Blockchain Question

I created a blockchain account. I see in the settings i have the recommended option checked. Does that mean theres no miner fees? I see there are 2 other options, one is frugal which i believe is very slow and the other one is fast and theres some 0.001 btc fee? Thus should i always have that checked?

Also what 2 factor authorization should i do? Is email fine? I currently have a cell phone but im actually in mexico now and not sure if i could receive texts or not. I see other option called google authenticator and this other one... which one should i do ?

Email is fine but make sure its an account not using the same email as the blockchain, or same password. Set the fee to normal, it works well for me, 0.001 is too much to pay for fees, 0.0001 upwards will usually be fine for regular transactions.

Quote from: viking02 on February 04, 2015, 03:39:05 AM

Default setting means it uses the standard fee ( I think 0.0005)
Never had any problems with the default setting, although for bigger amounts, I prefer to use a higher fee

and better use google aunt than text as i know if use text any limit for open blockchain CMIIW

can you explain google auth? Does it cost anything? Reason i ask this is b/c not sure if i could receive text messages since im outside the usa now. And if i do, i have to pay for text each time so that would be pretty expensive if im receiving a text each time i log in?

Quote from: viking02 on February 04, 2015, 04:00:23 AM

Google auth is free all you need is a cell phone which can connect to internet, either mobile data or through wifi it does not matter. Majority of people use this software, as its easy and free.

I would always pay the miner fee or your tx ma not get confirmed
2FA is for your own security and provides an extra layer of security

For my blockchain account, i put 2 factor authorization with my iphone with google authenticator. I also see settings on blockchain where i could check restrict TOR and some other things. Should i do anything like that or leave it like it is?

My other question is for coinbase i see you have to verify a phone number and bank account. At the moment im in mexico so i do have a mexican cell number. For the phone number verifcation, would you suggest using the mexican cell number or would you suggest i use my USA google voice number or it doesn't matter? I use my google voice number to call to usa/canada for free here in mexico. When i call to someone here in mexico, i obviously use my mexican cell phone. I would like to know would it be an issue putting my mexican cell number to confirm? Or should i put my google voice usa number for it. The thing is i know coinbase is a usa site and thus i do have a us bank account but i wanted to know if its fine to put my mexican cell phone number for my iphone to verify me or just go with google voice number. Issue with google voice though it isn't a good 2 factor authorization so im using google authenticator now with blockchain. I assume i can use google authenitator as 2 FA with coinbase? That way i dont have to receive sms text each time or a voice call each time.

Quote from: viking02 on February 04, 2015, 04:00:23 AM

you can try google auth for chrome its more simple, dont need to open your smartphone

how do i do this? I downloaded it for chrome in the extension but i dont know how to change it from my phone to this. Or its suppose to be the iphone?