I know I've harped on this before, but it would be GREAT if the manual threshold for withdrawals was a lot higher for people with 2fa on everything. Maybe like 50btc? Pweeeeeez!?
I would love to be able to do that. But 50 BTC would be the entire hot wallet most of the time.
I know people don't care for the manual withdrawals. They're not fun to process either. We just can't risk making ourselves a hacking target like that. Too many sites (recently vircurex) have gone down the drain because they leave too much exposed.
The problem I have is the manual withdrawal forces me to trade less on BTCT.co, it means I am exposed to too much time risk.
50BTC for the hot wallet seems awfully low to me as well. This means that you probably process more manual withdrawals than automatic ones...
It seems like overkill to me, but I'm not the one running the exchange I guess, so I plead some ignorance.
Either way, higher manual withdrawal limits is the single biggest feature request on BTCT.co for me, by a longshot.
I completely understand. This is especially true when trying to arb, where the quickest to move will see the best profit.
50 BTC is where I think the balance is between quick access for the average user, and security for the site. I know this doesn't seem like much, but the site does not have any kind of insurance policy or fund, so it's pretty important to keep it low. I am confident that this approach is balanced and prudent.
The site has grown so much that I think what we need is someone involved that can take care of things full time. Trick is... how do you vet applicants? The risk of employee theft scares the crap outta me.
If we could find the right person though, then the site wouldn't need a hot wallet at all, and all withdrawals could be manually processed from offsite somewhere.