Do this rule has been around since years ago? That could explain why my balance hit zero.
At one point in the past, I got a warning email from hitbtc that someone tried to access my account. Driven by curiosity rather than wanting to secure my account, I logged in and saw that my balance is zero --or if not zero, then it was negligible to be withdrawn-- I might be wrong [and this time, the chance is quite big that my memory served me wrong] but I think I used to had some balance there, not sure which currency was it, but I pretty much sure I left something there. At that time, I thought I must have moved the remaining balance and forgot about it. With this added info, though, I became quite sure I did left something there and got deducted by "inactive account fee". Ahh, well, what's done is done.
If you're still able to access your account, perhaps they'd label it as such in your transaction history. Onto your question, it has been more than two years so more than enough to drain a couple hundreds as they said, they charge 20 bucks a month.
idc if they ask me to re-verify, just another jumping through the hoops as with any other exchange. Not that my face will change amirite?
Try reading the thread you posted on? TLDR: the OP is open to KYC, the problem is, scam hitbtc keeps the whole thing in circles, ultimately making people give up. You will find multiple stories like this in various platforms such as this forum, reddit, twitter, etc.
It seems rather user friendly now and from what i read online it improved with the withdrawal fees and the speed of support (from what i can see now).
Their withdrawal fees are above average and expensive still, see:
https://withdrawalfees.com/exchanges/hitbtcThey verified me fast, not like in some months as someone wrote on reddit, I tried trading already. Sometimes execution may be slow, but if you trade shitcoins, it's understandable. Also margin is a big plus.
You situation is different as you have verified in advance. If you actually read the multiple scam threads about them particularly the actual thread you posted on, you'll know, these people have already spend a good amount of time with the exchange and have some money stuck in there before they were requested to be placed in an endless KYC BS.
I'm really doubting you're just a regular user. You sound more like a shill with the way you defend them so much.