[ANN] OpenBazaar - A Decentralized Market Platform

[ignitiondefect]

I have read somewhere that you guys are going to shift to Bitcoin Cash as the preferred payment option now or is this just

a rumour? I hope it is just a rumour, because I am surely not going to support a platform where the merchants are only

allowed to accept one type of coin. BTC is the worlds strongest coin and I think it will be a mistake to turn your back on that.

but the transaction fees are so high

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[d5000]

I have read somewhere that you guys are going to shift to Bitcoin Cash as the preferred payment option now or is this just

a rumour? I hope it is just a rumour, because I am surely not going to support a platform where the merchants are only

allowed to accept one type of coin. BTC is the worlds strongest coin and I think it will be a mistake to turn your back on that.

but the transaction fees are so high

According to this article on NewsBTC from December, BCH and a few other altcoins (Zcash and maybe LTC) will be added to OpenBazaar, but BTC won't be "dropped" from it. On their blog, they write that their long term goal is that the software, in the future, should be "coin-agnostic" (working with any cryptocurrency).

That's, in my opinion, the best way to go. For bigger payments BTC still is the most secure, accepted and convenient cryptocurrency.

[Dididididawn]

one good thing about crypto currencies is that its mostly decentralized. and people would really flock specially when its free of charge.

[pinkflower]

BTC commerce flourishes more when dealing in illegal substances or drugs.

Is there any developer out there willing to fork OpenBazaar and bring it back to its roots as a decentralized darknet market?

If you did not know, OpenBazaar was forked from a project called DarkMarket who were also the developers behind the DarkWallet.

[gnerro2]

Zero Fees. Zero Censorship.

Project:

OpenBazaar is an open source project to create a decentralized market platform—using Bitcoin—that has no fees and cannot be censored.

Intro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuRgHbTU9pk

Teaser
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAGij8FSrNc

Features:

The following list includes existing and future features that we plan (and hope in some cases) to support within OpenBazaar:

• Overview: http://www.slideshare.net/openbazaar/open-bazaar
• Kademila-like P2P system
• Reverse Index Distributed Hast Table (DHT) for Contract Listings
• Multisignature escrow addresses
• Ricardian Contracts
• Triple-Entry Accounting
• Notary and Arbitration Marketplace
• Polycentric market law (precedent shopping)
• Notary Voting Pools and Arbitration Panels
• Sophisticated Web-of-Trust System
• Reputation Pledges and Surety Bonds
• BitMessage Integration
• TOR, I2P
• Markets: fixed price sales, auctions, P2P lending, service tendering, distributed currency exchanges, securities, crowdfunding...

OpenBazaar has an ambitious feature-set that it is pursuing. If you would like to help us out in any of these areas, please hop on the IRC and/or Github to get involved!

Contact:

• Email: project@openbazaar.org
• IRC: #openbazaar (Freenode)
• Website: https://openbazaar.org
• Github: https://github.com/OpenBazaar/OpenBazaar
• Blog: http://blog.openbazaar.org/
• Forum: http://forum.openbazaar.org
• Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/openbazaar; http://www.reddit.com/r/BazaarMarkets/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/openbazaar
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnw_d1lLMFhqkL5QdsuIInQ

Team Members:

• Brian Hoffman [hoffmabc] - Project Lead
• Sam Patterson [SamPatt] - Operations Lead
• Dr Washington Sanchez [drwasho] - OpenBazaar Labs
• Dionysis Zindros [dionyziz] - Developer; Web-of-Trust Architect
• Angel Leon [gubatron] - Developer/Architect
• George Chatzisofroniou [Sophron] - Developer
• Braden Glasgow [bglassy] - Web Development Lead
• Jonas Nick [nickler] - Developer
• Delain Markos [DelainM] - Developer; OpenBazaar Labs

Project Status:

• OpenBazaar is in beta 1.0. You can read our beta guide here: https://blog.openbazaar.org/openbazaar-beta-1-0-tutorial/
• The purpose of beta 1.0 is to test out the installation of the client and discover any major bugs with what we have so far.
• Things are still a little bumpy with beta 1.0, so please be patient as we tackle each issue and bug systematically.
• We will be releasing new beta versions each month until the end of the year, where we will release version 1.0.

Support:

• While we appreciate donations, we would prefer additional developers and testers to help us iron out the bugs and start working of new features and markets to implement.
• Direct donations: https://blockchain.info/address/16uniUFpbhrAxAWMZ9qEkcT9Wf34ETB4Tt
• Tip4Commit: https://tip4commit.com/projects/728

Update #1:

• Instructions for setting up and running an OpenBazaar node on a VPS:

https://blog.openbazaar.org/guide-how-to-setuprun-an-openbazaar-node-on-a-vps/

feel free to contact me if you need help in doing graphic (logo etc..)

[NightDream]

OpenBazaar version 2.2.2 was just released, and this update gives users several new improvements to the cryptocurrency trading feature. This release also includes other improvements and bug fixes; for full details read the release notes posted below.
https://openbazaar.org/blog/New-OpenBazaar-Release-Enables-Trading-1500-Cryptocurrencies/

[Waitingforlightning]

OpenBazaar version 2.2.2 was just released, and this update gives users several new improvements to the cryptocurrency trading feature. This release also includes other improvements and bug fixes; for full details read the release notes posted below.
https://openbazaar.org/blog/New-OpenBazaar-Release-Enables-Trading-1500-Cryptocurrencies/

i will check it out, i've been a fan of openbazaar ever since i found out about it because it could really make a big impact on mass crypto adoption

[KR$N]

BTC commerce flourishes more when dealing in illegal substances or drugs.

Is there any developer out there willing to fork OpenBazaar and bring it back to its roots as a decentralized darknet market?

If you did not know, OpenBazaar was forked from a project called DarkMarket who were also the developers behind the DarkWallet.

Why do you ask for a fork when you already can connect through TOR and use\create search engines with no censorship on illicit goods?

[igorttomic]

Open Bazaar Changing E Commerce with Crypto: https://www.publish0x.com/why-openbazaar-is-ebays-biggest-competitor/open-bazaar-changing-e-commerce-crypto-xomjmo

[zerkalisz]

The Dapper Weekly | Ep 16 - OpenBazaar Review (When the DarkNet mixes with Blockchain))

Open Bazaar has received an overall rating of 3.8/5 - A well developed app that needs some more pushes for corporate adoption to really take off

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvAGPwmPBN0

[HelioWallet.com]

It is a good idea, I support it.

[Waldschrat2]

Operations Lead Sam Patterson is going to speak at the upcoming CryptoEcon2020 in Hanoi/Vietnam this weekend.



Source: https://bitcoinsaigon.org/interview-sam-patterson/