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Transaction Limits

Set transaction limits with security delays or approvals, in basic or advanced mode, to control how assets leave your workspace.

Transaction limits decide what happens when a transaction is large enough, or unusual enough, to deserve a second look. They don't block activity outright — they hold a transaction for a delay, send it for approval, or wave it through, depending on the rule it matches.

Small teams can get by with one rule. Workspaces with several users, or with higher operational risk, will want a few.

1. Where To Set A Limit

  • Desktop / WebSettings (gear icon in the top bar) → SecurityTransaction limitsSet new.

  • Mobile — Profile icon (top right) → SecurityTransaction Limits+. On mobile each part of the rule is its own screen; tap Done on each one as you go.

The Set transaction limit popup opens in Basic mode. Use Switch to advanced mode if you need per-account, per-destination or per-user rules.

2. Basic Mode

Basic mode sets one limit across all accounts and all users for the period you choose, and applies it to withdrawals — both to saved address book records and to external addresses. It is the fastest way to get a meaningful limit in place.

2.1 Period And Amount

Pick the period from the selector at the top: Daily transaction limit (24 hours), Monthly transaction limit (30 days) or Single transaction. With a daily or monthly period the limit applies to the combined value of transactions inside that rolling window; with Single transaction the rule checks each transaction on its own.

Type an amount, or use the $10,000 / $50,000 / $100,000 quick picks.

Tick Any amount to drop the threshold entirely — the rule then applies to every single transaction, regardless of value and regardless of period. Unticking it returns the form to a daily $10,000 limit, so re-enter your amount if you had one.

2.2 Protection

Choose what happens when the limit is exceeded:

Security delay — the withdrawal is delayed for a set time. Enter the Delay duration in hours; anything from 1 hour to 8760 (a year) is accepted. This works in a workspace of any size.

User approval — approval is required before execution. Set the Authorized approvers — leave Owners only to use current and future Owners, or pick individual users — and how many approvals you need under Approval required. At least 2 approvals are required, and the request creator counts as the first approver, so a second person always has to act.

💡 If your workspace has fewer than two eligible approvers, User approval is unavailable and the rule falls back to a security delay. Add a second approver first — see Users.

🔑 Approvals and API keys. An API key is its own identity — a service user with its own user ID, not an alias for the person who created it. If automation creates transactions in your workspace:

  • With Owners only selected, an API key cannot approve at all — the Transaction Operator role does not carry approval rights, so a human Owner always has to act.

  • If you name an API key among the Authorized approvers, the usual rule applies to it too: the key's own transaction arrives with the first approval already counted, and a second, different identity still has to approve.

  • If you create limits through the API rather than the app, require at least 2 approvals, exactly as the app does.

  • An approval given by a second API key is automation approving automation. If the rule is meant to be a control over your automation, keep the approvers human.

2.3 Features That Can Bypass Transaction Limits

Two switches sit at the bottom of basic mode: Swap and DeFi.

Both cover operations that need to be signed immediately. If they are not excluded from the limit, you simply won't be able to create a swap or a dApp transaction that exceeds it. Switch them on to let those operations through, off to hold them to the same rule as a normal withdrawal.

Check both switches before you confirm — they decide whether your everyday swaps and DeFi activity keep working under the new limit.

3. Advanced Mode

Advanced mode exposes every parameter, in this order:

Transaction amount threshold — the amount that triggers the rule, or Any transaction amount to apply it to everything.

Transaction typeSingle transaction (the rule checks each transaction on its own) or Multiple transactions (the rule checks the combined value over a period).

Accumulation period (hours) — for multiple transactions only: the window during which amounts add up toward the threshold. Up to 336 hours (14 days).

From — the source accounts: one, several, or All existing and new accounts. With several accounts selected, the threshold applies to their combined total. Hidden accounts appear in the From/To search only after you reveal them with their PIN.

To — where the rule applies. Tick any combination of:

  • Address book — records saved in your Address Book, both crypto addresses and Bron Tags. You can narrow it to specific records instead of all. Bank-account records aren't a Transfer destination, so they don't apply here.

  • External addresses — anything not saved in the Address Book.

  • Accounts — internal transfers between your own workspace accounts.

Applies toAll existing and new members, Owners only, or a specific set of users.

Protection — the same two options as basic mode, plus a third:

  • Exception — no approval or delay required, executed instantly. Use it to carve a safe path out of a broader rule, for example letting internal transfers run freely while external ones need approval.

In advanced mode the approval hint reads: when an approver creates a transaction, their own approval is counted automatically — so if 3 approvals are required, only 2 more people need to act.

Additional exceptionsSwap (with an asset scope: all swappable assets, or a specific list) and DeFi (Wallet Connect). Unlike basic mode these are checkboxes and start unticked, so a new advanced rule applies to swaps and DeFi unless you say otherwise.

4. Reading The Transaction Limits Table

Each rule appears as a row with these columns:

  • Transaction amount threshold≥$10,000 or Any transaction amount, with Single transaction or Multiple transactions within N hours underneath.

  • From / To / Applies to — the scope, or All accounts / All members / Owners only.

  • Limit typeN approvals, N hours delay, or No approval needed for an exception.

  • Allow swaps and Allow DeFiOn or Off, the two exceptions above.

  • StatusActive once it is in force, Awaiting approval while a new rule is still being approved, or a Security delay badge with a live countdown. An active rule with a pending edit shows Changes request awaiting approval.

Open a rule to review a pending request: New transaction limit request, Security delay applied or Approve transaction limit removal, each with Approve / Reject, and Cancel request for whoever created it.

5. Plan Limits

Security delay and Exception rules are unlimited on every plan. The number of rules that use User approval depends on your plan — once you reach it, the popup tells you which plan lifts the cap. See Plans and billing in Settings.

6. Why Was My DeFi Transaction Delayed?

Claiming rewards, staking, providing liquidity or any other action you sign through dApp Connect is a DeFi transaction. If one of your rules covers it and the DeFi exception on that rule is off, the transaction follows the rule's action — so it waits out the security delay or sits pending approval.

This happens regardless of the amount: dApp transactions don't carry a reliable USD value, so amount thresholds are ignored for them and even a small claim is caught by a rule with a high threshold.

To let DeFi transactions through in future:

  1. Go to Settings → Security → Transaction limits.

  2. Edit each rule that applies to you.

  3. Turn on DeFi (basic mode) or tick DeFi (Wallet Connect) under Additional exceptions (advanced mode), then confirm.

DeFi-specific details:

  • The exception is set per rule — if several rules cover you, enable it on each one.

  • DeFi transactions count as sends to external addresses, so rules limited to Address Book records or internal accounts don't apply to them.

  • For single-transaction rules, the DeFi exception can be enabled only when the rule applies to any transaction amount.

  • This covers only dApp Connect (Wallet Connect). Swaps have their own separate exception, and regular sends always follow the rule.

  • Don't confuse this with Spending Caps — those are dApp token approvals granted per account, not workspace policies. To review them across all accounts, search for Review dApp access.

7. Changing Your Limits: How Security Policies Apply

Your Security Policies protect changes to your rules — not the transactions themselves. If the Manage transaction limits policy is enabled, creating, editing or deleting a rule is held until one of these is satisfied:

  • Security delay — the change is held for 48 hours before it takes effect. This one is fixed at 48 hours, unlike the per-rule delay you set in the form.

  • User approval — the change needs approval from the Authorized approvers set on that policy. At least 2 approvals, request creator counted as the first.

Both options are available on all plans. Only Owners can edit security policies. Enabling the Manage transaction limits policy for the first time takes effect immediately; disabling or re-enabling it later goes through the Policy change rule.

Configure it in Settings → Security → Security policies.

8. Example: A Three-Person Workspace

Suppose your workspace has an Owner with unlimited access, a Finance Manager who handles regular payments to known addresses, and an Operations Manager who manages the portfolio.

For the Owner:

  • Up to $10,000 per 24 hours to any address — no approval.

  • Over $10,000 per 24 hours — approval by any other user. This is what protects you if the Owner's account is compromised.

For the Finance Manager:

  • Under $5,000 per 24 hours to saved addresses — no approval.

  • Over $5,000 per 24 hours to saved addresses — Owner approval.

  • Any other transaction over $1,000 per 24 hours — Owner approval.

For the Operations Manager:

  • Internal transfers between workspace accounts — an Exception, executed instantly.

  • Over $100,000 per 24 hours to saved addresses — one approval.

  • Over $200,000 per 24 hours to saved addresses — two approvals.

  • Over $50,000 per 24 hours to any external address — two approvals.

Start in basic mode with a single daily limit, then switch to advanced and add the per-person rules once you know where the friction is.

If you have questions, contact our support team via messenger on the Bron platform or by email support@bron.org.

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