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> It's like Steam's marketplace, but without having to have one company have control ...and without payment processing, fraud detection, customer service, mode
by smoldesu 3y ago
> It's like Steam's marketplace, but without having to have one company have control
...and without payment processing, fraud detection, customer service, moderation tools, user reviews or a refund policy.
- charcircuit 3y agoThe network does the payment processing. The rest can be implemented at a higher level. It is like offering customer support for open source software. Technically anyone can build a company on top of the software and start providing support.
- smoldesu 3y ago> The rest can be implemented at a higher level Eg. the rest is optional and doesn't come with the same guarantees as the base network. I don't hate cryptocurrency personally, but it's not hard to see how 99% of users would prefer "the rest" implemented well over a properly transparent blockchain.