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Economy => Exchanges => Topic started by: countryfree on February 20, 2020, 11:34:15 AM



Title: Bitfinex blocks all withdrawals unless... TOPIC CLOSED - SOLUTION FOUND
Post by: countryfree on February 20, 2020, 11:34:15 AM
There used to be 3 ways to validate a withdrawal on Bitfinex.
SMS verification.
With a physical USB key U2F.
With google authenticator 2FA.

Bitfinex no longer supports SMS for confirmations, which I've been using for years. I hate google and I haven't used any google software for years, so I have no choice but to buy a Fido key, but I don't know where to find one, and I certainly won't get one today!

It means that for the coming days, I cannot withdraw any coin from my Bitfinex account!

What was wrong with SMS validation?
I was very happy with that.


Title: Re: Bitfinex blocks all withdrawals
Post by: OmegaStarScream on February 20, 2020, 11:48:12 AM
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Bitfinex no longer supports SMS for confirmations, which I've been using for years. I hate google and I haven't used any google software for years, so I have no choice but to buy a Fido key, but I don't know where to find one, and I certainly won't get one today!

You don't necessarily have to use Google's app for 2FA. You can use Authy  (https://authy.com/)instead. I find it to be much better since it allows you to backup your keys.


Title: Re: Bitfinex blocks all withdrawals
Post by: countryfree on February 20, 2020, 12:08:28 PM
You don't necessarily have to use Google's app for 2FA. You can use Authy  (https://authy.com/)instead. I find it to be much better since it allows you to take backups of yours keys.

Authy?
Never heard of it.
Is it supported by Bitfinex? They only talk about google.


Title: Re: Bitfinex blocks all withdrawals
Post by: mocacinno on February 20, 2020, 12:13:27 PM
You don't necessarily have to use Google's app for 2FA. You can use Authy  (https://authy.com/)instead. I find it to be much better since it allows you to take backups of yours keys.

Authy?
Never heard of it.
Is it supported by Bitfinex? They only talk about google.

I don't know about Authy, but i've used winAuth in the past, and it worked like a charm to generate codes for google's 2FA Authentication


Title: Re: Bitfinex blocks all withdrawals unless...
Post by: countryfree on February 20, 2020, 12:20:46 PM
Well, thanks a lot. I didn't know there were other solutions besides the google one.
I'm closing this topic.