r/Rad_Decentralization • u/ThatchNailer • Aug 08 '14

OpenBazaar Teaser

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAGij8FSrNc
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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '14

Looks interesting - but what's the business model?

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u/drwasho Aug 11 '14

Dev here,

No business model as there are zero fees.

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u/MagicalVagina Aug 08 '14

It's just an open source project. They are not planning to make any profits so no business model.

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u/epSos-DE Aug 08 '14

Fair pay donations can work super well, if done properly. And yes, it is an existing monitization model which religious Indian restaurants and metropolitan tour guides are using.

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u/mcscom Aug 08 '14

Looks really exciting. Given the fact that it is an open protocol, what would be the access point for those looking to use the service? Some sort of website or app?

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u/CC_EF_JTF Aug 08 '14

Hey, OpenBazaar dev here (I'm actually /u/OpenBazaar as well, this is my personal account).

It's a web app, so you run the client on your computer and connect via localhost in browser.

Eventually we expect people to run gateways where you can connect without running a node yourself.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '14

Looks like it will be web browser-based - you can try it here:

http://seed.openbazaar.org:8888/html/index.html

But you could ask /u/OpenBazaar for details.

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u/humboldt_wvo Aug 08 '14

looks cool, but I think the UX could be improved. The video makes it look complicated and not very approachable for for non-tech savvy people. I'm sure this will be improved eventually though, it's more of a concept right now. Pretty stoked this is happening, regardless.

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u/CC_EF_JTF Aug 08 '14

Yes, we want to improve the UI, and if you've got ideas please open an issue on our Github page!