<blockquote>
  <p>In the Electrum wallet for pc, it is possible to modify a wallet from
  normal password to 2fA (two factor authentication ) without creating a
  new wallet?</p>
</blockquote>

<p>No, it is not possible to add two-factor authentication to an existing wallet. these are two different wallet types. </p>

<blockquote>
  <p>the fee for the 2fA it's billed only when sending funds from the 2fA
  wallet to outside, and not when we receive, right?</p>
</blockquote>

<p>The sender always pays the fee.</p>

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<p>In the Electrum wallet for pc, it is possible to modify a wallet from normal password to 2fA (two factor authentication ) without creating a new wallet?</p>

<p>Also, the fee for the 2fA it's billed only when sending funds from the 2fA wallet to outside, and not when we receive, right?</p>

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Electrum two factor authentication
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# Electrum two factor authentication

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-01-06)

In the Electrum wallet for pc, it is possible to modify a wallet from normal password to 2fA (two factor authentication ) without creating a new wallet?

Also, the fee for the 2fA it's billed only when sending funds from the 2fA wallet to outside, and not when we receive, right?

**Tags:** wallet, electrum, two-factor-authentication


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2018-01-06. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

> In the Electrum wallet for pc, it is possible to modify a wallet from
> normal password to 2fA (two factor authentication ) without creating a
> new wallet?

No, it is not possible to add two-factor authentication to an existing wallet. these are two different wallet types.

> the fee for the 2fA it's billed only when sending funds from the 2fA
> wallet to outside, and not when we receive, right?

The sender always pays the fee.


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