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Re:OpenBazaar 2.0, powered by IPFS by jcoffland on Thursday March 29, 2018 @04:27AM (#16705445)
So OpenBazaar's no worse than preexisting systems in this respect.
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Re:OpenBazaar 2.0, powered by IPFS by hnarn on Thursday March 29, 2018 @05:58AM (#16705795)
It's also borderline an unsolvable problem, because how do you identify "legitimate" customers in an anonymous de-centralized system, when it's even too complicated to achieve in a centralized system?
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Re:OpenBazaar 2.0, powered by IPFS by heavenlyblue on Friday March 30, 2018 @06:48AM (#16715086)
Assign a cost of creating a single anonymous identity: you've got to send xx amount of bitcoin to an unspendable address.
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Re:OpenBazaar 2.0, powered by IPFS by jononor on Saturday March 31, 2018 @06:37PM (#16725538)
That is somewhat analogous to proof of stake, I guess?
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