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Re: Open Bazaar – decentralized Bitcoin marketplace

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Post by StavrosK »

SamPatt wrote: post #114

I work on OpenBazaar and I'm happy to answer questions. This website links to the current version of OpenBazaar, but we're just about to launch a completely new version, which you can read about here: https://medium.com/openbazaarproject/openbazaar-2-0-p2p-trad... The 2.0 is built with Go and uses IPFS. It's open source and we welcome any developers into the project: https://github.com/OpenBazaar/openbazaar-go

How stable is 2.0? Could I start playing with it now if I'm only taking a look around?

Re: Open Bazaar – decentralized Bitcoin marketplace

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Post by flatline »

jstanley wrote: post #77
avip wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Does the same logic apply if Bob is your 11 YO son?

Yes. It's a parent's responsibility to teach their kids about the risks of drugs. It's not everyone-else-in-the-world's responsibility to avoid building marketplaces where anyone can transact freely with anyone else.

Most 11yos don't have access to hard drugs. This significantly lowers the barriers to access for a tech savvy child or teenager, who is not equipped to properly evaluate the various risks in either the transaction or the drug itself. Many parents will not understand these markets and their kids will. It is obviously not directly responsible for anyone's actions but it changes the landscape considerably, and puts a finger on the scale of underage drug use.

Re: Open Bazaar – decentralized Bitcoin marketplace

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Post by SamPatt »

StavrosK wrote: post #141
SamPatt wrote: post #114

I work on OpenBazaar and I'm happy to answer questions. This website links to the current version of OpenBazaar, but we're just about to launch a completely new version, which you can read about here: https://medium.com/openbazaarproject/openbazaar-2-0-p2p-trad... The 2.0 is built with Go and uses IPFS. It's open source and we welcome any developers into the project: https://github.com/OpenBazaar/openbazaar-go

How stable is 2.0? Could I start playing with it now if I'm only taking a look around?

The development pace is pretty feverish, so no guarantees, but you should be able to play around with these week-old test builds:

https://github.com/OpenBazaar/openbazaar-desktop/releases/ta...

Edit: Note that this uses Testnet Bitcoin, not real bitcoin yet. Also, purchasing might not work since we're still making breaking changes somewhat often.

We're about to enter the alpha testing phase so if people want an invite let me know.

Re: Open Bazaar – decentralized Bitcoin marketplace

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Post by tylersmith »

matthewbauer wrote: post #26

Am I the only one here that gets a little terrified by this kind of thing? I mean I'm fine if they're just selling recreational drugs. But, we all know that there are much worse things people will be selling on these crypto markets than just plain old LSD and marijuana. Can we find a way to help law enforcement police at the very least the really, really bad stuff?

Do you have any ideas on how to prevent "really, really bad stuff" versus regular old bad stuff?

Re: Open Bazaar – decentralized Bitcoin marketplace

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Post by tylersmith »

notindexed wrote: post #17

Don't wanna be the partypooper but Blockmarket wins the dex marketplace niche ;-) http://syscoin.org/

There's no reason for a p2p marketplace to be tied to certain medium of exchange or to use a blockchain for anything else but identity and reputation.

Re: Open Bazaar – decentralized Bitcoin marketplace

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Post by [deleted] »

thomastjeffery wrote: post #43
matthewbauer wrote: post #26

Am I the only one here that gets a little terrified by this kind of thing? I mean I'm fine if they're just selling recreational drugs. But, we all know that there are much worse things people will be selling on these crypto markets than just plain old LSD and marijuana. Can we find a way to help law enforcement police at the very least the really, really bad stuff?

> 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…

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Re: Open Bazaar – decentralized Bitcoin marketplace

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Post by StavrosK »

52-6F-62 wrote: post #120
abrkn wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is a good idea to pay someone for escrow services.

This is what sounds to me the reason smart contracts exist. But maybe that's just a different method for accomplishing the same thing? Anybody have any idea what the main distinction [if any] would be here?

Well, smart contracts can't tell if the seller sent you your plushie.

Re: Open Bazaar – decentralized Bitcoin marketplace

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Post by programmarchy »

StavrosK wrote: post #149
52-6F-62 wrote: post #120

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is what sounds to me the reason smart contracts exist. But maybe that's just a different method for accomplishing the same thing? Anybody have any idea what the main distinction [if any] would be here?

Well, smart contracts can't tell if the seller sent you your plushie.

Why not consult UPS tracking as an oracle for that case?
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