surplus-trader

As of February 17, 2026, there is no reliably verifiable public biography or identity for a person or entity labeled “surplus-trader” in connection with the Bitcoin OTC Web of Trust. The specific page http://bitcoin-otc.com/viewgpg.php?nick=surplus-trader could not be loaded from the source site in this session, so no authoritative details about that nickname’s real-world identity or credentials could be confirmed. The Bitcoin OTC site itself describes its Web of Trust as a reputation system for counterparties, where individual user profiles (including GPG keys) may be listed, but it does not publish formal biographical information for every registered nickname. (bitcoin-otc.com)

In other words, without access to a verifiable profile or corroborating sources, one cannot reliably identify who “surplus-trader” is beyond the nickname within the OTC Web of Trust framework. If you would like, I can attempt another check or provide guidance on how to interpret OTC Web of Trust entries.