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We are absolutely not using terms like "police-free". Others have labelled us as such. We view this as an agnostic protocol that people can use to trade goods a

by SamPatt 11y ago

We are absolutely not using terms like "police-free". Others have labelled us as such. We view this as an agnostic protocol that people can use to trade goods and services online with each other, with no fees, and it's coupled with a marketplace that no one centrally controls. It's not Silk Road 3.0, it's ecommerce 2.0. For more information on what investors are thinking, reach USV's Brad Burnham discussing why they invested in us: https://www.usv.com/post/5579998c8711930003901f5f/introducing-ob1 https://www.usv.com/post/5579998c8711930003901f5f/introducin...

invisible_dust 11y ago
Agnostic is a great term to use here. "We are not police free we are just agnostic towards them while building a system that will almost completely undermine all of their techniques for law enforcement." But I'm glad to see you guys have at least thought through how you're going to avoid the SR stigma while pretty much building SR on steroids. And I'm not being sarcastic, I actually do think that's important and look forward to seeing this gig succeed.
jamisteven 11y ago
Call it however you like, agnostic protocal etc, the fact still remains your going to have ALOT of work to do differentiating yourself from SR and the stigma that comes along with using bitcoin as a currency, especially when media are already using phrases like "police-free" and "sell ANYTHING"... Maybe brainstorm around: -"We are like Amazon (or maybe craigslist?), but for bitcoins!" -Require social login. If you truly arent an anonymous marketplace using an untrackable cryptocurrency as method of payment, then requiring social login will be a good way to show the government that you mean it. Point im making, OpenBazaar definitely has its work cut out for them. Exciting nonetheless, keep us posted!!! -Jami Frazier
- wyager 11y ago
  The phrases "decentralized" and "require social login" are mutually exclusive.
  - dnautics 11y ago
    Not necessarily. The network itself can be decentralized and anonymous, but the company could use identity services as a monetization technique on top of (as a subset of transactions on) the network.
lovemenot 11y ago
Hash pipe in the documentation is nod-and-a-wink.

by SamPatt 11y ago

invisible_dust 11y ago

Agnostic is a great term to use here. "We are not police free we are just agnostic towards them while building a system that will almost completely undermine all of their techniques for law enforcement." But I'm glad to see you guys have at least thought through how you're going to avoid the SR stigma while pretty much building SR on steroids. And I'm not being sarcastic, I actually do think that's important and look forward to seeing this gig succeed.

jamisteven 11y ago

Call it however you like, agnostic protocal etc, the fact still remains your going to have ALOT of work to do differentiating yourself from SR and the stigma that comes along with using bitcoin as a currency, especially when media are already using phrases like "police-free" and "sell ANYTHING"... Maybe brainstorm around: -"We are like Amazon (or maybe craigslist?), but for bitcoins!" -Require social login. If you truly arent an anonymous marketplace using an untrackable cryptocurrency as method of payment, then requiring social login will be a good way to show the government that you mean it. Point im making, OpenBazaar definitely has its work cut out for them. Exciting nonetheless, keep us posted!!! -Jami Frazier

wyager 11y ago
The phrases "decentralized" and "require social login" are mutually exclusive.
- dnautics 11y ago
  Not necessarily. The network itself can be decentralized and anonymous, but the company could use identity services as a monetization technique on top of (as a subset of transactions on) the network.

lovemenot 11y ago

Hash pipe in the documentation is nod-and-a-wink.