This might be a good opportunity to do share these links:
- http://wiki.bitcoin-otc.com/wiki/Using_bitcoin-otc#Risk_of_fraud
- http://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Secure_Trading#Best_Practices_with_trading
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Always check that the person is authenticated with the bot, using the ident command, and note the username he's authenticated with.
Check the person's trust rating on the OTC web of trust before you deal with him. Ask other highly trusted members about dealing with your potential counterparty. See the OTC Rating System documentation for more details, especially the relying on the ratings section. Explore web of trust to see who rated this person and when.
Check the person's trust rating on the OTC web of trust before you deal with him. Ask other highly trusted members about dealing with your potential counterparty. See the OTC Rating System documentation for more details, especially the relying on the ratings section. Explore web of trust to see who rated this person and when.
- http://wiki.bitcoin-otc.com/wiki/Using_bitcoin-otc#Risk_of_fraud
- http://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Secure_Trading#Best_Practices_with_trading
This.
But...
if this site really wants people to use OTC, get some exposure out there, have a banner at the top or a subsection, make it more userfriendly, or SOMETHING.
While I am very familiar now, when I first came in at the beginning of the year this was the issue I had. The OTC and chat and this site seem too seperate from one another. With all this said I had successfully bought from black_star so I am not sure what happend with the other person, but just put in a claim in pay pal its not that hard, not that you should have to.
