It's definitely the users responsibility to secure their account but CB could do better when it comes to getting people off SMS 2FA. At the very least, it should be tagged as weak (or something similar) and not "moderately secure" as this could make people complacent. I'm not sure if this has been changed but when you sign up, there's a step called 2fa but you can only setup SMS 2fa...

I logged in and it works fine on my end - firefox with ublock origin. Have you looked into this basic troubleshooting article of theirs? see: https://support.bitfinex.com/hc/en-us/articles/360023364834-FAQ-on-Chart-and-User-Interface-loading-problems

I'm guessing you've also tried the "clear and refresh chart settings" button?

Just another cookie cutter website scammers use a lot. They're even using a snapshot of a previous scam exchange called coinasia. I guess they don't care anymore since someone will fall for it regardless.



Supporting threads:
Be aware of COINASIA and BKF Scam!!!
Coinasia and BKF possible scam?

I hope you did not send them big amounts of money and personal documents op.

Some people in the purse subreddit hinted it could be because products are coming from a 3rd party seller. If that's the case with you, this could be worth trying:


As a last resort, you could look into package forwarders available in your place but you probably have to switch to fiat payments for this.

Afaik transfers between binance users should be free of charge so perhaps you could try to find a reputable user who's fine with that setup. I'm not sure what kind of payment channels do you have for fiat but it'd be best if it doesn't charge much for transfers and popular. You could try at the Currency Exchange board or in your local board - if that's allowed.

Did a quick search and found a VLOG of some dude who went and use the ATM in tokyo tower, see: https://youtu.be/0wew3x69m3U [no eng sub] and from there the operator's website can be found: https://www.gaia-btm.com

Bear in mind that I don't understand the language hence everything is machine translated so there could be inaccuracies.

1. No mention of buying can be found, only selling.


2. KYC/identity verification is required.


3. I should also mention that you have to register online and wait for your designated card to arrive before you can use the machine.


4. It appears they charge 20%???.... that's pretty high.

I think I phrased it poorly. I meant to say try to invite them over in one of the mentioned no-kyc p2p exchanges. I've been to a couple of local communities myself and none of the people I've talked to knows localcryptos, etc. (this was way before LC's shutdown). We have good no-kyc exchanges right now however a lot of people still have not heard of its existence but everyone knows social media - i guess i should not be surprised lots of people trade there.


Perhaps this is just my faith in the community but I imagine people would still pursue developing/maintaining alternatives to kyc'd platforms since restrictions drove people to such ideas in the first place. I think there'd be lesser no-kyc exchanges in the future as well however, when it comes to this, quality outweighs quantity.

It all boils down on which is more important for them: saving a few hundred bucks or whatever that goes on their PC? Yes, I guess there will be reputable sources for cracked software but you’ll never know when will money be tight for them so… essentially, it's a gamble. A good middle ground approach is to compartmentalize - don’t mix the important stuff with the high risks.


Selective scamming could've happened where some bad apples are mixed in.

If ever the known no-kyc p2p exchanges returned no results. I say try hitting some social networking platforms as well and see if it’s possible to invite someone over. A lot of people actually trade on discord, facebook, telegram, etc. without or a with a filmsy “escrow”. These people most likely don’t know there are better alternatives to do p2p that’s why they settle for such…

or just stay away from anything craked/pirated... it's one of the most common ways to infest your device with malwares. Storing your seed online unprotected also make the work easier for hacker/s. Look into offline storage and make more than two copies e.g. paper, steel plates, washers etc.

This is a good time to go over your cybersecurity, this could help: https://github.com/Lissy93/personal-security-checklist

I don't think that's how it work with their private key wallets because that would be against what they claim:




This is the case with them, see: https://support.blockchain.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000286426-How-do-I-disable-two-step-verification-2FA-

If you don't mind F2F/in-person deals, craiglist could be an alternative. They let you mark your postings indicating you accept crypto payments, at the same time an option to filter such postings is also there. But mind you, there’s no affiliated escrow there as it's geared towards in person deals. You can still do purely online deals but it's likely that people would be very much cautious with your sell posts.

Yes but it's only to make it less risky for you.

As you already know, most instant exchanges are centralized and can freeze your funds. The idea is that when they do, only a portion of what you're trying to swap gets locked as you did not send them all at once and did a one by one exchange. Further, there's a notion that the higher the amount, the more likely for it to move up on their radar. However, do remember these exchanges also collects user information e.g. addresses connected, IP, etc. that could identify related transactions so I'd say make it different each time.

The 2fa is only on your blockchain.com account which means if someone sweeps/import your seed using a compatible wallet like electrum, they don't need the 2fa anymore. Also, worth nothing that your 2fa should remain intact even if the hacker used this method to drain your funds. This is why I think the perp had to disable your 2fa to access your wallet which means they didn't have your seed at that time.

Also don't think op's seed was exposed/or it came from electrum because there would be no need for the hacker to disable blockchain.com's 2fa... As pointed above, it's pretty easy if you have access to the email account: you just need to approve the email request and your 2fa is gone. I think you can try to request account logs to blockchain.com, it's likely that they deleted corresponding emails.

Whatever the case, you should drop blockchain.com. Even for small amounts, there are better ones out there.

Privacy matters aside, identity verification/KYC can be a very inconvenient process. 

For instance, you can do all the basics DOs and DON'Ts e.g. photo should be clear, text should be readable, etc. and still fail. There should be lots of threads complaining about how they have to try multiple times. There were also cases where people have to wait for days to be approved, worse is if the software can't verify them and they have to be put thru manual verification which is a longer process. This reason alone is enough for me to prefer no-kyc ones since I don't need to be subjected to any of that.

Do you have a specific situation in mind?

As for me, I just give a unique address to someone so I can easily identify it's from them. Since I've only given it to a single person and not expecting anyone else, I've never confused certain payments with someone else. Perhaps this is something you may wanna communicate to the other party? But of course, if you need a proof then signing a message it is as others pointed out.

I noticed their traffic has been significantly dropping the past few months perhaps it was part of the reason, if this was a recent change, that is. Putting disclaimers similar to what the forum does could be a middle ground approach but I could see why they won't care...

How's the conversion preview looking? There were cases of crypto to crypto conversions having a 1 dollar CB fee... if we're talking about a very small amount, perhaps look if the fee is eating your trade, otherwise, start writing to coinbase ig.

What are you trying to buy op? In any case, you can check:

1. purse.io
2. overstock.com
3. newegg.com

Alternatively, you can try the gift card route, see: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5208530.0