What's everyone's opinion about Casey Rodarmor's idea? Because it's going to be Open Source, the Dark Markets will be standardized and less susceptible to exploits and backdoors.
I share the same opinion as @maxibitcat:
Why would they prefer dealing with LN channel management instead of just using Monero?
Another thing is micro-payments. I'd bet that darknet market transactions aren't... "micro".
Aren't most of the transactions that happens in the Dark Markets are from retail buyers? LN probably could handle $500.00 Dollar transactions maximum for thousands and thousands of users, no?
Another thing is micro-payments. I'd bet that darknet market transactions aren't... "micro".
Macro, actually, with payments from several hundred to several thousands of dollars. Lightning Network is not designed to handle such a thing. Also channel creation continues to be a pain in the ass.
Besides, dark markets are intentionally designed without Javascript support for security reasons.
I don't think they care about UX at all. In fact, I think all the complaints that Rodarmor mentioned are actually
good things.
They currently don't care, but if someone built a TOR plugin with better UX like what Casey envisions that's safe, secure, and private enough, I believe they will start to care.
What's everyone's opinion about Casey Rodarmor's idea? Because it's going to be Open Source, the Dark Markets will be standardized and less susceptible to exploits and backdoors.
I share the same opinion as @maxibitcat:
Why would they prefer dealing with LN channel management instead of just using Monero?
To answer maxibitcat - because monero is a shitcoin.