[2016-04-05]Why OpenBazaar is Not Your Average Bitcoin Marketplace

[Blawpaw]

Why OpenBazaar is Not Your Average Bitcoin Marketplace

OpenBazaar is one of those projects Bitcoin and blockchain enthusiasts have been looking forward to for quite a long time. Although the software was available in beta form for general testing as well, the marketplace solution is not officially released to the public. This decentralized peer-to-peer trade network has a lot of potential to shake up the world as we know it, as it cuts out any middleman, and there are no fees...

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[Kprawn]

I think companies like  Amazon, eBay, and Alibaba will have to reconsider their business models. OpenBazaar are going to tip the apple cart and things are going to change very quickly. They will quickly

counter, with statements like... "OpenBazaar is for criminals" and "OpenBazaar offers no customer protection" and nonsense like that.... but they will know.. Bitcoin and OpenBazaar will take a share of

their market and most of them, will be the people they alienate with their rules and regulations ... and banning of accounts for stupid reasons. Welcome to the NEW wave of Disruption. 

[indiemax]

I think companies like  Amazon, eBay, and Alibaba will have to reconsider their business models. OpenBazaar are going to tip the apple cart and things are going to change very quickly.

I 've waited for OB for some time now and I hope your right, as I do believe it has the potential to cause huge disruption to the traditional markets that rip us off

[edgar]

update 1.1.3 released