A recovery account is an account that can recover lost keys. In theory. In praxis, I didn't try it yet. There was no need :)

By default, the recovery account is the account that created your account. In the beginning, this was @steem. Then other parties offered account creation too.

You can change your recovery account. In fact, it is prudent to change it. PeakD offers this interface:

Try booting up your old computer and copy all Steem private keys of your old account somewhere safe.

In the meantime, I'll check if it's possible to recover access to Steem-created accounts.

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