Also we monitor the network and the overwhelming majority is legal trade. If that changed at some point then it might be a different question.
That manner of legislative and regulatory flout is a heat-seeking company missile, and can only end with your eventual incarceration.
Abort thread. Talk to lawyer about further HN commentary. Your discussion here is plainly legally actionable by any investors concerned about your fiduciary responsibilities, and this page will almost certainly be printed out as an exhibit in several legal proceedings, some potentially criminal. I appreciate and respect the change you’re trying to drive, where you’re coming from, and your optimism, but you really, really need to understand the peril you’re in, as unfortunate as it is.
I’m dead serious. DPR got life without parole. They’re not messing around.
Repeat after me: I have no knowledge of illegal activity taking place on the platform, and condemn it.
FWIW and don't take it personally, but i do hope you are wrong and overreacting.
In fact, they are still thrown away from society. Just in a slower manner. That's some progress anyway.
See: literal millions of people marching in S Korean streets in recent years because their gov was corrupt.
Has anyone ever been prosecuted for making software, or using it, that was used by another in the commission of a crime? Perhaps there is existing law related to people who write and release software that was intended only for malicious use that could extended.
In the crypto/ICO space, the people getting into hot water have charges related to violation of finance and securities law.
Are you serious?
Yeah, he’s going to prison, but that doesn’t mean he’s wrong about the potential value of his platform, and it doesn’t mean his motives aren’t good. It probably does mean that idealism is a shitty defense in court though.
No he's not.
As I said in another comment, as far as I know, as long as they don't host any nodes with illegal content, they shouldn't get in trouble just for publishing the protocol, the client protocol and p2p servers code. Otherwise, the inventors of tcp/ip, http, bittorrent, telnet and more would be in prison. And no, just saying "I'm ok with people using it for evil" is not a reason to go to jail, 1st amendment comes into play here. Now, if they start relaying nodes with CP on it, even by accident, that's a difference story of course. My guess is that their software comes with only their safe node on it and people will use search engines to get nodes addresses with CP on them. If anything, this will give more work and trouble to Google, not OpenBazaar.
And like Tor, it's primarily a framework.
If I were doing it, I'd rather be anonymous. But then, I'm just very cautious.
If you're "anonymous" they could just charge you not just for your words in public, but for awful reasons and nobody will stand for you since you're just overall ciminal.
I'm going with the "be famous or be afraid" school of thought of your parent comment.