Is there no way to verify someone other than by uploading a photo ID (or tax documents)? That's too much of a privacy risk (EDIT: ...just to sell a note. I'm ok with uploading an ID in order to borrow BTC). No offense, but larger and better-funded companies have been hacked and people's PII has been stolen (Home Depot, Target, US Govt employees, etc.). I don't believe that selling a note that someone owes me is worth uploading a photo ID.
How about a verified PayPal account?
If you can do this, I'll resume lending.
I submitted my loan listing 3 days ago and up to now is still in review...
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I fully support all information verification to edge out scammers.
We are here to support each other and when discrimination is at play we feel that your services are meant to certain regions and people.
Why do I make this suggestion?
You see a listing which its description is only a sentence and a first loan asking much, even the investors question but because the person comes from a certain region his/her listing is accepted while a person from another region with even a better credit score his loan is closed without even an explanation or made to wait for long.
At least improve on those issues.
That's been my concern too!
What really concerns me is how I uploaded all of my personal information to this btcjam, which include government I did and paper work, verifiable institutional, and social media connections and yet they kept me at a E rating since August 2014. I uploaded the EXACT same information to bit lending club and was approved (and in good standing).
I submitted the following aged accounts:
Google 1131565457397130xxxxx
facebook 1000059108xxxxx
ebay nY+sHZ2PrBmdj6wVnY+sEZ2PrA2dj6wxxxxx
twitter 21694xxxxx
localbitcoins bitcoinCorporation
Coinbase 5094e13096c42002000xxxxx
Localbitcoins bitcoinCorporation
Postal Mail from the government
Bank Account/s
And a couple of things more. I've had and actively used these accounts for years, and yet btcjam gave me an E rating? So after over a year, I asked... ONE question in yesterdays "webinar". I simply asked "How come I have an E rating on your system and your competitor approved me and ALL info is the same?" BOOM. They blocked me! WOW.
After the webinar I went to the site to send a support message. I logged in, left a support email explaining the situation again and that some others contacted me wondering too. I noticed that my rating was now D, so, thinking perhaps something might have been broken before, I submitted ANOTHER bank account to which the system responded that my rating would be upgraded in a couple of hours. It's been 20 hours now and my rating is STILL BLANK! ?
Does this have something to do with the support message I left? Yes, I voiced my concern that Btcjam.com makes me feel as if they might be discriminating on something that has nothing to do with verification, credit and ability to re-pay when all other things are equal to anyone else. Lets face it, people do, but hardly ever admit it. I'm sure that IF I get a reply thats it will say thats not the case and will probably claim some type of analysis or cryptic algorithm. PppppppPpp. Right.
I just wish that I hadn't even bothered in the 1st place because I feel like a sucker, putting all of my information in yet ANOTHER damned database of some company that I don't but claims to be better than my library, all my banks, the department of motor vehicles, any place I ever work, car rental agencies and places I've rented.
And after reading the messages here (during the composition of this post) I realize that I've been shut down after throwing away something thats been very precious to me for many many years (my privacy) while not enough effort was put in to stopping real thieves.
All this to say, my biggest concerns WAS confusion/disagreement with giving me an E rating, but now I really don't like ANYONE having all of my personal (private) information and then BLOCKING me and my ONE respectfully asked question in a webinar as if it were a forbidden subject and I was not worthy of an answer (not even in private after the question).
The cryptcurrency (digital currency in general) arena sure can make you pay dues that have you questioning just how much you can stand...