README.md

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Seed Uptime Status: (http://status.openbazaar.org/)

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Zero Fees. Zero Censorship.

OpenBazaar is a decentralized marketplace proof of concept. It is based off of the POC code by the darkmarket team and is now licensed under the MIT license.

• Official Site: http://openbazaar.org
• Forums:
  • OpenBazaar: http://forum.openbazaar.org
  • unSYSTEM: https://forum.unsystem.net/category/projects/openbazaar
  • Bitcoin Talk: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=768081.0
• IRC Chat: #OpenBazaar on Freenode
• Original Presentation at Toronto Hackathon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHVqH8XO1Pk#t=86
• Slides from 'Bitcoin in the Beltway' by Brian Hoffman: http://www.slideshare.net/openbazaar/open-bazaar

Support

You can financially support the project by either:

1. A direct donation: 16uniUFpbhrAxAWMZ9qEkcT9Wf34ETB4Tt
2. Tip4Commit: https://tip4commit.com/projects/728

• Code committed to the project is rewarded with bitcoin

Features (Notional)

• Full market editor for management of items catalog
• Order management system
• Ricardian-style contracts
• Multisignature escrow-based transactions
• Arbiter management and marketplace
• Private messaging
• Identity/Reputation system

Project Status

• OpenBazaar is currently in beta 1.0
• New versions are scheduled for release at the end of each month
• Development Roadmap

Build Instructions

For Linux and OSX users, run these commands:

git clone https://github.com/OpenBazaar/OpenBazaar.git

cd OpenBazaar

./configure.sh

After running the configure.sh script you should have an OpenBazaar installation ready to go, to start run:

./run.sh

OpenBazaar will open in a random port on your default web browser. Note that it may take several minutes for OpenBazaar to completely start.

Read more at the build instructions wiki.

Artwork Contributions

contributed by Jacob Payne
contributed by Dean Masley

Theory Work

1. Ricardian Contracts by Dr Washington Sanchez
2. P2P Lending on OpenBazaar by Dr Washington Sanchez
3. Auctions on OpenBazaar by Dr Washington Sanchez
4. Services on OpenBazaar by Dr Washington Sanchez
5. The Issuance and P2P Transfer of Shares on OpenBazaar by Dr Washington Sanchez and Delain Markos
6. Voting Pools in OpenBazaar by Dr Washington Sanchez
7. Distributed Currency Exchange by Dr Washington Sanchez
8. OpenBazaar Genesis Contract by Dr Washington Sanchez (arbiter), Brian Hoffman (buyer), and Samuel Patterson (seller)
9. A pseudonymous trust system for a decentralized anonymous marketplace by Dionysis Zindros
10. Dispute Resolution in OpenBazaar - Arbitration Market by Dr Washington Sanchez

Screenshots

Here are some screenshots of the alpha UI so far:

Press

• Wired
  • Inside the ‘DarkMarket’ Prototype, a Silk Road the FBI Can Never Seize
  • Creators of New Fed-Proof Bitcoin Marketplace Swear It’s Not for Drugs
  • How Online Black Markets Have Evolved Since Silk Road’s Downfall
• The Guardian
  • Silk Road successor DarkMarket rebrands as OpenBazaar
• Medium
  • Wired Misses the Point of OpenBazaar
• DeepDotWeb
  • OpenBazaar: A Decentralized Alternative
• CoinTelegraph
  • What’s in a Word? DarkMarket Becomes OpenBazaar
  • OpenBazaar Auctions: A decentralized eBay alternative
  • OpenBazaar Explains Proof Of Burn As It Nears Beta Release
  • OpenBazaar, the untouchable online market, inches closer to game time
• Coindesk
  • How OpenBazaar is Using Bitcoin to Build a Decentralized eBay
• Let's Talk Bitcoin: Beyond Bitcoin
  • Exploring The Open Bazaar - Beyond Bitcoin Episode 10
• IBTimes
  • Silk Road Successor DarkMarket is Untouchable by Feds, Claim Creators
• CryptoCoinsNews
  • OpenBazaar: Blazing The Trail For Bitcoin Commerce Without Barriers
• DailyDot
  • New decentralized Deep Web market said to be 'untouchable' by police
  • OpenBazaar launches DarkMarket successor with a 'more positive image'
• CoinBuzz
  • DarkMarket fork ‘OpenBazaar’ to be launched
  • Decentralized marketplace, OpenBazaar, to release first beta Sunday

License

OpenBazaar is licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE.md for more information.

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