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Brian Hoffman: OpenBazaar – Peer-To-Peer Commerce, Third-Party Arbitration, Ricardian Contracts
FromEpicenter - Learn about Crypto, Blockchain, Ethereum, Bitcoin and Distributed Technologies
Brian Hoffman: OpenBazaar – Peer-To-Peer Commerce, Third-Party Arbitration, Ricardian Contracts
FromEpicenter - Learn about Crypto, Blockchain, Ethereum, Bitcoin and Distributed Technologies
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76 minutes
Released:
Feb 23, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
What Bitcoin did for money, OpenBazaar is trying to achieve for commerce. Born as a fork of the Dark Market project, OpenBazaar aims to facilitate online trade by removing unneeded middlemen. Built as an open source protocol, users simply install the application on their computer to gain access to marketplaces available on the network. From the app, they may also place items or services for sale by creating “Ricardian contracts”, which get propagated to the network and made accessible to everyone to see. The protocol, which uses Bitcoin as a means of payments, utilises multi-signature transactions. This makes it possible for transacting parties to include third-party arbitrators, who may intervene in the event of a dispute. We talked to Brian Hoffman, the project’s Lead Developer, about this paradigm-shifting project and the potential it has to disrupt person-to-person marketplaces such as eBay. Currently in beta, OpenBazaar is due for a full release in Q1-Q2 of 2015.
Topics covered in this episode:
History and current status of the project
Mechanics of a simple transaction on OpenBazaar
Ricardian contracts
OpenBazaar’s proposed arbitration model
Reputation and the important role it plays in peer-to-peer trading
Business models that may be threatened by this technology
Episode links:
OpenBazaar
OpenBazaar Git Repo
Ricardian Contracts
OpenBazaar Reddit
Bitrated
This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain and Sébastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/067
Topics covered in this episode:
History and current status of the project
Mechanics of a simple transaction on OpenBazaar
Ricardian contracts
OpenBazaar’s proposed arbitration model
Reputation and the important role it plays in peer-to-peer trading
Business models that may be threatened by this technology
Episode links:
OpenBazaar
OpenBazaar Git Repo
Ricardian Contracts
OpenBazaar Reddit
Bitrated
This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain and Sébastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/067
Released:
Feb 23, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode
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