Quote from: RaylonS on December 10, 2013, 08:09:45 PM

How does one "learn" "web of trust" - what does that even mean?

Do you have any suggestions for someone new getting into this? As I said if we are to leave the poor performers behind there has to be better options.

Presuming I can trust you (which I am).

Thanks

Well: http://bitcoin-otc.com

Their wiki explains a lot of the basic how to do things so you can get up and running. The general idea though is to transition from less than incredibly reliable things like CoinBase to doing business with individuals who have their continued reputation staked on a successful trade.

Learning to WoT though involves doing the work and the reading to build your own personal Web of Trust. Bitcoin-otc supplies a nice tool, but you have to interpret the information it contains on your own.