SamPatt

75 ms·

931.
by SamPatt 9y ago
I work on OpenBazaar and I'm happy to answer questions. This website links to the current version of OpenBazaar, but we're just about to launch a completely new version, which you can read about here: https://medium.com
932.
by SamPatt 9y ago
The current version of OpenBazaar doesn't use Tor. The upcoming 2.0 version does work with Tor, but it wasn't built as a darknet market so it might not work well for that use case.
933.
by SamPatt 9y ago
The desktop client is just the GUI for the backend: https://github.com/OpenBazaar/openbazaar-go
934.
by SamPatt 10y ago
I don't use Keybase on a regular basis yet but every time they announce something new I check it out again, and every time I'm impressed. I'm not sure what it will take for me to make the switch and use it regularly but if th
935.
by SamPatt 11y ago
Give it a try yourself. Have you ever personally set up and run a self-hosted website, then installed an ecommerce package, then installed plugins to accept Bitcoin? I think you'll find OpenBazaar a lot easier to install and use. Plus
936.
by SamPatt 11y ago
Hey Chris. I know you like your own ecommerce project a lot better; that's understandable. Have you actually used OpenBazaar yet?
937.
by SamPatt 11y ago
>So if I understand correctly, OpenBazaar will be shifting costs from a central verification and fulfillment agency (Amazon, Visa, etc.) onto the buyers, sellers, and moderators of the market? Yes. I try to explain this a bit more here:
938.
by SamPatt 11y ago
To be fair, I'm an OpenBazaar dev and I don't think anyone on our team is calling this the killer app of Bitcoin. Of course we have great faith in it, and expect it will be a great match for Bitcoin (decentralized markets for dece
939.
by SamPatt 11y ago
Yes, it uses a 2-of-3 multisig escrow by default. The third party is selected on an open marketplace.
940.
by SamPatt 11y ago
Hey everyone, I'm Sam and I work on the OpenBazaar project. Happy to answer questions if anyone has them. Looks like their site is down, here's a simple overview: https://blog.openbazaar.org/what-is-openbazaar&#x2F
941.
by SamPatt 11y ago
It is not expected that most goods will be illegal, we anticipate that it will be reflective of society at large - mostly legal with a small proportion doing illicit things. > What incentives are there for legitimate business to sell on
942.
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 couple
943.
by SamPatt 11y ago
The platform isn't centrally controlled, but that doesn't mean that companies can't offer services to users on the network. It's similar to Bitcoin, which has no central control, but now has an ecosystem of businesses th
944.
by SamPatt 11y ago
Hey everyone, Sam Patterson from OpenBazaar and OB1 here. We're excited about this funding, and I'm happy to take any questions you might have. We're always looking for developers on the project as well. It's open source
945.
by SamPatt 12y ago
I'm a trust agent on Bitrated, a big fan of the project. Centralization makes it easier to get a system like this off the ground, so this is a great start. I'm also the operations lead on another project, OpenBazaar. It's a d
946.
by SamPatt 12y ago
OpenBazaar uses 2-of-3 multisig, meaning that the buyer doens't send funds directly to the seller but instead sends it to a Bitcoin account that is jointly controlled by three parties; the buyer, the seller, and a trusted third party c
947.
by SamPatt 12y ago
Hey HN, this is Sam Patterson, operations lead on OpenBazaar. Please note that this open source project is about 6 months old, and not production ready. It has just started integrating Tor, but should not be considered private or secure yet