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In book publishing an author can purchase copies of their own books in order to increase purchases by others. This effect is actually common in many industries
by IncRnd 9y ago
In book publishing an author can purchase copies of their own books in order to increase purchases by others. This effect is actually common in many industries, even in mobile apps :)
- nedwin 9y agoAnd definitely in the record industry
- jcoffland 9y agoSo OpenBazaar's no worse than preexisting systems in this respect.
- hnarn 9y agoIt's also borderline an unsolvable problem, because how do you identify "legitimate" customers in an anonymous de-centralized system, when it's even too complicated to achieve in a centralized system?
- heavenlyblue 9y agoAssign a cost of creating a single anonymous identity: you've got to send xx amount of bitcoin to an unspendable address.
- jononor 9y agoThat is somewhat analogous to proof of stake, I guess?
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