{"id":2944,"date":"2017-09-08T07:15:42","date_gmt":"2017-09-07T23:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smallcapasia.com\/?p=2944"},"modified":"2017-09-07T17:50:15","modified_gmt":"2017-09-07T09:50:15","slug":"how-to-set-up-2fa-bittrex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smallcapasia.com\/zh-hant\/how-to-set-up-2fa-bittrex\/","title":{"rendered":"How to set up 2FA (two factor authentication) in Bittrex"},"content":{"rendered":"

Why setting up 2FA is important?<\/h3>\n

With Bitcoin\u2019s expotential rise along with other altcoins, it has become a target for many hackers & scammers around the world.<\/p>\n

One popular case is the WannaCry incident<\/a> where the hackers launch a massive cyberattack across >100 countries, infecting computers with malware that demanded ransom payments in Bitcoin<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Another recent case is the Engima Coin incident\u00a0<\/a>where the unscrupulous hackers compromised the servers (email, website, Slack) of the online currency platform Enigma. They then sent a fraud message to would-be investors that Pre-sale has started and successfully duped investors out of almost US$500,000.<\/p>\n

As such, since crpyto-currency is pretty much an ‘investment in the online world’; we as investors (traders) need to know how to safeguard ourselves against such risks.<\/p>\n

Read more:\u00a0https:\/\/www.smallcapasia.com\/should-you-invest-in-cryptocurrencies\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

One of the important measures is to enable Two-factor authentication (2fa)<\/strong>\u00a0as it greatly increases security by requiring both your password and another form of authentication.<\/p>\n

We will go through step by step on how to add this function into the Bittrex account.<\/p>\n

Step 1 – Login Your Bittrex and click on ‘Settings’<\/h3>\n

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Step 2 – Enabling ‘Two-Factor Authentication’ by downloading ‘Google Authenticator’<\/h3>\n

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Two-Factor Authentication is also known as 2FA and it greatly increases security of your account because you require these 2 things to login to your account.<\/p>\n

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  1. Password<\/li>\n
  2. 6-digit authentication from Google Authenticator<\/strong> (go download it if you haven’t done so).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    After you download the app, click on the “+” (add) sign to add your Bittrex account inside.<\/p>\n

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    Following which, select “Scan a Barcode” or “Enter a provided key”.<\/p>\n

    I have chosen ‘enter a key’ so i need to input my account name (anything you like) and the ‘Secret Key’<\/strong><\/span> as shown above – the one blanked out in shades of red.<\/p>\n

    Step 3 – Confirmation<\/h3>\n

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    You will receive an email upon successful setup. So going forward, you will need both your account password and the 6-digit number from Google Authenticator to login.<\/p>\n

    Don’t worry, the 6-digits keep changing and you don’t have to press anything unlike your ibanking token.<\/p>\n

    Lastly, you will see that the 2FA is enabled like below:<\/p>\n

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    Hope the guide above helps! Happy Crypto-Investing and don’t remember to stay safe!<\/p>\n

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    Why setting up 2FA is important? With Bitcoin\u2019s expotential rise along with other altcoins, it has become a target for many hackers & scammers around the world. One popular case is the WannaCry incident where the hackers launch a massive cyberattack across >100 countries, infecting computers with malware that demanded ransom payments in Bitcoin. Another […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2954,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[294,295,296],"class_list":["post-2944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-bittrex","tag-google-authenticator","tag-2fa"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smallcapasia.com\/zh-hant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smallcapasia.com\/zh-hant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smallcapasia.com\/zh-hant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smallcapasia.com\/zh-hant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smallcapasia.com\/zh-hant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.smallcapasia.com\/zh-hant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2944\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smallcapasia.com\/zh-hant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smallcapasia.com\/zh-hant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smallcapasia.com\/zh-hant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smallcapasia.com\/zh-hant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}