The cryptocurrency space has seen massive changes since Bitcoin’s earliest days, but one thing that’s remained constant is exchange breaches. About $1.1 billion worth of cryptocurrencies were stolen in the first half of 2018. The survey conducted by the ICOrating.com has revealed some scary statistics relating to the security practices in many exchanges.

• 41% of exchanges allow passwords with fewer than 8 symbols

• 37% of exchanges allow passwords with either digits or letters alone

• 5% of exchanges allow the creation of accounts without email verification

• 4% of exchanges lack 2FA

• Only 46% of exchanges meet all four parameters

• Just 4% of Exchanges were found to have a best practice for domain security

Numbers don’t lie and it makes me scared. Is it safe to trade my hard-earned money in such exchanges?

The Cryptocurrency derivatives exchange platform should consider safety features for securing the user against any unwanted potential threats and losses. Espay-X crypto derivative exchange software development team makes sure that your software exchange terminal has the below-mentioned features.

LOGIN WITH EMAIL ID AND PASSWORD

Email is of the most important aspect between the user and the software. It is used to alert the user for new activities happening around with his account – login via the new device, one-time password, etc. It can also be used to communicate with the user, when he/she needs support. We make sure that your email address and password are secure and never compromised. The engine helps the user to choose a password that consists of permutations and combinations of varied characters.

STANDARD SIGNUP

The software exchange terminal comes with a secure and optimized login process. This serves the purpose for the end-user as well as guarantee minimal data breach impact. It consists of the usage of SSL encryption, reCAPTCHA, limit login, and password reset attempts, geo-location security, etc.

FORGOT PASSWORD WITH SECURITY QUESTION

The software exchange terminal has the forget password feature to help the users reset it. It will ask a particular set of security questions that are pre-selected and filled by the user. If the user is able to answer it correctly, then and only then the software allows to reset the password. Else, it throws error message or blocks your account.

2 FACTOR AUTHENTICATIONS

2-factor authentications also known as dual-factor authentication is mostly used protection mechanism features. It means the user needs to have a hold of two different authorization keys to enable him to log in to his respective account. Generally, it consists of the password set by the user and the random alphanumeric character. It is mandatory for the user to remember the password, but needs to follow the below-mentioned approaches to get the second code.

• It can be availed via message of call

• It can be availed via specific applications

The latter approach is considered to be reliable because the code generated by the applications has a shorter life span say 30 seconds. This makes it difficult for the hackers provided your device is at a safe place.

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