Local Bitcoin is just a website were any user can register as an buyer and seller. They usually do not monitor each profile and also do not interfere in the trade requirements of the buyer or seller.
Due to the increasing number of crypto scam attempts any buyer or seller could ask for an identity verification to be safe at his side if he is scammed later.
If you were working on an PayPal realted trade on local Bitcoin you are most probably need to do a Identity verification with the trader as its an reversable method of payment and is risky. I personally have dealt with users asking for identity verification for trades mostly PayPal related.
no i was not using paypal . i was saying above that a pandered trader on the website tried to scam me in this manner in the past. when this guy asked me for my id it is optional for me to think he is out of order it is irrelevant that he is worried about getting scammed when it comes to protecting my personal information on my account. his worries are his own . and he had no rights to leave a negative feed back what would be his reasoning . he rights i must be mental. one would think a quick ticket should fix this . i get a reply from local bitcoin claiming the review was reviewed and its perfectly fine . i have blocked this trader for asking for such things and distrusted him for asking for such things. no trade was conducted . his review was able to remove my account from 100% feedback like the paypal scammer who was able to leave about 10 feed backs in 1 day from 1 trade how was that possible. if local bitcoins is not working with this people? both were able to keep their 100% feed backs why? the paypal scammer was proving in the end to be a proper scammer fyi. the guy that left 10 feed backs from 1 trade in 1 day in case you are not following what i,m typing.