I'd say the primary goal is to remain anonymous and retain your privacy, not evade government legislation, and those two are completely different things. [1] T

I'd say the primary goal is to remain anonymous and retain your privacy, not evade government legislation, and those two are completely different things. [1] The general public are finally realising more and more how much big companies are misusing, selling, profiting from our data, evading our privacy for their own financial gain [2]. Having a distributed marketplace should also decentralise the data that is collected. I'm not saying that OpenBazaar doesn't expose/collect all data from sellers and buyers, I don't know, but it's a lot closer than a company like eBay that store and sell data (keeping it to themselves). Even if it is possible to see all of OpenBazaars data, it at least creates a fair playing field where everyone can see all of the data. Let's also have a look at Amazon. A company who lets retailers sell on their platform, only to undercut popular sellers when they discover a new gap in the market [3]. At the same time gladly taking a cut of your sales [4]. Having a decentralised marketplace that is free to use, doesn't compete with its sellers and creates an even playing field by sharing all data with all users equally has to be a benefit to society? 1. https://duckduckgo.com/?q=why+should+I+care+about+my+privacy https://duckduckgo.com/?q=why+should+I+care+about+my+privacy 2. https://www.pcworld.com/article/2986988/privacy/the-price-of-free-how-apple-facebook-microsoft-and-google-sell-you-to-advertisers.html https://www.pcworld.com/article/2986988/privacy/the-price-of... 3. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jun/23/amazon-marketplace-third-party-seller-faustian-pact https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jun/23/amazon-ma... 4. https://services.amazon.co.uk/services/sell-online/pricing.html/ref=UK_SOA_FAQ_pricing_pricing https://services.amazon.co.uk/services/sell-online/pricing.h...