[00:48:19] === mtgox <~mtgox@201.191.115.114> ...
[00:48:19] === mtgox: member of #bitcoin-otc
[00:48:19] === mtgox: attached to brown.freenode.net Madison, WI, US
[00:48:19] --- End of WHOIS information for mtgox.
If it showed you that information, then mtgox wasn't authenticated to freenode, so that may not be him. If he was authenticated, he would have been hidden behind a cloak.
confirmed, mtgox rarely identifies himself, and rarely have his cloak ( he should and thats why I add information here ) , and he have a dynamic ip in costa rica( ~mtgox@201.191.121.132 ~mtgox@201.191.120.137 ~mtgox@201.191.120.108 ~mtgox@201.191.120.103 ~mtgox@201.191.115.196 ~mtgox@201.191.116.152 and many more in the same IP range )
but yes it could be someone else if he s not identified.
if you guys come on IRC to trade bitcoins, try to be safe and respect the #bitcoin-otc rules, register, identify, ask for a cloak for anonimity, get reputation, and trade safely !
( ah, another good thing could be to remember your own nickname, the channel you came to and the guy you traded with . . . particularly to spend thousands of dollars . . . )
Edit : someone on IRC asked me why i posted this, here are the reasons :
1 - if its the real mtgox (and I m sure he is ) he will now know why he should configure his IRC client to automatically login on connect, before joining any channel ( to get his cloak and anonimity )
2 - if its not the real mtgox,now he llknow there s someone ( a false mtgox ? ) who joined #bitcoin-otc
3- for everyone here to understand better the IRC world and and the security rules for trading $ and BTC on IRC
4- I like anonimity, but mtgox is managing something big and have the "god power" to block an account just saying "better no one knows what I know", anonimity . . . yes, anonimity for a ~bank~ . . . not sure I like it