This is interesting; but as a netizen taken part in international transactions outside of ebay/amazon I'm wondering how one can make the whole transaction safe/trusted in the face of complete anonymity for both seller and buyer.

Escrows are mentioned; but I can't shake the feeling that malicious individuals can game the whole system by creating a lot of sockpuppets and pulling up a smokescreen of trust, ultimately ripping somebody off in a high-value transaction, either as a seller or buyer.

It was/is possible on the platforms mentioned above; I don't imagine it more difficult in a anonymous market.

Looking forward to their results and insights to this.