Is the rise in price due to Open Bazaar?

[Elwar]

https://blog.openbazaar.org/beta-3-0-tabriz-is-released/

Beta 3.0 “Tabriz” is released

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One of the major improvements in Tabriz is the ability to run on Windows. If you’d like to become a beta tester, download the Windows binary [signature here], unzip the file and run the OpenBazaar.exe file. In case our site goes down, you can get a torrent with this magnet link.
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Has anyone checked it out yet? Is it close to being ready for prime time?

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[Hunyadi]

Nice! OpenBazaar is something I've been waiting for.

[Tzupy]

The news is nice, but IMO had no connection to the price rise, which is normal market movement.

[alani123]

Don't we already know that good news push the price downwards?

[Elwar]

Don't we already know that good news push the price downwards?

True. OpenBazaar will actually create a wide Bitcoin economy though.

Or it could just end up being a quirky application that nobody installs but everyone debates.

[nomadcrypto]

I really like the idea of open bazaar and hope it gets a chance to effect the market someday. i haven't looked at it since the initial release. Are there plans for adding a decentralized exchange? I am tired of getting ripped off by these centralized exchanges.

[thms]

It is due to an obvious bulltrap

[p2pbucks]

openbazaar is the true innovation & killer app .
But we should to wait the stable version beta 5.0 + after December and see how many ppl use openbazaar.
Of course,market always likes performing a antedating response

[Hyena]

I wonder if drugs can be sold on open bazaar and if it supports anonymity. Technically it should be possible with the help of BitMessage for example.

[ssmc2]

I wonder if drugs can be sold on open bazaar and if it supports anonymity. Technically it should be possible with the help of BitMessage for example.

I think the idea is anything can and will be sold on it. Think Darkwallet plus BitMessage.

[Asrael999]

more likely its due to the fact that Ukraine banned bitcoin - worried about Capital flight much?

[inca]

It is due to an obvious bulltrap

Caught short?

[JimboToronto]

It is due to an obvious bulltrap

Or is it the closing of an obvious bear trap?

[MakingMoneyHoney]

I wonder if drugs can be sold on open bazaar and if it supports anonymity. Technically it should be possible with the help of BitMessage for example.

In the thread in general about Open Bazaar, someone posted it shouldn't be used for that, since it's not that anonymous. Here's the quote:

Don't use Open Bazaar for anything the 5 Eyes Alliance law enforcement would be interested in.

For starters, it's not even designed for Tor use so somebody forked it to bolt this option on. Who knows what kind of data is leaking to identify you since it was never designed for that level of anonymity. Second, you run your own little server which means it will be that much easier to discover who you are: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-November/007731.html so instead of simply demasking hosts they can now find users too.

It's also alpha, experimental software much like how Tor is still considered experimental software. Open Bazaar has a ton of other uses that aren't illegal to streamline trade between countries and will be an excellent platform for that. Something completely different has to be written to avoid 5 Eyes Alliance law enforcement, like delayed traffic much like how Adam Langley's Pond messaging system works. Simply bolting on some Tor support and firing up your home desktop to trade kilos of cocaine is not a good idea.

You should also watch this first before even thinking about using OB to become the scarface of the internet to see how open source projects can be sabotaged https://youtu.be/3jQoAYRKqhg

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=849762.40

[Hyena]

In the thread in general about Open Bazaar, someone posted it shouldn't be used for that, since it's not that anonymous. Here's the quote:
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https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=849762.40

thanks for the info, really appreciate it.

[MakingMoneyHoney]

thanks for the info, really appreciate it.

No problem. I'm incredibly interested in this project, as I use to sell on eBay and Amazon, and had issues with both in how they run things, so I would love a better marketplace to sell products.

[chopstick]

Actually no, the price rise is due to aliens.

Openbazaar is great though! Hopefully it will get big enough for sellers to be able to make a good living on there.

[PerfectCoin]

i think price rising as more people are listening about bitcoin and acquiring them

[thezerg]

i think price rising as more people are listening about bitcoin and acquiring them

Yes, its more likely caused by tip day... after all, it takes a few days to get your bank validated on coinbase, circle, etc.

[Dafar]

I think the rise in price is due to everyone being bullish all the sudden and convincing eachother that a new rally is about to start. Maybe we'll go to $400 but I don't see us going much higher