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Topic: How the hell does bitcoin-otc work? (Read 3025 times)

newbie
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April 01, 2013, 05:50:59 AM
#29
Lul nanotube I guess it's totally working as intended with all the top rated people with at least one -10 rating...

Nice coding buddy keep it up noob...
hero member
Activity: 482
Merit: 501
March 30, 2013, 05:38:15 PM
#28
both methods return the error "No Secret Key".

So where do I input my secret key into this step?

it appears you are missing the private key. Are you sure you are trying to use your own keypair, and if so, are you sure you haven't deleted your keyring?
hero member
Activity: 482
Merit: 501
March 30, 2013, 05:35:21 PM
#27
The Web of Trust is a broken system...

Proof here...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4C_1cpLbDy0

Not broken, working as intended. You have to use trust paths, wherein ratings from people you don't trust get ignored automagically.
legendary
Activity: 3038
Merit: 1032
RIP Mommy
March 30, 2013, 05:30:03 PM
#26

Thanks for your reply.

Where pbcopy - do I replace this with something else?

I'm still getting the same error.

Thanks.


pbcopy would put the output in your clipboard, if you had a secret key.
newbie
Activity: 42
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March 30, 2013, 05:17:14 AM
#25
The Web of Trust is a broken system...

Proof here...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4C_1cpLbDy0
newbie
Activity: 12
Merit: 0
March 30, 2013, 05:12:37 AM
#24

Thanks for your reply.

Where pbcopy - do I replace this with something else?

I'm still getting the same error.

Thanks.
legendary
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RIP Mommy
newbie
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March 30, 2013, 04:32:55 AM
#22

6) Gribble will spit back a http:// url. Copy that and run (if you're using commandline):
wget -O - http://bitcoin-otc.com/otps/46ED38A2A668A578 | gpg --decrypt





Thanks for your instructions. They got me to this step. I am on a mac. I've used GPG Keychain access to generate the keys.

I've tried to decrypt using terminal with the method above as well as using gpg --decrypt

both methods return the error "No Secret Key".

So where do I input my secret key into this step?

Thanks for your help.
hero member
Activity: 700
Merit: 500
March 29, 2013, 04:35:59 PM
#21
The web of trust is more useful than the IRC conversation that happens in OTC. Being to auth people before you trade with them is about as solid as you can get in identity verification.

I agree, the WOT is a wonderful idea.

Nevertheless, the proof is in the pudding. As I said, I have found that I can trade between BTC and USD faster, more safely, more profitably, and more reliably at mtgox, campbx, or bitfloor than OTC. YMMV.

Estos cabrones se creen que la montan y cuando Los boricuas les damos shut down, se meten la lengua en el culo. Dile ahi puñeta que solo los Nerds usan IRC y que es mas sofisticado usar CampBx coño.

Carolina en la casa! Luis Lloren Torres! Minando bitcoins con luz gratis gracias a Carmen Yulin!

Well, the Bitcoin client uses IRC to bootstrap...

The web of trust is more useful than the IRC conversation that happens in OTC. Being to auth people before you trade with them is about as solid as you can get in identity verification.

I agree, the WOT is a wonderful idea.

Nevertheless, the proof is in the pudding. As I said, I have found that I can trade between BTC and USD faster, more safely, more profitably, and more reliably at mtgox, campbx, or bitfloor than OTC. YMMV.

Normally true, but sometime you might want to trade for something other than USD. The exchanges might also be having a day like today where they trouble reasonably accessing them exists. I only recently got on OTC, but it is nice having Gribble there to check identities.
newbie
Activity: 14
Merit: 0
March 29, 2013, 03:03:35 PM
#20
The web of trust is more useful than the IRC conversation that happens in OTC. Being to auth people before you trade with them is about as solid as you can get in identity verification.

I agree, the WOT is a wonderful idea.

Nevertheless, the proof is in the pudding. As I said, I have found that I can trade between BTC and USD faster, more safely, more profitably, and more reliably at mtgox, campbx, or bitfloor than OTC. YMMV.

Estos cabrones se creen que la montan y cuando Los boricuas les damos shut down, se meten la lengua en el culo. Dile ahi puñeta que solo los Nerds usan IRC y que es mas sofisticado usar CampBx coño.

Carolina en la casa! Luis Lloren Torres! Minando bitcoins con luz gratis gracias a Carmen Yulin!
full member
Activity: 198
Merit: 100
March 29, 2013, 02:27:39 PM
#19
The web of trust is more useful than the IRC conversation that happens in OTC. Being to auth people before you trade with them is about as solid as you can get in identity verification.

I agree, the WOT is a wonderful idea.

Nevertheless, the proof is in the pudding. As I said, I have found that I can trade between BTC and USD faster, more safely, more profitably, and more reliably at mtgox, campbx, or bitfloor than OTC. YMMV.
hero member
Activity: 700
Merit: 500
March 29, 2013, 02:19:10 PM
#18
I hate to put a damper on the discussion, but #bitcoin-otc may not be the best place to trade. I went through all the steps, bought some coins, and got a rating. It was lots of fun. Really! You get a real sense of accomplishment once gpg suddenly makes sense to you. Here is a great video explaining it . I still like to hang out on the irc channel now and then, just to chat.

Nevertheless, in all honesty, I have found that I can trade betwen BTC and USD faster, more safely, more profitably, and more reliably at mtgox, campbx, or bitfloor than from the great guys at otc. It may just be me, but you might not have to get into otc at all, just to trade, unless you find it to be fun like I did.


The web of trust is more useful than the IRC conversation that happens in OTC. Being to auth people before you trade with them is about as solid as you can get in identity verification.
full member
Activity: 198
Merit: 100
March 29, 2013, 02:00:31 PM
#17
De que pueblo boricua?

Maria 2.0 De pura cepa!!!

LOL! Soy natural de Juana Diaz. Pero ahora vivo en Florida.
newbie
Activity: 14
Merit: 0
March 29, 2013, 01:57:29 PM
#16
I hate to put a damper on the discussion, but #bitcoin-otc may not be the best place to trade. I went through all the steps, bought some coins, and got a rating. It was lots of fun. Really! You get a real sense of accomplishment once gpg suddenly makes sense to you. Here is a great video explaining it . I still like to hang out on the irc channel now and then, just to chat.

Nevertheless, in all honesty, I have found that I can trade betwen BTC and USD faster, more safely, more profitably, and more reliably at mtgox, campbx, or bitfloor than from the great guys at otc. It may just be me, but you might have to get into otc at all, unless you find it to be fun like I did.


De que pueblo boricua?

Maria 2.0 De pura cepa!!!
full member
Activity: 198
Merit: 100
March 29, 2013, 01:55:59 PM
#15
I hate to put a damper on the discussion, but #bitcoin-otc may not be the best place to trade. I went through all the steps, bought some coins, and got a rating. It was lots of fun. Really! You get a real sense of accomplishment once gpg suddenly makes sense to you. Here is a great video explaining it . I still like to hang out on the irc channel now and then, just to chat.

Nevertheless, in all honesty, I have found that I can trade betwen BTC and USD faster, more safely, more profitably, and more reliably at mtgox, campbx, or bitfloor than from the great guys at otc. It may just be me, but you might not have to get into otc at all, just to trade, unless you find it to be fun like I did.
hero member
Activity: 752
Merit: 500
March 29, 2013, 01:30:07 PM
#14
I have no clue what you all are talking about.  It's so confusing to me.  Is there an instruction on how to use gribble which is in dummy language?
I went here: http://wiki.bitcoin-otc.com/wiki/Bitcoin_address_authentication#Challenge-response
and it's still very confusing.
I'm using a mac.

Thanks!
legendary
Activity: 1078
Merit: 1002
Bitcoin is new, makes sense to hodl.
March 13, 2013, 04:08:19 AM
#13
IRC, who use that these days, jeez this is harder than mpex.
newbie
Activity: 43
Merit: 0
March 13, 2013, 04:06:04 AM
#12
sweet, sorted.

thanks butter Smiley
legendary
Activity: 3038
Merit: 1032
RIP Mommy
March 13, 2013, 03:57:17 AM
#11
So scrap the address I originally used and start the call and response again on gribble with a new private key and bitcoin address from bitaddress.org?

thanks

Yes, because
1) you'd have to export your private keys in Multibit without encryption so you can open the .key file in a text editor and get the right one out to use on brainwallet
and
2) the call and response probably expired anyway
newbie
Activity: 43
Merit: 0
March 13, 2013, 03:53:14 AM
#10
verification failed....

Do I not need to scrap the address I originally used and start the challenge and response again on gribble with a new private key and bitcoin address from bitaddress.org?

thanks
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