Why is OpenBazaar getting seed funding?

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Quote from: favdesu on July 12, 2015, 04:40:49 PM

Centralized? There's cryptothrift.com and there are a lot of users.

Yes. I'm aware Wink

Several other competitors also

Quote from: bitcoinauctions on March 22, 2015, 07:14:09 PM

https://bitcoinauctions.net/
https://cryptothrift.com/
http://www.bitbid.net/
http://bidinbitcoins.com/
https://www.cryptoauction.com/

Quote from: newb4now on July 12, 2015, 06:23:06 PM

I cant find the source at the moment but I think much of the money was also going to fund supporting businesses for the OpenBazaar economy. OpenBazaar itself wont make money but the businesses supporting it (graphic design firms, logistics firms, etc) can

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Quote from: subwoofer12 on July 11, 2015, 09:37:03 PM

Why would you invest one mil into something that has no way of generating any revenue?

Quote from: drwasho on September 03, 2014, 08:16:43 AM

Zero Fees. Zero Censorship.

I have a feeling that OpenBazaar is going to be 'decentralized' in the same manner as Ripple Tongue

I cant find the source at the moment but I think much of the money was also going to fund supporting businesses for the OpenBazaar economy. OpenBazaar itself wont make money but the businesses supporting it (graphic design firms, logistics firms, etc) can

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Quote from: subwoofer12 on July 12, 2015, 03:35:55 PM

Quote from: favdesu on July 12, 2015, 03:40:18 AM

good question. however, there can still be centralized ebay-like sites

That's what I've been trying to build (launching soon), so obviously I'm not a big fan of OpenBazaar (threat to my business model Tongue

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Trying to establish a marketplace that has excellent security, simple to use, trustworthy, and fees 1% or less

Centralized? There's cryptothrift.com and there are a lot of users. Decentralized is a new business, which could work for some

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Quote from: favdesu on July 12, 2015, 03:40:18 AM

good question. however, there can still be centralized ebay-like sites

That's what I've been trying to build (launching soon), so obviously I'm not a big fan of OpenBazaar (threat to my business model Tongue

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Trying to establish a marketplace that has excellent security, simple to use, trustworthy, and fees 1% or less

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In the crypto world "zero fees" is actually always:

"zero fees*

*except where we take a cut converting from one type of currency to another and how we will make sure we benefit no matter which way the coin price goes."

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Quote from: Amph on July 12, 2015, 04:04:25 AM

are you sure that arbiters or escrowers are not getting anything?

that zero fees quote is referring to everything concerning open bazar?

yeah, escrows get to choose their fees. but only on dispute. doubt you can make much money with escrowing

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Are you sure about that ? even if it's true . sooner or later OpenBazaar will be famous for Bitcoin users and so more people will be using it. they could simply enable function to donate to the developpers or whoever controls the project . and they will get donations you can be sure Grin

Take Darkwallet for example , They have 100 BTC and it's 75% of what they need to complete their project and they don't seem to have where they generate revenue after completing the project (just donations)

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are you sure that arbiters or escrowers are not getting anything?

that zero fees quote is referring to everything concerning open bazar?

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good question. however, there can still be centralized ebay-like sites build on top of openbazaar, I guess there's some money to make

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Why would you invest one mil into something that has no way of generating any revenue?

Quote from: drwasho on September 03, 2014, 08:16:43 AM

Zero Fees. Zero Censorship.

I have a feeling that OpenBazaar is going to be 'decentralized' in the same manner as Ripple Tongue

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