The Pi Network has introduced a two-factor authentication (2FA) feature for its Pi wallets. Pi users will need to complete 2FA before their Pi is successfully migrated to the Mainnet blockchain.
As per the announcement by Pi Network, this feature will boost the security of Pi users’ wallets by verifying a trusted email address. The feature will also help to assure the safety of their accounts and Pi coins. The 2FA needs 14 days for the wallet confirmation.
Some of its users may already have a trusted email address for the 2FA process for confirming their migration wallet, while others may need to set up a trusted email beforehand.
To set up a trusted email, its users have to verify their email address. After the verification of the email, a prompt will appear in the mining app. Only the Pi users who have completed their KYC (including tentative KYC) are currently eligible to add a trusted email. This trusted email is very important for various account verifications, such as account recovery.
Therefore, it’s vital to provide an email that users own and trust. Using a random email address to which they do not have access will lead to verification failures, preventing them from confirming wallet migration and potentially hindering future account recovery.
After adding a trusted email, Pi users will gradually receive prompts after mining sessions, as well as some email notifications, to complete the 2FA process for their migration wallets. Alternatively, Pi users can confirm their wallets through the Mainnet Checklist.
In the 2FA interface, Pioneers must confirm access to their migration wallet (or change it by creating a new one) and will then receive another email to verify this confirmation.
For security purposes, the Pi users have migrated their Pi to Mainnet in the last few weeks but are still within a 14-day pending period and will need to complete the required 2FA. If they fail to complete the task, the mining app will securely return their Pi to them.
The 14-day pending period following migration was created to ensure that any security or false migration is addressed before transactions become permanently permanent on the Mainnet blockchain.
Once the Pi completes 2FA, their original balance or a slightly increased amount will be re-queued for migration to the Mainnet blockchain.
The 2FA requirement and Pi “return” features aim to improve the security of Pi users’ accounts. The features, like blockchain transactions, are unchangeable, and the Pi Wallet is non-custodial; these features provide added security, which guarantees that Pi is sent to the rightful wallet owner.
Pioneers who complete 2FA before a rollback will not be affected by the Pi returns. Once 2FA is completed, Pioneers whose migrations were paused and Pi returned will have their migrations re-initiated.
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