My n00b question... Bitcoin-OTC

[ATC777]

I'm no longer in "newbie jail"... In fact, I've been on the streets for a good while. But this is probably such a n00bish question I decided to come back and check with my parole officers! 

I'd like to know a bit more about Bitcoin-OTC and how I can sign up, verify my identity and become a "trusted member".

Can you tell me such things as what information is required? Who are the people that have access to this information? etc, etc?

Thanks,

--ATC--

[DarkHyudrA]

Everybody can see what happened in your OTC.
All instructions of how the bot to work with the OTC are on the wiki.

A trusted member is just someone with succesful trades

[mjc]

I'm not sure if you were aware, or had already visited the wiki: http://bitcoin-otc.com.

The Web of Trust is the other piece you'll need : http://bitcoin-otc.com/trust.php

Once you are bitcoin authenticated (using the signing capabilities of bitcoin-qt), then you need to authenticate with GPG. 

If you are looking for a step by step, my book does cover, setting up IRC, and getting Bitcoin authenticated.  I cover the process of GPG authentication in my blog in the article "Establishing Trust". 

[jwzguy]

The webpages above have all the instructions but if you are having trouble, the people in #bitcoin-otc are some of the most helpful I have ever encountered online.