Add your Bitfinex API key

To let Stratum place funding offers for you, connect a Bitfinex API key with the right scopes — and only those scopes.

1. Create the key on Bitfinex

  • Go to Bitfinex → API Keys → Create New Key.
  • Enable Margin Funding read + write.
  • Enable Wallets read.
  • Enable Account Info read. Stratum needs this to confirm your funding fee tier — a key without it is rejected.
  • Leave Withdraw off, and leave Orders / trading off too. Stratum reads the key's real scopes when you add it and rejects any key that has withdrawal or trading enabled — it is never stored.

2. Enable 2FA in Stratum

Stratum requires two-factor authentication before you can store any API key. Set it up under Settings → Profile.

3. Paste the key

Paste the key + secret on the onboarding step (or Settings → API keys). Stratum reads the key's real permissions from Bitfinex, rejects it if withdrawal or trading is enabled, confirms the read + funding scopes it needs, and encrypts both with AES-256-GCM before storing them.

4. Start in paper mode

We recommend creating your first strategy in paper mode — it simulates against live rates without placing real offers. Switch to live whenever you’re ready.