OpenBazaar
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| OpenBazaar | |
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| [[Programmer|Original authorTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | Amir Taaki (DarkMarket), Brian Hoffman |
| [[Programmer|DeveloperTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | OpenBazaar Team |
| Initial release | 4 April 2016 |
| Written in | Go, JavaScript |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux |
| Size | 130 MB |
| Available in | English |
| Type | Online marketplace |
| License | MIT License |
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OpenBazaar was an open source project developing a protocol for e-commerce transactions in a fully decentralized marketplace.[2] It used cryptocurrencies as medium of exchange and was inspired by a hackathon project called DarkMarket.
History
Amir Taaki and a group of programmers from Bitcoin startup Airbitz created a decentralized marketplace prototype, called "DarkMarket", in April 2014 at a Bitcoin Hackathon in Toronto.[3] DarkMarket was developed as a proof of concept in response to the seizure of the darknet market Silk Road in October 2013.[4] Taaki compared DarkMarket's improvements on Silk Road to BitTorrent's improvements on Napster.[3]
After the hackathon, the original creators abandoned the prototype and it was later adopted and rebranded to OpenBazaar by a new team of developers.[5] On 4 April 2016, OpenBazaar released their first version, which allowed users to buy and sell goods for Bitcoin.[6] The company announced the closure of their servers on 15 January 2021.[7]
In 2015, Andreessen Horowitz and Union Square Ventures invested in OB1, the company behind OpenBazaar, backing the development of the decentralized marketplace.[8]
See also
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References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Releases · OpenBazaar/openbazaar-desktop". github.com. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Prusty, Narayan (27 April 2017). Building Blockchain Projects. Packt Publishing Ltd. ISBN 9781787125339.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Greenberg, Andy (24 April 2014). "Inside the 'DarkMarket' Prototype, a Silk Road the FBI Can Never Seize". Wired. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Hern, Alex (30 April 2014). "Silk Road successor DarkMarket rebrands as OpenBazaar". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Greenberg, Andy (6 March 2017). "The Fed-Proof Online Market OpenBazaar Is Going Anonymous". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."OpenBazaar launches version 1.0 with aims to become the 'uncensored' Amazon". The Daily Dot. 4 April 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."OpenBazaar is Entering a New Phase with Funding". OpenBazaar Blog. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
