Re: OpenBazaar: Decentralized markets for online trade

On 2015-03-06 09:43, Melvin Carvalho wrote:
> Includes identity and web of trust
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJAt66qYfNA&feature=youtu.be

Interesting.

One problem with a decentralized system is the lack of a business model.
I guess the reply to that would be: But we don't need a ******* business model!
It depends, notarization isn't for free and explicit paying for such services probably won't be terribly popular.

BTW, is searching for products really realistic in a fully decentralized model?
TPB (The Pirate Bay) as far as I know (I'm not much of a freeloader...) provided this component which is the reason the founders now are in prison.
Maybe you can create a TPB-like information aggregator for this as well?  Ebay 2.0?

A decentralized Facebook seems like a more useful concept than a decentralized marketplace.

OTOH, they say that you shouldn't reject things you haven't tested so I may be totally wrong :-)

Anyway, I think that we need new hardware to make decentralized systems a viable alternative.
I.e. there should be an Internet-facing server in every home router.  Well, you can of course use a hosting service.
However, since hosting services for consumers in order to be profitable need millions of customers, the word "decentralized" then becomes somewhat exaggerated.

Anders

Received on Friday, 6 March 2015 10:30:24 UTC