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In what sense? This is not a file sharing platform. Also, money is exchanged here.
In the sense that it's not clear how openbazaar developers will earn money.
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#102I can't find details on dispute resolution. Are they using multisig escrow transactions like Silk Road?
Here's a (fairly old) blog post describing how escrow works in OpenBazaar:
https://blog.openbazaar.org/how-moderators-and-dispute-resol...
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#103How does this work? Where is the store list stored?
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Law enforcement needs the same set of tools to solve both of these problems. You are proposing that these tools should go away, right?
"Both" of these problems? The problem is dealing in human beings, right? What's the other problem? Am I proposing that the tools to solve human trafficking go away? I wouldn't put it that way. Lots of societal progress comes with trade-offs. There will certainly be challenges for law enforcement but I'm confident they'll solve them. The world isn't going to descend into a chaotic state of everyone buying and selling…
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Law enforcement needs the same set of tools to solve both of these problems. You are proposing that these tools should go away, right?
"Both" of these problems? The problem is dealing in human beings, right? What's the other problem? Am I proposing that the tools to solve human trafficking go away? I wouldn't put it that way. Lots of societal progress comes with trade-offs. There will certainly be challenges for law enforcement but I'm confident they'll solve them. The world isn't going to descend into a chaotic state of everyone buying and selling…
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> Can we find a way to help law enforcement police at the very least the really, really bad stuff? Law enforcement was designed to protect people (or their property) from the actions of other people , not themselves . Law enforcement is fundamentally incapable of protecting people from themselves. That is why the "war on drugs" has been so ineffective. The most effective method to stop the drug (opioid, etc.) epidemi…
I think that the really really bad stuff here is e.g. Human trafficking, chemical weapons, assassination services, etc...not even any drugs, and as you've pointed out, people harming other people. How do you police that here, or don't you?