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Well... there is a way, it just involves anonymity networks and cryptocurrencies and probably drives away most of the market on both sides.
by problems 9y ago
Well... there is a way, it just involves anonymity networks and cryptocurrencies and probably drives away most of the market on both sides.
- the_stc 9y agoIf you look at our offering, I think we have found a great spot between "lol bitcoin sex workers over Tor" and a full SV startup with a HQ on Market St. We accept cash payments, so that eliminates a huge barrier to entry. You can use our app, verify yourself, make a date, pay in cash. The anonymity part applies to the core team and servers so we can continue to operate the platform. We have strong privacy guarantees for workers, unlike Eros.com/Backpage/etc. (For instance, we watermark each picture with the viewing client's ID, so if they leak or repost photos, we know who to ban.) Our gateway-to-Tor approach lets users access it without using Tor directly. (In the Android app, we will bootstrap connectivity so we don't rely on a domain as a SPOF.) [1] Talk to sex workers: We offer real solutions to real problems. We aren't just some nerds in a basement thinking blockchain and code can solve any problems. 1: https://medium.com/@PinkApp/pink-app-trading-latency-for-anonymity-and-other-techniques-815ee21c6da4 https://medium.com/@PinkApp/pink-app-trading-latency-for-ano... (Original title was about latency for anonymity tradeoff, but we changed it to mention how Silk Road would still be online for the clicks.)