What are the "keys" people are asking for in the trading forums? Are they keys like you get when you purchase a game on Humble Bundle, or in-game keys?

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CS:GO or TF2 keys (in-game items) that are sold on the steam market and cost about 2 dollars each, that's pretty much all I know about it as I'm not really into those games, but that's pretty much all you need to know about it actually.

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CSGO/TF2 usually. Keys used to open chest drops in those games.

You can buy these keys on the market too (e.g. Chroma 2 Case Key).

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Ah, ok... I used to play TF2 a long time ago, I'd forgotten there were keys in it.

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In-game keys from either TF2 or CS:GO

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Dota 2 has keys too.

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Didn't it have keys too?

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I searched more, Valve are expiring the keys and removed them from the Dota 2 store. They are most likely to vanish for good in July 1st 2016.

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Well, I'm not really following the Dota 2 news, but less than a year ago I've seen people still using them for trades. Probably there are only few left as you said, for collecting.

They expired on July 1st 2015. My mistake.

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Since you question has already been answered, Welcome to the site :)

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If it is any consolation, you are not the first to be confused by it as a starting trader, nor will be the last. It really doesn't help that a large portion of the trading is for Steam game keys (as in game activation codes) now, so it can totally mess up any description.

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