On Telegram's ASIC Hardware market, the admins use a verification process (with government IDs and video, basically standard KYC) to hold sellers accountable and filter ourt scammers.
Does the forum do something similar? I'd be happy to dox myself to a trustworthy 3rd party for earning the forum's trust.
No. Dox doesn't prove shit. We are not equipped to handle KYC, keep private information secure, or recognize fake documents.
And bringing up Telegram as an example of something trustworthy is not going to go over well. You should probably stay over there.
Telegram is saturated with scammers, true but if you heard of @hardwaremarket and @mpverify groups you would understand what I mean, their verification system for ASIC sellers makes it virtually impossible to get scammed and I am confident the admins and brains behind the system (Joe cryptech and Saveli) are long time bitcointalk members. They "were not equipped to handle KYC" but they made it work by charging people a small fee to become verified. People pay to hand over goverment docs etc.
Anyway, the response to "newbie" grade users I am seeing here is unanimously negative, it is tough going. It took me an enormous effort to prove that an ASIC Seller website was legitamite back in 2019. I'll quit trying and perhaps come back when I have come up with a way to reassure I am not trying to screw anyone over.