PointPay: how to improve the security of an account on a cryptocurrency exchange – Bits Media

Any transactions on the Internet, related to finance, must be carried out in accordance with safety requirements.

Cryptocurrency accounts remain the subject of scammers' interest, seeking profit. The period of the pandemic has forced attackers to intensify - The number of cryptocurrencies hacks increased by almost a third. If you want to protect your savings, It is worth knowing about simple rules, compliance with which will help this.

The choice of a reliable platform, providing access to work with cryptocurrencies is the most important condition. Pointpay system combines the exchange, Multimalite wallet and blockchain-bank. The safety of users and their operations is the primary priority of Pointpay. Closed keys are stored using encryption. Entrance to the account - only through two -factor authorization. Second stage, confirming the action of the account owner, There is a click on the link in an email or entering a password from SMS.

For additional protection against the actions of an attacked, Pointpay introduced a restriction on withdrawal from the exchange account, from a wallet or a deposit of cryptobank to the first 48 hours after changing the forgotten password. This measure is very effective against various fraudulent schemes for hacking personal accounts. Despite all levels of protection, Sophisticated scammers constantly come up with new ways to bypass them. Such a temporary buffer in two days will allow the owner of the account to return access to it and save his tokens.

Remember, Despite all the efforts, attached an exchange, In many ways, the safety of cryptocurrency is your personal responsibility. It will not be superfluous to follow the following rules:

  • Separate email, which will be used only for registration on the cryptocurrency exchange. Better, If it is a mail on a paid service, The level of security there is significantly higher, than well -known free mail, Google, Yandex. It is advisable not to "shine" this address everywhere, and even more so do not subscribe to mailings and do not leave in the forms of registration on dubious sites. When creating an account, Check the name of the exchange in the letter, which will come to you by e-mail.

  • Go to the exchange website, entering her address in the browser line manually. Never go to the exchange from third -party sites, advertisements. Always check the reliability of the SSL certificate in the address of the HTTPS site-this is a warranty of the connected encryption.

The password should be difficult, meaningless and non -obvious. These three points will allow you not to worry about the reliability of your account. Use different registers, numbers, Special signs. Never store the password electronically, Do not send it to your messengers. The only permissible way is to write down on paper, which, naturally, We'll have to hide away. If you use several exchanges, then passwords for them should be radically different.