Is Open Bazaar up and running ?

[fartbags]

No. It's still in development as are a few other decentralized markets and exchanges. I'm sure when it goes live this forum will be packed full of threads and discussion about it. I'm quite excited for them personally.

what other decentralized markets like OB are opening up?

When it goes live this year, MaidSafe will be the mother of all decentralization.
It's gonna be New Decentralized Internet.

Ethereum and storj will also be useful.

Since all of these things are open source, they will probably all work together at some point.

[CryptoGains]

I am waiting for it to open eagerly but it's taking too long to finish.

[Wary]

I am waiting for it to open eagerly but it's taking too long to finish.

Donations would speed it up [/hint]

[Btcvilla]

Just found out about it form this post, I really hope it takes off.

[Daedelus]

No. It's still in development as are a few other decentralized markets and exchanges. I'm sure when it goes live this forum will be packed full of threads and discussion about it. I'm quite excited for them personally.

what other decentralized markets like OB are opening up?

www.nxtfreemarket.com has been running for a few months.

No one seems interested in legitimate 'ebay' style sites, they only get popular selling drugs, guns etc..

[Chavez]

No. It's still in development as are a few other decentralized markets and exchanges. I'm sure when it goes live this forum will be packed full of threads and discussion about it. I'm quite excited for them personally.

what other decentralized markets like OB are opening up?

www.nxtfreemarket.com has been running for a few months.

No one seems interested in legitimate 'ebay' style sites, they only get popular selling drugs, guns etc..

I don't think that's true but at the moment there's not much demand for just an ebay-like site, but bitcoin and darknets go hand in hand and better/safer ones need to be developed which they currently are and I think it's an exciting prospect. Once they get going though the technology will obviously follow on to a legit ebay-style site but we'll probably have to wait until there's more demand for one.

[Daedelus]

It would have to be as easy and safe as ebay with lower fees. The last one is the only one crypto has in its favor atm.

[shogdite]

OpenBazaar 0.4 is coming

https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/321sx0/brace_yourselves_openbazaar_04_is_coming/

Previous betas have had difficulty connecting to the network without port forwarding, and also had problems with stability. This 0.4 beta moved to a rUDP network, which won't require port forwarding for most users, and it also is way more stable.

It also has quite a few new features, such as an internal messaging system for nodes that are online, switching over to HD keys for signing, and the ability for notaries to charge fees and send refunds to buyer or release payments to seller (in case of dispute or non-responsive party).

Edit: To be clear, there is still a lot of work to get to a full release, but this is the largest step forward we've taken so far.

More up-to-date stuff here:  https://np.reddit.com/r/OpenBazaar/

[manselr]

OpenBazaar 0.4 is coming

https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/321sx0/brace_yourselves_openbazaar_04_is_coming/

Previous betas have had difficulty connecting to the network without port forwarding, and also had problems with stability. This 0.4 beta moved to a rUDP network, which won't require port forwarding for most users, and it also is way more stable.

It also has quite a few new features, such as an internal messaging system for nodes that are online, switching over to HD keys for signing, and the ability for notaries to charge fees and send refunds to buyer or release payments to seller (in case of dispute or non-responsive party).

Edit: To be clear, there is still a lot of work to get to a full release, but this is the largest step forward we've taken so far.

More up-to-date stuff here:  https://np.reddit.com/r/OpenBazaar/

Great news. Who will be the first to test it out? Not me tho, don't wanna risk my small-time BTC stack

[Coogan]

I'm really excited about these markets and the impact they could have on not only bitcoin but e-commerce itself. Hope they can fix the bugs soon enough cos I'd love to have a play around on one.

It would have to be as easy and safe as ebay with lower fees. The last one is the only one crypto has in its favor atm.

I'm sure they will be all this and more once they get off the ground and all the kinks have been worked out.

[ashour]

No. It's still in development as are a few other decentralized markets and exchanges. I'm sure when it goes live this forum will be packed full of threads and discussion about it. I'm quite excited for them personally.

what other decentralized markets like OB are opening up?

www.nxtfreemarket.com has been running for a few months.

No one seems interested in legitimate 'ebay' style sites, they only get popular selling drugs, guns etc..

Yep that's the whole point of decentralized markets, they only make profits with drugs and guns selling which is really sad. Since a decentralized market would so usefull for more than drugs and guns selling. I hope Openbazzar  won't end up to be another of those dark markets.

[tokeweed]

No. It's still in development as are a few other decentralized markets and exchanges. I'm sure when it goes live this forum will be packed full of threads and discussion about it. I'm quite excited for them personally.

what other decentralized markets like OB are opening up?

www.nxtfreemarket.com has been running for a few months.

No one seems interested in legitimate 'ebay' style sites, they only get popular selling drugs, guns etc..

Looks good.  A little more effort on marketing is needed, I think.

[Daedelus]

If you want to have a look around nxtfreemarket then...

https://freemarketlite.cc/

...is a pass through web service so you don't have to download anything. It lists the items that are for sale.

[DeboraMeeks]

anyone been using it yet,

No. Amir is still working on it unfortunately

Amir isn't involved. If you look at the commits on github (https://github.com/OpenBazaar/OpenBazaar/graphs/contributors) you can see that genjix (Amir) only contributed at the beginning, after that Brian forked it to OpenBazaar and has been the main developer.

[Jamie_Boulder]

Haven't heard of this until today, anyone been using it regularly? (despite it being in beta).

[fiN.]

Is there any eta when this or the other markets will be ready and operational? They can't come soon enough in my opinion.

anyone been using it yet,

No. Amir is still working on it unfortunately

Amir isn't involved. If you look at the commits on github (https://github.com/OpenBazaar/OpenBazaar/graphs/contributors) you can see that genjix (Amir) only contributed at the beginning, after that Brian forked it to OpenBazaar and has been the main developer.

I thought he was? Last I heard from him he was working on it or is he working on another market now?

[tokeweed]

If you want to have a look around nxtfreemarket then...

https://freemarketlite.cc/

...is a pass through web service so you don't have to download anything. It lists the items that are for sale.

Not the place to market it.  But I'll have a peek.  

[Daedelus]

  if the title was 'Openbazaar - Official Project Updates' I wouldn't have posted it.

[GreenParhelia]

Hope to see the beta version release soon

[WhatTheGox]

anyone been using it yet,

Late in 2015 it should be ready for average joe all reports indicate. Cannot wait for this