys AUTHENTICATORS.

These are resources on the network. EOS is a utility token.It is used to gain access to the EOS network.This is done by STAKING EOS to get CPU and NET.How much CPU or NET you need depends on how much the network is used and how many actions you want to do.When the network is not being used much 0.1 NET and 1 EOS on CPU allow you to perform many actions.View a live and historic graph of CPU available on the network using EOS Titan Labs

RAM is a resource which is purchased with EOS tokens.You don't need to worry about it unless you max out your RAM. 1k surplus RAM is enough to cover several RAM consuming actions.When you reach close to 100% RAM usage then actions which require RAM will not work. Buy more RAM in 1k increments.You can see what is using up RAM using the RAM Usage tool from labs.dfuse.io on with the RAM Explorer inSolutions will probably emerge to assist with RAM management and let you manage your RAM usage.

WARNING The RAM price can go up and down but speculation on RAM prices in not recommended. The network will try to keep prices low so buying RAM with the goal of selling it at a high price is likely to fail.

Currently we need to manage our own resources;unstaking or staking EOS for CPU or NET and buying and selling RAM.For now, EOS users may need to manually adjust resource allocations to avoid running out of CPU, NET or RAM.

Management of resources will likely be abstracted from most users in the future. Most dApp users will not need to manage resources at all.

Remember EOS is D. Delegated Proof of, not Delegated Proof of Token.In order to use the network or vote you must have EOS Staked.1. STAKE You need to have EOS staked to use dApps or vote. Any wallet and most dApps allow you to Stake and Unstake.2. VOTE You can vote for up to 30 Block Producers. If you do not renew your vote every 7 days the effect will decay more over time.3. REX You can earn interest on your EOS by putting it in theso others can lease it.

REX allows you to lend EOS tokens and maintain ownership and voting rights.

Recommended: You can use scatter to vote for a proxy and set the vote to be renewed every 7 days.

Stake tokens to lock them up. When staked they cannot be moved. To move the tokens Unstake them. Often staked tokens receive dividends, aka passive income. There may be wait time to unstake tokens.

POS stands for Proof of Stake, the next generation of crypto-currencies like EOS and the new POS style Ethereum. Consensus is acheived through voting with staked tokens on the network.

EOS accounts can be managed fromapps and web sites.Somealso have EOS account management.Here is a picture of an EOS account information on

The EOS tokens can be in several states: Total EOS Balance is your total quantity of EOS tokens. Available shows your liquid balance;the amount you can move. Refunding shows EOS currently being un-staked. Staked shows the amount Staked to CPU NET or Others REX shows your investment in the Resource Excahnge.

dApps are Decentralized Applications.EOS dApps are the Applications that run on the EOS network.You can see a lists of active dApps at:

See more in the sections on Authenticators and Wallets...

Crypto Wallets are not like physical wallets. The term "Wallet" is ambiguous. Wallet can have several different meanings. Things will be less confusing if we have different names for them. 1. Wallets that store your keys are called AUTHENTICATORS instead of wallets. e.g. hardware wallets. 2. Wallet that provide EOS account management in the form of apps and web sites. For now EOS account managers appear to be called "wallets". These account managers are not like the authenticator kind of wallet. For example a Hardware Wallet that acts as an "authenticator" and does not provide account management functions.

Theallows you to profit by a small percentage lending out your staked EOS.If you need staked resources someone with a lot of more staked resources than they need can easily stake some of there resources to you.There are other staking or staking-like resources: stakemine.io allow you to get dividends for staking CPU or NET to a project. chintai.io is a loaning platform so you give out your EOS and get it back after some time.Here is a video on using stakemine from March 19th 2019. Earn EOS Tokens From Staking EOS by Hodl EOS Stake about 2 EOS as CPU and 0.2 EOS as NET, this should be enough. If you are doing many transactions in a short space of time or the network is very busy you may need more resources.

REX allows you to lend EOS tokens and maintain ownership and voting rights.

There are around a billion EOS tokens. These EOS tokens are only being used when they are STAKED on the network.You can "STAKE" EOS from anys and most

In EOS Resources refer to RAM, CPU or NET. RAM is bought and sold. CPU and NET are gained by staking EOS. Some actions like claiming airdrops use RAM. Transferring tokens use CPU. The amount of CPU taken for a transaction is fixed but the CPU you get for your staked EOS depends on how busy the network is.

dApps are Decentralized Applications.EOS dApps are the Applications that run on the EOS network.You can see a lists of active dApps at:

Crypto Wallets are not like physical wallets. The term "Wallet" is ambiguous. Wallet can have several different meanings. Things will be less confusing if we have different names for them. 1. Wallets that store your keys are called AUTHENTICATORS instead of wallets. e.g. hardware wallets. 2. Wallet that provide EOS account management in the form of apps and web sites. For now EOS account managers appear to be called "wallets". These account managers are not like the authenticator kind of wallet. For example a Hardware Wallet that acts as an "authenticator" and does not provide account management functions.

We support the following reward proxies:and the following regular proxies:You can use Scatter to vote for any proxy and set the vote to be automaticaly renewed every 7 days to avoid vote decay.

There is a balance in choosing who to vote for. The extremes are either to:1: Vote for the BPs you think do the best job of running the network and let them keep all of their rewards for doing so.2: Vote for the BPs that give you the highest rewards for voting regardless of how well they do their job.Initially people were generally encouraged to pursue option 1 only and to receive zero voter rewards.Most BPs are now offering some form of voter rewards.Our advice is to go with option 1 or at least to avoid option 2. Voting for the highest reward likely means voting for bad BPs and that harms the network.Please take care when selecting a reward proxy that they are not voting for bad BPs.

What is a "BAD BP"? These are block producers that are failing to perform well. They may also be "sock puppet" accounts. i.e. a BP that is held by another actor that is not honestly representing themselves.

You can vote for a proxy that will select which BPs and referendums to vote for.You can research BPs and proxies at alohaeos.com Smart proxies can assign votes to more than 30 BPs using a contract to periodicaly changing their vote allocations.

Why Vote? The purpose of voting is to determing who runs the network. One motivation is to vote for those that do the best job of running the network. The other motivation is to vote is for the most rewards. It may be tempting to vote for whomever pays you the most to vote. Generally called "selling your vote". However a badly run network could lead to many problems including a lower price. If you own tokens on an exchange then the exchange may use them to vote and gain rewards that should be yours, they also may not care about voting for good BPs.

You must have EOS tokensd to vote.Votes count for Block Producers and Referendums:

Votes decide which 21s run the EOS network. You can choose up to 30 to vote for yourself.Referendums are proposals for changes to the network. Anyone can propose a change.If a referendum proposal receives enough votes the Block Producers will enact the approved changes.Researching and keeping up to date with BPs and referendums can be complicated and time consuming.

Stake tokens to lock them up. When staked they cannot be moved. To move the tokens Unstake them. Often staked tokens receive dividends, aka passive income. There may be wait time to unstake tokens.

You can see the value in any EOSSell REX tokens back for EOS at any time when they are matured and unstaked. chintai.io allows you to do a lend or borrow at a fixed percentage for 7, 14 or 28 days.

Crypto Wallets are not like physical wallets. The term "Wallet" is ambiguous. Wallet can have several different meanings. Things will be less confusing if we have different names for them. 1. Wallets that store your keys are called AUTHENTICATORS instead of wallets. e.g. hardware wallets. 2. Wallet that provide EOS account management in the form of apps and web sites. For now EOS account managers appear to be called "wallets". These account managers are not like the authenticator kind of wallet. For example a Hardware Wallet that acts as an "authenticator" and does not provide account management functions.

Use anyto move EOS into REX.These sites explain and allow you to buy REX: eosauthority.com has a good interface. eosrex.io was set up by the community.To protect your REX tokens from being moved if your account is compromised you canyour REX tokens into a savings account.It takes 4 days to unstake the REX. This allows time to regain control over an account using an owner key.

See more in the sections on using seperate ACTIVE and OWNER keys...

Stake tokens to lock them up. When staked they cannot be moved. To move the tokens Unstake them. Often staked tokens receive dividends, aka passive income. There may be wait time to unstake tokens.

To put EOS into REX it must be staked and you must vote. Some wallets may stake and vote for their own proxy when you buy REX. Please make sure you choose the proxy to vote for.

Crypto Wallets are not like physical wallets. The term "Wallet" is ambiguous. Wallet can have several different meanings. Things will be less confusing if we have different names for them. 1. Wallets that store your keys are called AUTHENTICATORS instead of wallets. e.g. hardware wallets. 2. Wallet that provide EOS account management in the form of apps and web sites. For now EOS account managers appear to be called "wallets". These account managers are not like the authenticator kind of wallet. For example a Hardware Wallet that acts as an "authenticator" and does not provide account management functions.

Accounts require only a small amount ofd EOS to perform actions the remainder can be lent out because you are not using it.Theallows you to profit by a small percentage for allowing others to use your staked EOS.Others can lease these resources from REX at 30 day intervals.REX allows you to lend staked EOS and maintain ownership and voting rights.The EOS value of your REX balance is included in your account balance along with liquid and staked EOS.When you put EOS into REX you buy REX token with EOS value.

REX allows you to lend EOS tokens and maintain ownership and voting rights.

Stake tokens to lock them up. When staked they cannot be moved. To move the tokens Unstake them. Often staked tokens receive dividends, aka passive income. There may be wait time to unstake tokens.

is an EOS sister chain that uses the TLOS token and now has REX.TELOS REX (T-REX) launched August 2019.You can stake using bloks.io in the same way as EOS.OR Sqrl Wallet Telos REX Guide guide on medium.com by EOS Miami Short SQRL Wallet Instructions:

Get REX using liquid TLOS:OR to get REX using staked TLOS:

Anyone can issue a token with their own contract.Tokens other than the main EOS token can use the eosio contract.Most tokens use their own custom contract.The contract name is always listed with the token name in everyCryptolions is creating a simple assets multi-sig to solve the problem of token trust.

A Block Explorer is a viewer information on a blockchain. There are many EOS block explorers: bloks.io is a block explorer that features wallet and DEX functionality. eosauthority.com is a website that provides a wallet, block explorer and much more. eosflare.io is just a block explorer.

You can find a list of EOS tokens and their related contracts at:You can trade EOS tokens at:The important token info is Market Cap, Volume (24h), Circulating Supply, Max Supply and Top Holders. Some tokens can bed.Some tokens use the eosio.token contract and are as reliable as the main EOS token.The EOS token is a utility token that can be staked forThe EOS token also used for account creation on the EOS platform which runs the eos.io software.are used to runand to vote.The EOS token is used toand vote.The main EOS token uses the eosio.token contract.

See more in the sections on The EOS Contract ...

Stake tokens to lock them up. When staked they cannot be moved. To move the tokens Unstake them. Often staked tokens receive dividends, aka passive income. There may be wait time to unstake tokens.

dApps are Decentralized Applications.EOS dApps are the Applications that run on the EOS network.You can see a lists of active dApps at:

In EOS Resources refer to RAM, CPU or NET. RAM is bought and sold. CPU and NET are gained by staking EOS. Some actions like claiming airdrops use RAM. Transferring tokens use CPU. The amount of CPU taken for a transaction is fixed but the CPU you get for your staked EOS depends on how busy the network is.

In EOS Resources refer to RAM, CPU or NET. RAM is bought and sold. CPU and NET are gained by staking EOS. Some actions like claiming airdrops use RAM. Transferring tokens use CPU. The amount of CPU taken for a transaction is fixed but the CPU you get for your staked EOS depends on how busy the network is.

See more in the sections on Contracts ...

Stake tokens to lock them up. When staked they cannot be moved. To move the tokens Unstake them. Often staked tokens receive dividends, aka passive income. There may be wait time to unstake tokens.

Any EOS account can set up it's own contracts.Contracts provide actions and can issue custom tokens.Contract Actions are listed on accounts in everyWhen you use a contract action you will perform a transaction.

A Block Explorer is a viewer information on a blockchain. There are many EOS block explorers: bloks.io is a block explorer that features wallet and DEX functionality. eosauthority.com is a website that provides a wallet, block explorer and much more. eosflare.io is just a block explorer.

See more in the sections on Tokens ...

Contract actions (a.k.a. Smart Contract) are the code that run on EOS.are applications that use contract actions.are used to runand to vote.EOS uses the eosio contract.The EOSIO contract is controlled by the elected

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dApps are Decentralized Applications.EOS dApps are the Applications that run on the EOS network.You can see a lists of active dApps at:

In EOS Resources refer to RAM, CPU or NET. RAM is bought and sold. CPU and NET are gained by staking EOS. Some actions like claiming airdrops use RAM. Transferring tokens use CPU. The amount of CPU taken for a transaction is fixed but the CPU you get for your staked EOS depends on how busy the network is.

dApps are Decentralized Applications.EOS dApps are the Applications that run on the EOS network.You can see a lists of active dApps at:

The 21 BPs on the eosio.prods account are listed on everyThe number 15 next to the lock symbol for active permission indicates that 15 out of 21 BPs listed must sign a transaction in order to complete it.

A Block Explorer is a viewer information on a blockchain. There are many EOS block explorers: bloks.io is a block explorer that features wallet and DEX functionality. eosauthority.com is a website that provides a wallet, block explorer and much more. eosflare.io is just a block explorer.

The eosio contracts control the EOS mainnet.Instead of having one manager there are 21 electeds voted for by EOS token holders.The voting determines which BP accounts are given authority to administer the main eosio contracts. The EOS token contract is called eosio.token . The permissions for this account are set to the BPs listed on eosio.prods The permissions show us that:

more solutions will emerge that will allow you to have secure EOS accounts without ever learning about PUBLIC/PRIVATE KEY PAIRS.

See more in the section on How To Get an EOS account...

You can hold EOS without managing your own keys by :

See more in the sections on groups using multi-sig...

A Cold Wallet allows you to keep your keys cold by signing transactions offline. See more on the sections on Cold Wallets.

Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is an authentication method in which a computer user is granted access only after successfully presenting two (2FA = 2 Factor Authentication) or more pieces of evidence. wikipedia : Multi-factor_authentication

🗙 Centralized Exchanges When you hold any asset like gold or crypto on a centralized exchange, you do not really own it. The exchange is saying they are holding your crypto or gold and you must trust them to keep it safe.

aka De-Centralized Exchanges offer the benefit of real ownership. Using a DEX means you hold keys to an account that actually holds your tokens.

Decentralized EXchanges like BitShares are much more secure than regular exchanges. BitShares, for example, has never been hacked.

Decentralized EXchanges like BitShares are much more secure than regular exchanges. BitShares, for example, has never been hacked.

REX allows you to lend EOS tokens and maintain ownership and voting rights.

See more in the sections on Authenticators and Wallets...

A Cold Wallet allows you to keep your keys cold by signing transactions offline. See more on the sections on Cold Wallets.

Authenticators are the programs that allow you to authenticate a transaction. For example to authorize an account to send funds you will need an authenticator with the appropriate private key for the account. Authenticators are often provided as "wallets".

WARNING: For some reason Wombat requires you to sign in with a google account. You do not own the free EOS acount. You have an option to buy the EOS account and transfer true ownership to yourself by using your own keys.

With bancor you do not create an EOS account name for yourself and you do not fully own the account. There is an option to buy the account.

Crypto is said to be owned by you only if you have your own damn keys.People talking about "having coins in a wallet" or owning a wallet. In reality all you have is your keys.Keys are the highest.Having physical gold in your hands is like having your owns.In the same way that when you hold physical gold only you can touch it. Keeping the keys safe means only you can access yourIt is important to understand that EOS is a utility token that can bed.Having the keys to your a utility means you can use it or say who can use it.

See more in the section on Keys...

Go to the sections called What is EOS?

Stake tokens to lock them up. When staked they cannot be moved. To move the tokens Unstake them. Often staked tokens receive dividends, aka passive income. There may be wait time to unstake tokens.

Usually refers to crypto-currency as a topic or your holdings of crypto-currency. The root word means "hidden". Crypto can be short for Cryptography, Cryptographic, a Crypto-Currency or Crypto-Asset.

The private key is a type of “password” that matches the public key. The only part of the PUBLIC / PRIVATE key pair you need to keep safe is the PRIVATE key.

FUN FACTS about Cryptography:• Cryptographic algorithms were developed by the military and not revealed officially to the public until the 90s.• The RSA encryption algorithm was developed by the military in the 70s.• A military is just a big gang. So crypto was started by a gang as a gang secret.“Their discovery was not publicly acknowledged for 27 years, until the research was declassified by the British government in 1997”The acronym RSA is made of the initial letters of the surnames of Ron Rivest, Adi Shamir, and Leonard Adleman, who first publicly described the algorithm in 1978EOS uses ECC to generate keys.The Elliptic curve cryptography functions: Private Key, Public Key, Signature, AES, Encryption, Decryption are available at: https://github.com/EOSIO/eosjs-ecc

POW stands for Proof of Work, the first generation of crypto-currencies like Bitcoin and old Ethereum used this method. Consensus on the network was acheived through hashing work done by nodes on the network.

blockchains have solved the limitation problems of POW and have delivered:POS blockchains promise to solve the problem of scalability.Only a practical demonstration can confirm that this has been achieved.Take a look at blocktivity to see how chains are progressing with increasing their maximum transaction rates.

POS stands for Proof of Stake, the next generation of crypto-currencies like EOS and the new POS style Ethereum. Consensus is acheived through voting with staked tokens on the network.

POS stands for Proof of Stake, the next generation of crypto-currencies like EOS and the new POS style Ethereum. Consensus is acheived through voting with staked tokens on the network.

POW stands for Proof of Work, the first generation of crypto-currencies like Bitcoin and old Ethereum used this method. Consensus on the network was acheived through hashing work done by nodes on the network.

is Short for Crypto-currency.Digital Assets can include non-cryptographic digital assets.The only type of digital assets we are concerned with here are assets protected by a public/privateCryptographic assets can be said to be owned or "held in a wallet" because the owner has control over the PRIVATE KEYS needed to acess those assets.

The one way cryptographic algorithm that gives us PRIVATE/PUBLIC key pairs is based on complex mathematics. Few understand how these alorithms functions but it is important to understand what is achieved by having public/private key pairs. Crypto accounts require a "cryptographic public/private key pair". The only part you need is the PRIVATE key. Your private keys you hold for your crypto accounts are commonly refered to as "your keys". The public key allows you to tell people what your password is without telling them your actual password. This is the main difficult thing for people to understand. Put simply a public key is a kind of magic thing that allows someone to be able to confirm what your password is without knowing your password. Even though that may seem impossible.

Crypto accounts require a "cryptographic public/private key pair". Together the public and private key form the "Key Pair". The private key is the only critical part and can be used to generate the public key.

Usually refers to crypto-currency as a topic or your holdings of crypto-currency. The root word means "hidden". Crypto can be short for Cryptography, Cryptographic, a Crypto-Currency or Crypto-Asset.

Permissions can allow users to be protected again lost or stollen keys and even avoid dealing with keys altogether.

See more in the sections on Permissions...

Many blockchains like BTC, ETH and LTC use the public address as the account name. On these chains there is no way to change the private key. Therefore in the event that the private key (password) is stolen or lost it cannot be changed.

Below are keys i generated using an EOS Key Generator to use as an example:Private key: 5JS7FAreLxFxCV5qLMHMJCqYGFPJznM2xJJPiHGLxNPu2rRWHMbPublic key: EOS88Y6zYLd7a5eRy3YPrekRtMbbsdYwPRDChQYHD41U4usHXT28wLet’s take a look at each part of the key pair:Private key:The ONLY ONE of the pair you NEED is the PRIVATE KEY.The PRIVATE KEY is your PASSWORD and needs to be kept secret.Public key:The PUBLIC KEY part allows anyone (including the block chain) to validate the private key part ( the password part ).The PUBLIC KEY is NOT a PASSWORD, it is more like a lock than a key to be honest.

🧮 Generate a new key pair. (see the Section on Generating a New Key Pair)

Many don’t know, and it is relatively complicated to fully explain.A password is a key.A normal 1 keyusesuses 2. They make up a key pair 🔑🍐 . One to encrypt and one to decrypt:The PRIVATE KEY is your “password”.The PUBLIC KEY is not secret.The existing public keys are visible to everyone on the blockchain. They are listed under permissions on

Asymmetric Cryptography is another name for Public-key cryptography. more info and descriptive images @ wikipedia : Public-key_cryptography

Symmetric-Key Cryptography uses the same password to encrypt and decrypt data.

See more in the sections on How To Avoid Keys...

Cold Keys are a key pair where the private key has not been used online. If the private key is used and the account is accessed the keys are “HOT”. To make an account use cold keys change the keys to the newly generated offline keys using the PUBLIC key of the new key pair. This method has most of the same advantages as a cold wallet system.

Any wallet will generate keys that are fine for use asScatter will guide you through the process. It has a button called "Add Keys". The Scatter vault keeps your private keys and you can recover them by selecting EXPORT.

Keys that have ever been on any computer which is then connected to the internet.

Scatter is a multi-chain wallet. get-scatter.com It works on EOS and other chains.Scatter wallet is the EOS authenticator we recommend.

There are many key generator available some are listed here:The official eosio generator code for keys is here: https://github.com/EOSIO/eosjs-ecc

See more in the section on Keys...

Remember to keep the PRIVATE KEYS safe.e.g. backed up, offline and encrypted. When thes are used online they become aallows you to use cold keys and for them to remain cold.Instead of a cold wallet you could assign new cold keys each time you use them.Correct use of multi-sig may alleviate the need for a cold wallet or cold keys:

See more in the sections on groups using multi-sig...

A Cold Wallet allows you to keep your keys cold by signing transactions offline. See more on the sections on Cold Wallets.

Keys that have ever been on any computer which is then connected to the internet.

Cold Keys are a key pair where the private key has not been used online. If the private key is used and the account is accessed the keys are “HOT”. To make an account use cold keys change the keys to the newly generated offline keys using the PUBLIC key of the new key pair. This method has most of the same advantages as a cold wallet system.

RECOMMENDED: Create many keys at one time and keep the list of public keys on your computer. This is so you can apply a new public key anytime without generaing more keys.

1. Use on offline computer to make as many key pairs as you need.Create backups and keep the copies safe.2. Copy only theon to your online computer.3. Set your Owner Permission to the newly created public key.

See more in the sections on Setting Permissions...

The PUBLIC KEY is visible to everyone on the blockchain. It is not secret. It does not matter if you lose the PUBLIC KEY. It can be generated again from the PRIVATE key if you lose it. The PUBLIC KEY validates the PRIVATE KEY. The PUBLIC key is used to set a new key as a permission on an EOS account.

🧮 Generate a new key pair. (see the Section on Generating a New Key Pair)

Download EOS Paper Wallet and eoshandbook.com single html . These are both web pages you can download and run offline on any computer than can run a web broswer.

These keys are created on an offline computer.These keys are deleted from a computer before it is put online again. This provides some level of security, however if spyware is on the machine while it creates keys then it can still steal your data.The private key could have been recorded before it was deleted and then sent to an attacker when online.The computer is never put online again or the disk with the operating system that created the keys is removed or wiped.You can either:You can use an old phone or laptop, you can use almost any computer or bootable drive.It is preferable if the device does not have any wireless communication. A Raspberry Pi works well with the OS on an SD card. After the key is created the SD card, USB drive or HDD can be removed or wiped.

Cold wallets are needed when using systems like BTC where the key can never be changed and is used as your account name.EOS allows new cold keys to be applied at any time and has an advanced permissions system so you do not have just one unchangable key.Example of voting with a cold wallet by eoscanada :Video of setting up a cold wallet with Greymass EOS Voter by eosDAC

See more in the sections on Permissions...

Using a Cold Wallet means An offline computer signs your transactions with an offline/cold key.Setting up and using a cold wallet can be complicated.One simple solution called Ducatur ColdCrypto Wallet is being developed for iOS by Ducatur First an online computer creates an unsigned transaction that will expire after a period if not signed. The unsigned transaction file is passed to the offline ( or AIR GAPPED ) cold wallet computer. This wallet can sign transaction. The signed file is then passed back to the online computer, keeping the cold wallet offline.

Ducatur ColdCrypto Wallet is a cold (offline) digital asset storage in the form of a simple smartphone application instead of expensive and inconvenient hardware wallets (Ledger nano, Trezor, etc) or insecure paper or online wallets.

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Things are advancing quickly and security solutions will rapidly get better and simpler.

See more in the sections on using seperate ACTIVE and OWNER keys...

Declare who has access to an account. Permissions can be set to public keys or to EOS usernames.

Bespoke means custom or custom-made.Managing your own security means you are additionaly protected because no one knows how your security is managed.For any one specific security solution a flaw could be found. If it is known that you use that solution it is easier for hackers to target you.Therefore we do not recommend a single solution with a checklist to follow. This handbook aims to make clear the main hazards and potection solutions to choose from.In all cases we recommend:

Love your family & cherish your health.Be safe. Breath and relax. If this document is stressing you out, take a break or seek your answers elsewhere. We all die one day, part of your security should include having a plan for that.If you do NOT want to know about Keys there are alternatives:

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Your private keys you hold for your crypto accounts are commonly refered to as your " keys". The only part of key pairs you NEED is your PRIVATE key because a public key can be regenerated from a private key if lost.

Consider using additional levels:Create and Set Cold Keys.Using group permission with multi-sig;the most powerfull method for advanced security..

See more in the sections on groups using multi-sig...

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You can determine the level of RISK and then decide how SAFE to be.If you set up accounts with small balances you can take on much more risk.The more important your tokens are to you;the higher the level of security you should use.All accounts should be SECURE using backups, encryption and offline storage.

s likewill ask you to confirm any actions that you perform inTrustworthy dApps will not perform any bad actions and can be whitelisted to skip confirmations.

WARNING Malicious dApps are safe to use ONLY if you follow this rule: Always check every contract action before confirming it. If the action you are attempting is to stake a token it should say stake in the confirmation screen and not anything else. Be especially carefull of actions that say "updateauth" as this is the action can change your keys and give control of your account away Scatter 11 has a function called a Firewall that blacklists dangerous acitons like updateauth by deault and can be customized.

dApps are Decentralized Applications.EOS dApps are the Applications that run on the EOS network.You can see a lists of active dApps at:

Scatter is a multi-chain wallet. get-scatter.com It works on EOS and other chains.Scatter wallet is the EOS authenticator we recommend.

Authenticators are the programs that allow you to authenticate a transaction. For example to authorize an account to send funds you will need an authenticator with the appropriate private key for the account. Authenticators are often provided as "wallets".

There are 2 conflicting tensions:Protection from yourself.Prevent yourself form losing yourProtection from others.Stop someone else taking yourIn many cases your risk of losing your password/keys is much greater than the risk of anyone stealing them.

Your private keys you hold for your crypto accounts are commonly refered to as your " keys". The only part of key pairs you NEED is your PRIVATE key because a public key can be regenerated from a private key if lost.

Your private keys you hold for your crypto accounts are commonly refered to as your " keys". The only part of key pairs you NEED is your PRIVATE key because a public key can be regenerated from a private key if lost.

To use an account with only offline keys you would need to use aYou can create keys offline to create Cold Keys.Cold keys are by their nature are safe from online attacks.Owner keys (keys used for owner permission on an account) do not need to be in a wallet and should always be kept cold (offline).

See more in the sections on COLD Keys...

A Cold Wallet allows you to keep your keys cold by signing transactions offline. See more on the sections on Cold Wallets.

Use permissions to hold an offline owner key:So if any un-authorized activity occurs using the active permission we can use the owner permission authority to regain control before any tokens are unstaked and taken.You can also use permissions to set a time limit for any action to be confirmed, so even wihtout staking you can still lockup tokens for whatever amount of time you like.It is easy to make new accounts with different levels of security using permissions.Stake your tokens to lock them up. This gives a cooldown period allowing you to regain control of your account.

See more in the sections on Permissions...

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has a checklist that is can show you for your account at eosauthority.com/dashboard Set your permissions and alerts correctly and your staked tokens will be protected if your computer is hacked and someone gains access to your account.

s,and others will keep your private keys encrypted.Encrypting the keys protects them from anyone who hacks your computer or gains local access to the machine.

Use a long password that you keep very safe.Use a longand share it with someone you trust as a backup.

Another name for a password you remember and so do not need to keep written down.

Authenticators are the programs that allow you to authenticate a transaction. For example to authorize an account to send funds you will need an authenticator with the appropriate private key for the account. Authenticators are often provided as "wallets".

Crypto Wallets are not like physical wallets. The term "Wallet" is ambiguous. Wallet can have several different meanings. Things will be less confusing if we have different names for them. 1. Wallets that store your keys are called AUTHENTICATORS instead of wallets. e.g. hardware wallets. 2. Wallet that provide EOS account management in the form of apps and web sites. For now EOS account managers appear to be called "wallets". These account managers are not like the authenticator kind of wallet. For example a Hardware Wallet that acts as an "authenticator" and does not provide account management functions.

Scatter is a multi-chain wallet. get-scatter.com It works on EOS and other chains.Scatter wallet is the EOS authenticator we recommend.

Never remember a password again... A "hardware wallet" is a "hardware authenticator". It holds your keys.Blockchain as the Solution to the Insecurity of Passwords by block.one block.one News : Blockchain solution to the insecurity of passwords

Keep multiple backup copies of your keys in multiple locations in case of fire or theft or other loss.Provide other people with a way to get access to your accounts if you cannot. This group should never all be present in one place. If all the key holders are lost then the account can still be lost forever.

allows for decentralized backup security to be implemented by adding EOS account names to permissons. Eliminating the need to exchange and store many keys.Multi-sig permissions allow for a group to be set that can authorize changes and so can recover an account if the event of lost keys.

See more in the sections on groups using multi-sig...

Multiple-Signature Permissions: Multiple accounts must agree/sign to confirm a transaction. For example. With multi-sig we could make an account where 5 users must agree in order to make any change. Or we could have system where if 3 out of 5 agree, then they can perform a transaction. helpdesk.eostoolkit articles : Multisig-Tutorial

allow for a permanent address to exist irrespective of the associated public key.Havingin combination withd tokens is a free solution which gives the advantages of aIf theis compromised we can use the secure owner key to change the keys and take back control over an account.Other levels of permissions can be added in addition to active and owner seen above.Adding a safemode key can allow you to lock up staked EOS so it cannot be unstaked and taken if the active key is compromised.

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A key that is set as the active permission on an EOS account.

A Cold Wallet allows you to keep your keys cold by signing transactions offline. See more on the sections on Cold Wallets.

Stake tokens to lock them up. When staked they cannot be moved. To move the tokens Unstake them. Often staked tokens receive dividends, aka passive income. There may be wait time to unstake tokens.

Anyone on the EOS network can make a new 12 letter EOS Usernames made up of letter a-z and numbers 1-5.Use eosnameservice.io to create a short accont name.EOS runs a Name Bids auction for short account names.

With BTC, ETH & LTC you only have one permanentthat can never be changed.This unfortunate situation forces a user to chose either:

A Cold Wallet allows you to keep your keys cold by signing transactions offline. See more on the sections on Cold Wallets.

Never remember a password again... A "hardware wallet" is a "hardware authenticator". It holds your keys.Blockchain as the Solution to the Insecurity of Passwords by block.one block.one News : Blockchain solution to the insecurity of passwords

Keys that have ever been on any computer which is then connected to the internet.

The private key is a type of “password” that matches the public key. The only part of the PUBLIC / PRIVATE key pair you need to keep safe is the PRIVATE key.

The PUBLIC KEY is visible to everyone on the blockchain. It is not secret. It does not matter if you lose the PUBLIC KEY. It can be generated again from the PRIVATE key if you lose it. The PUBLIC KEY validates the PRIVATE KEY. The PUBLIC key is used to set a new key as a permission on an EOS account.

The permissions on an EOS account are shown in any block explorer like bloks.io:s start with only ONE key for both OWNER and ACTIVE permissions.

See more in the sections on Setting Permissions...

An EOS account that was created on the EOS Mainnet at launch in June 2018.

Anyone on the EOS network can make a new 12 letter EOS Usernames made up of letter a-z and numbers 1-5.Use eosnameservice.io to create a short accont name.EOS runs a Name Bids auction for short account names.

The PUBLIC KEY is visible to everyone on the blockchain. It is not secret. It does not matter if you lose the PUBLIC KEY. It can be generated again from the PRIVATE key if you lose it. The PUBLIC KEY validates the PRIVATE KEY. The PUBLIC key is used to set a new key as a permission on an EOS account.

Declare who has access to an account. Permissions can be set to public keys or to EOS usernames.

Scatter has documentaiton online on how to set a new key here:If using bloks.io ormake sure you have the correct permission selected for your account when you log in with scatter.When changing the owner permission you must select the @owner account:After changing thein permissions, the matchingcan be used to access the account.

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The private key is a type of “password” that matches the public key. The only part of the PUBLIC / PRIVATE key pair you need to keep safe is the PRIVATE key.

The PUBLIC KEY is visible to everyone on the blockchain. It is not secret. It does not matter if you lose the PUBLIC KEY. It can be generated again from the PRIVATE key if you lose it. The PUBLIC KEY validates the PRIVATE KEY. The PUBLIC key is used to set a new key as a permission on an EOS account.

s must be generated using an offline computer and kept offline.HOT keys can be generated on any machine.orcan set the permissions to an existing eos username or a

The PUBLIC KEY is visible to everyone on the blockchain. It is not secret. It does not matter if you lose the PUBLIC KEY. It can be generated again from the PRIVATE key if you lose it. The PUBLIC KEY validates the PRIVATE KEY. The PUBLIC key is used to set a new key as a permission on an EOS account.

Scatter is a multi-chain wallet. get-scatter.com It works on EOS and other chains.Scatter wallet is the EOS authenticator we recommend.

🧮 Generate a new key pair. (see the Section on Generating a New Key Pair)

Cold Keys are a key pair where the private key has not been used online. If the private key is used and the account is accessed the keys are “HOT”. To make an account use cold keys change the keys to the newly generated offline keys using the PUBLIC key of the new key pair. This method has most of the same advantages as a cold wallet system.

Anyone on the EOS network can make a new 12 letter EOS Usernames made up of letter a-z and numbers 1-5.Use eosnameservice.io to create a short accont name.EOS runs a Name Bids auction for short account names.

The PUBLIC KEY is visible to everyone on the blockchain. It is not secret. It does not matter if you lose the PUBLIC KEY. It can be generated again from the PRIVATE key if you lose it. The PUBLIC KEY validates the PRIVATE KEY. The PUBLIC key is used to set a new key as a permission on an EOS account.

Declare who has access to an account. Permissions can be set to public keys or to EOS usernames.

"Seperate owner and active keys" is not a good description.Simply telling users to make 2 key pairs in not useful if they do not know what to do with them.It must be explained that the second key is a backup key that should not be used.Users have been confused by 2 key pairs :Easier language may emerge to describe this in the future.I call a these "PAIR of PAIRS of Seperate owner and active key with a cold owner key" a pawapaw.Short for:" air active keysith a seperateir of oner keys"if "" = a risky single key pair andbig "" = a safe advanced permission solution with owner/active keys (pawapw). and" = hardware walletthen this classic song makes perfect sense to explain things:

If any un-authorized activity occurs we will be notified by the alerts. We can use the owner key to take back control over the account.A system like, where you get sent a confirmation to another device before it is allowed to proceed, is possible with multi-signature permissons.There is awesome power in EOS multi-sig permissions. It allows you to still be protected in the event of lost or stolen keys.

See more in the sections on groups using multi-sig...

Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is an authentication method in which a computer user is granted access only after successfully presenting two (2FA = 2 Factor Authentication) or more pieces of evidence. wikipedia : Multi-factor_authentication

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The PUBLIC KEY is visible to everyone on the blockchain. It is not secret. It does not matter if you lose the PUBLIC KEY. It can be generated again from the PRIVATE key if you lose it. The PUBLIC KEY validates the PRIVATE KEY. The PUBLIC key is used to set a new key as a permission on an EOS account.

The Owner Permission declares who has permission to change the owner permissions on an account.

See more in the sections on COLD Keys...

Crypto accounts require a "cryptographic public/private key pair". Together the public and private key form the "Key Pair". The private key is the only critical part and can be used to generate the public key.

Owner and Activecan be set to aor EOS username.Owner and Active Keys are keys set to Owner and ActiveThere are many reasons why it can be usefull to have 2 key pairs.An effective use of seperate OWNER and ACTIVEis to useused asA backup key created offline that should not be used.The key you use in your wallet.s and most newly created accounts use only one key for both owner and active permissions.We can keep this existing key as the active key and create one new key pair to use as the new owner permission.

An EOS account that was created on the EOS Mainnet at launch in June 2018.

The Owner Permission declares who has permission to change the owner permissions on an account.

Cold Keys are a key pair where the private key has not been used online. If the private key is used and the account is accessed the keys are “HOT”. To make an account use cold keys change the keys to the newly generated offline keys using the PUBLIC key of the new key pair. This method has most of the same advantages as a cold wallet system.

Declare who has access to an account. Permissions can be set to public keys or to EOS usernames.

See more in the sections on Permissions...

Declare who has access to an account. Permissions can be set to public keys or to EOS usernames.

The PUBLIC KEY is visible to everyone on the blockchain. It is not secret. It does not matter if you lose the PUBLIC KEY. It can be generated again from the PRIVATE key if you lose it. The PUBLIC KEY validates the PRIVATE KEY. The PUBLIC key is used to set a new key as a permission on an EOS account.

Declare who has access to an account. Permissions can be set to public keys or to EOS usernames.

safemode is the name of a custom sibling to Active Permission.Using safemode will make it impossible for your someone with your Active key to unstake your EOS.You can also add blacklist actions to this safemode permission to prevent other actions being performed using your Active key.When correctly configured: Even if you were to give away your Active key to an attacker they will not be able to unstake your EOS tokens and liquidate them.Your new safemode key should be kept offline and secure the same as your Owner key.Follow the guide from EOS New York:Steps can be found at https://medium.com/eos-new-york/your-eos-account-in-safe-mode-86ad99fd8c40

The benefits of this system will be passed on to the users of EOS as time goes on.Currently multi-signature permissions are not well supported. You can use them now with:

The power of @eosio.code: contracts allow even more to be done. Contracts will allow for extra authentication to take place on transactions of specific types. For example you could link an account to a contract that checks the amount of a transaction and insists on a 2FA check before allowing the transaction. These functions are essential for many people to effectively use a crypto account. Most people want to be able to lose keys, endure thefts and still have a good level of protection. Correct use of permission, multi-signatures and contracts on EOS can acheive this. These systems require a number of people ( over 50% ? ) to be vigilant and protect there keys and passwords well. The previous systems have required either 100% ( in the case of crypto or holding cash or holding gold ) or 0.01% ( in the case of banking ). Please do your part :) Get on telegram to ask us your quesitons and we will update this section. As autonomous individuals we can form Groups that allow us to provide solutions.

The current permissions do not protect us against theft of the owner key. Or theft of two EOS accounts.We would be protected from :This setup has same protection against a lost keys or 2 lost user accounts as the setup above. The advantage of the beta is it protects against changes from anyone gaining access to the owner key or two accounts. The minor advantage of the alpha method is that we can still change permissions even if we lose access to all 3 user accounts listed.

Here is an example of a very basic group security solution we use in our DAGWe are protected from :With this setup we can handle loss of a key or theft of one user account.The active permissions are set to allow any admin memebrs to make changes on their own.We will not be storing EOS in this account and if a change is made we will be alerted by eosauthority and can fix it Our main goal is to protect keep ownership of the account. To increase security we can add more users or improve the security of each of the user accounts used (gainang.e, cryptofeezgg, communitydev) can each have advanced multi-sig security solutions.

Please first see how permissions work and the main eos.io contract before you continue.s that run the network are assigned using this multi-signature permissions system.The votes of staked EOS decides the top 21 BPs which you can see on the eosio contract permissions.multi-sig allows 15 of 21 to approve changes to the network.

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Using multi-sig permissions allows you to apply several accounts or keys and apply a weighting. When implemented it can provide:The permissions system that allows for multi-sig is integral to the way EOS works.

Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is an authentication method in which a computer user is granted access only after successfully presenting two (2FA = 2 Factor Authentication) or more pieces of evidence. wikipedia : Multi-factor_authentication

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See more in the sections on EOS Account Management...

You can use EOS for dApps. dApps are run using Contracts on the network.These are some sites that list dApps:

See more in the sections on Contracts ...

dApps are Decentralized Applications.EOS dApps are the Applications that run on the EOS network.You can see a lists of active dApps at:

Decentralized exchanges allow you to hold your assets and also trade them.

Decentralized EXchanges like BitShares are much more secure than regular exchanges. BitShares, for example, has never been hacked.

Holding EOS in an account means you will get airdrops.You will also get airgrabs if you claim them.

An Air-Grab is a token distribution model where account holders must initiate a "claim" contract action in order to receive a share of the token distribution.

An Air-Drop is a distribution of new tokens to existing EOS token holders. For example some tokens like BEAN were distributed 1:1 for EOS tokens held in genesis accounts.

EOS is a utility token. It is not something which is just meant to be owned.Unlike otherEOS has several uses.

WARNINGEOS is NOT a useless virtual asset.If you need to use an exchange then use athat will allow you to keep control of the EOS you own.

Decentralized EXchanges like BitShares are much more secure than regular exchanges. BitShares, for example, has never been hacked.

Usually refers to crypto-currency as a topic or your holdings of crypto-currency. The root word means "hidden". Crypto can be short for Cryptography, Cryptographic, a Crypto-Currency or Crypto-Asset.

See more in the sections on Authenticators and Wallets...

Crypto Wallets are not like physical wallets. The term "Wallet" is ambiguous. Wallet can have several different meanings. Things will be less confusing if we have different names for them. 1. Wallets that store your keys are called AUTHENTICATORS instead of wallets. e.g. hardware wallets. 2. Wallet that provide EOS account management in the form of apps and web sites. For now EOS account managers appear to be called "wallets". These account managers are not like the authenticator kind of wallet. For example a Hardware Wallet that acts as an "authenticator" and does not provide account management functions.

See more in the section on Creating EOS accounts...

The PUBLIC KEY is visible to everyone on the blockchain. It is not secret. It does not matter if you lose the PUBLIC KEY. It can be generated again from the PRIVATE key if you lose it. The PUBLIC KEY validates the PRIVATE KEY. The PUBLIC key is used to set a new key as a permission on an EOS account.

dApps are Decentralized Applications.EOS dApps are the Applications that run on the EOS network.You can see a lists of active dApps at:

You can use use manys such asto generate keys and create a new account.Scatter can make the account and give permissions to an existing account or create new keys:Scatter has documentaiton online on how to make a new account here:

Scatter is a multi-chain wallet. get-scatter.com It works on EOS and other chains.Scatter wallet is the EOS authenticator we recommend.

Crypto Wallets are not like physical wallets. The term "Wallet" is ambiguous. Wallet can have several different meanings. Things will be less confusing if we have different names for them. 1. Wallets that store your keys are called AUTHENTICATORS instead of wallets. e.g. hardware wallets. 2. Wallet that provide EOS account management in the form of apps and web sites. For now EOS account managers appear to be called "wallets". These account managers are not like the authenticator kind of wallet. For example a Hardware Wallet that acts as an "authenticator" and does not provide account management functions.

There are instrucitons here if you would like to generate your own keys:If you already have an EOS account you can create more accounts and transfer ownership easily to anyone.

🧮 Generate a new key pair. (see the Section on Generating a New Key Pair)

Default EOS name creation is currently limited to 12 characters long.has a very easy to use interface to create a new account.eosnameservice.io will create a new account with the same permissions as the account that created it.After creation you can change the

Declare who has access to an account. Permissions can be set to public keys or to EOS usernames.

Example - Getting a friend an EOS account: Bob has an EOS account and Sue does not. Sue has no EOS and wants to purchase EOS or is being gifted some EOS from Bob. Sue creates an owner and active key pair. She gives Bob the two PUBLIC KEYS. The ACTIVE and OWNER public keys are safe to transmit anywhere. Bob makes a new account or changes an existing account to have the new ACTIVE and OWNER public keys Sue has provided. Example – Getting EOS off an exchange with the help of an existing EOS user: Bob has an EOS account. Sue has some EOS on an exchange but no account. Bob agrees to make Sue an account. Sue makes a public/private key pair with https://eospaperwallet.org/ . Sue sends Bob a telegram message with the PUBLIC KEY. Then in either order: Sue: transfers some EOS to Bob’s EOS account from an exchange to pay for the account creation. Bob: sets the OWNER key for the account to the new key. If both parties trust then either way is fine. If Sue trusts Bob: she acts first, if Bob trusts Sue he can act first, If there is no trust between Bob and Sue a third trusted party (Dave) can be used. Dave can confirm he is holding the EOS before the account is created by Bob and then confirm Bob has transferred ownership to Sue before handing over the EOS cost for account creation.

To transfer ownership of an account you need to change the permissions.The new owner needs an EOS account or provide PUBLIC KEYS to set as the OWNER/ACTIVE permission.If you do not have an EOS account you can create a new PUBLIC KEY to easily gain ownership of an account.Use the PUBLIC keys to set the permission.OR you canUse an EOS account name if the new owner already has an account.

See more in the sections on Setting Permissions...

🧮 Generate a new key pair. (see the Section on Generating a New Key Pair)

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Active Key A key that is set as the active permission on an EOS account.

Active Permission Declares who has permission to use the account. Restricted to performing actions and changing active permissions.

Only users with OWNER PERMISSION can change the owner permissions.

Air-Grab An Air-Grab is a token distribution model where account holders must initiate a "claim" contract action in order to receive a share of the token distribution.

Air-Drop An Air-Drop is a distribution of new tokens to existing EOS token holders. For example some tokens like BEAN were distributed 1:1 for EOS tokens held in genesis accounts.

Allegedly Allegedly means none of this is true, it has only been alleged. It has all been alleged by some unknonw person. Everything here is allegedly.

Asymmetric Cryptography Asymmetric Cryptography is another name for Public-key cryptography. more info and descriptive images @ wikipedia : Public-key_cryptography

Authenticator Authenticators are the programs that allow you to authenticate a transaction. For example to authorize an account to send funds you will need an authenticator with the appropriate private key for the account.

Authenticators are often provided as "wallets".

bloks.io bloks.io is a web site that provides a Block Explorer for the EOS Mainnet , "Wallet" account functions and more.

Block Explorer





A Block Explorer is a viewer information on a blockchain. There are many EOS block explorers: bloks.io is a block explorer that features wallet and DEX functionality. eosauthority.com is a website that provides a wallet, block explorer and much more. eosflare.io is just a block explorer.

BP Block Producer . One of the producers of blocks that make up the blockchain of the EOS network.

Brain Key Another name for a password you remember and so do not need to keep written down.

Chestahedron

It is the first heptahedron of this configuration in the history of geometry.

Created by The Chestahedron is the symbol for EOS: It is the first heptahedron of this configuration in the history of geometry.Created by Frank Chester

Claim A Claim is a contract actions. It is used to get dividends or new tokens being dropped.

CLEOS

eos.io cleos docs CLEOS stands for Command Line EOS. It is a command line wallet for use with EOS. It allows for the most advanced functionality or creating precise transaction commands. Also because it is a command line interface it can be used for running scheduled events , e.g. voting every 7 days to avoide vote decay.

Cold Key Cold Keys are a key pair where the private key has not been used online.

If the private key is used and the account is accessed the keys are “HOT”.

To make an account use cold keys change the keys to the newly generated offline keys using the PUBLIC key of the new key pair. This method has most of the same advantages as a cold wallet system.

Cold Owner Keys Cold Keys that are set to a users owner permission.

Cold Wallet A Cold Wallet allows you to keep your keys cold by signing transactions offline. See more on the sections on Cold Wallets.

Crypto Usually refers to crypto-currency as a topic or your holdings of crypto-currency.

The root word means "hidden".

Crypto can be short for Cryptography, Cryptographic, a Crypto-Currency or Crypto-Asset.

Cryptography



The Cryptography we are concerned with here is one that uses PUBLIC/PRIVATE KEY PAIRS. There are many kinds of cryptography. wikipedia : Cryptography : "the practice and study of techniques for secure communication in the presence of third parties"The Cryptography we are concerned with here is one that uses PUBLIC/PRIVATE KEY PAIRS.

Cryptographic Algorithms The one way cryptographic algorithms are mathematical functions that gives us different types of PRIVATE/PUBLIC key pairs. They are based on complex mathematics few understand.

crypto-currency Short for Cryptographic Currency.

The kind of Cryptography we are concerned with is one that uses PRIVATE KEYS.

The one way cryptographic algorithms that gives us PRIVATE/PUBLIC key pairs are based on complex mathematics few understand.

DAC Decentralized Autonomous Collective or Decentralized Autonomous Community or Decentralized Autonomous Corporation

DAG Decentralized Autonomous Governments or Decentralized Autonomous Gangs like the GainGang.

dApps

EOS dApps are the Applications that run on the EOS network.

You can see a lists of active dApps at:

dappradar.com

dapp.review

dApps are Decentralized Applications.EOS dApps are the Applications that run on the EOS network.You can see a lists of active dApps at:

Decentralized One central point of authority in a system makes it 100% centralized. Two centers of authorities in a system makes it twice as decentralized.

DEX Decentralized EXchanges like BitShares are much more secure than regular exchanges. BitShares, for example, has never been hacked.

eos.io github.com/EOSIO is the open source software that runs the eos blockchain.

EOS Authority eosauthority.com is a wbesite that provides a wallet, block explorer and much more.

EOS Usernames

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EOS runs a Anyone on the EOS network can make a new 12 letter EOS Usernames made up of letter a-z and numbers 1-5.Use eosnameservice.io to create a short accont name.EOS runs a Name Bids auction for short account names.

eostoolkit.io eostoolkit.io is a wbesite that provid es many tools to administer accounts including dApp staking and airgrabs.

Gang A gang is a group of people, the same as a community. Corporations, countries and companies are all gangs.

Genesis Account An EOS account that was created on the EOS Mainnet at launch in June 2018.

Google Play credit A lucrative scam where google makes 30% of all transactions. Google play is one of the worst ways to pay for anything and the most popular service in the world for money laundering. Allegedly.

Hot Keys Keys that have ever been on any computer which is then connected to the internet.

Hot Wallet A crypto-currency wallet that is connected to the internet.

Key Pair Crypto accounts require a "cryptographic public/private key pair".

Together the public and private key form the "Key Pair".



The private key is the only critical part and can be used to generate the public key.

Keys Your private keys you hold for your crypto accounts are commonly refered to as your " keys".

The only part of key pairs you NEED is your PRIVATE key because a public key can be regenerated from a private key if lost.

KYC KYC = Know Your Customer

It means having confirmation of the identity of an account holder. Accounts on networks that require KYC are not anonymous.

MFA / 2FA Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is an authentication method in which a computer user is granted access only after successfully presenting two (2FA = 2 Factor Authentication) or more pieces of evidence. wikipedia : Multi-factor_authentication

Multi-Sig Multiple-Signature Permissions: Multiple accounts must agree/sign to confirm a transaction. For example. With multi-sig we could make an account where 5 users must agree in order to make any change. Or we could have system where if 3 out of 5 agree, then they can perform a transaction. helpdesk.eostoolkit articles : Multisig-Tutorial

myeoswallet.one

MY EOS WALLET offers a free, open-source, client-oriented interface for transferring EOS & Tokens. myeoswallet.one is made by AtticLab MY EOS WALLET offers a free, open-source, client-oriented interface for transferring EOS & Tokens.

Owner Key A key that is set as the owner permission for an EOS account.

Owner Permission The Owner Permission declares who has permission to change the owner permissions on an account.

Permissions Declare who has access to an account. Permissions can be set to public keys or to EOS usernames.

POS POS stands for Proof of Stake, the next generation of crypto-currencies like EOS and the new POS style Ethereum. Consensus is acheived through voting with staked tokens on the network.

POW POW stands for Proof of Work, the first generation of crypto-currencies like Bitcoin and old Ethereum used this method. Consensus on the network was acheived through hashing work done by nodes on the network.

Public Key The PUBLIC KEY is visible to everyone on the blockchain. It is not secret.

It does not matter if you lose the PUBLIC KEY. It can be generated again from the PRIVATE key if you lose it.

The PUBLIC KEY validates the PRIVATE KEY.

The PUBLIC key is used to set a new key as a permission on an EOS account.

Private Key The private key is a type of “password” that matches the public key.

The only part of the PUBLIC / PRIVATE key pair you need to keep safe is the PRIVATE key.



Resources In EOS Resources refer to RAM, CPU or NET. RAM is bought and sold. CPU and NET are gained by staking EOS.

Some actions like claiming airdrops use RAM. Transferring tokens use CPU. The amount of CPU taken for a transaction is fixed but the CPU you get for your staked EOS depends on how busy the network is.

REX REX allows you to lend EOS tokens and maintain ownership and voting rights.

Scatter

It works on EOS and other chains.

Scatter wallet is the EOS authenticator we recommend. Scatter is a multi-chain wallet. get-scatter.com It works on EOS and other chains.Scatter wallet is the EOS authenticator we recommend.

Side Chain Side Chains are blockchains that run modiied version of the eos.io software

Sister Chain Sister Chains are chains other than the EOS MAINNET that run the eos.io software.

Stake Stake tokens to lock them up. When staked they cannot be moved. To move the tokens Unstake them.

Often staked tokens receive dividends, aka passive income.

There may be wait time to unstake tokens.

Symmetric-Key Cryptography Symmetric-Key Cryptography uses the same password to encrypt and decrypt data.

TELOS

This handbook supports EOS sister-chains because they works pretty much the same EOS.

If there are any differences emerge this guide will try to inform you in the appropriate sections. TELOS is an EOS sister chain that uses the TLOS token.This handbook supports EOS sister-chains because they works pretty much the same EOS.If there are any differences emerge this guide will try to inform you in the appropriate sections.

Unstake Unstake to unlock staked tokens.

There are often wait periods like 24 hours or 3 days to unstake tokens this can help protect tokens from being stolen if an account is compromised.