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April 09, 2013, 02:11:00 PM |
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I've used Btc-e a little bit to dabble into trading of alt-currencies, however I've seen a few reports from people claiming that Btc-e is stealing the bitcoins in their account. Personally I've had no issues with them, although sometimes I have to hit up google translator to translate pieces of the site from russian to english, as the language is not been translated well throughout the entire site. That's some small oversight, and the trollbox of theis is a history in itself.
Also support seems to be extremely brief, usually it is only one word responses. Perhaps they're overloaded, and only 1 or 2 persons is running it all ? Anyway, I've got the impression that the site is somewhat shady, and thus it is to be expected that they could close shop, or funds could vanish at any point.
Also, the trollbox has a lot of traffic, and sometimes dubious links are posted there, I would suspect some of those links contains malware/trojans if clicked on, and esp. it could be dangerous if you run a windows system. If e-mail withdraw confirmation is not enabled, then someone gaining access to your account could just withdraw your funds.
I also asked them if they would roll out any two factor system, and the only reply was: 'soon'. E-mail confirmation of withdraws is a good thing, although I'd prefer if they didn't state the amount in the confirmation e-mail, but just said something to the effect of:
A withdraw has been requested from your account, please go here [link] to confirm the withdraw - and then when you visit their link, a page pops up saying, you've requested to withdraw n BTC, do you want to execute this transaction ? Yes/No
As for now, I will not leave any more money on that site than I'm comfortable with losing. Perhaps that rule should be true for all websites dealing with bitcoins, but I do feel more confident about certain sites than about others.
What are your impressions about btc-e.com ?
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