Topic: Ebay of Bitcoin - page 3. (Read 5961 times)
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This could be a way, if marketed in the right circles, to get more users to use bitcoin, much as the original Ebay fostered the use of the dreaded Paypal
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The DCAO has already discussed to great depths why a site like this is crucial, yet doomed to failure.
The key points are:
Rest assured. We could make a company, the site, and the business "thrive", but what exactly is "thrive" when bitcoin has less than 1 milliion active users? There is no point to doing it for bitcoin only, when you could just convince a company to accept bitcoin for their already accepted payment method on eBay for example.
Bottom line, reinventing the wheel is a fun adventure (I do it all the time!) but never do it as a serious business endeavor.
The key points are:
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Rest assured. We could make a company, the site, and the business "thrive", but what exactly is "thrive" when bitcoin has less than 1 milliion active users? There is no point to doing it for bitcoin only, when you could just convince a company to accept bitcoin for their already accepted payment method on eBay for example.
Bottom line, reinventing the wheel is a fun adventure (I do it all the time!) but never do it as a serious business endeavor.
sr. member
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The king and the pawn go in the same box @ endgame
I would do it myself, but I have not the technical expertise to try my hand at a project of this magnitude.
sr. member
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The king and the pawn go in the same box @ endgame
I want to invest in someone or someones to create a website that has the features and protections of Ebay, but without some of the caveats that prevent some from accepting online commerce. Oh, and it has to accept Bitcoin 
. Looking for someone to put a project like this on GLBSE to invest in.
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