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Re:OpenBazaar is a decentralized Dark Net market that's 'unt... by mike_hearn on Saturday November 08, 2014 @03:39PM (#8578083)
I think you should reconsider integration of Tor. This is quite likely to end badly for you. If the police reports are true SR2 had 150,000 users: if even a fraction of those decide to migrate to OpenBazaar at some point, any legitimate usage will likely be overwhelmed by illegal usage. That would put you in the unenviable position of being the next DPR, except not anonymous (Silk Road sold books as well as drugs but that didn't matter).

Your best bet is to just not ensure IP addresses are recorded and unobfuscated. That'll help tip the balance towards legal activity.

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Re:OpenBazaar is a decentralized Dark Net market that's 'unt... by joshschreuder on Saturday November 08, 2014 @06:19PM (#8578479)
I'm not sure it's equivalent. What you're saying is that whoever wrote the stack that SR used should be prosecuted for facilitating the site's creation.

This is simply a project in the same way BitTorrent is a project - it can be used for many things, illegality being just one, and even if that is the main usage pattern (which isn't clear at this point), that's no reason for the creator to be punished.

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Re:OpenBazaar is a decentralized Dark Net market that's 'unt... by tikhon on Sunday November 09, 2014 @01:44AM (#8579299)
Tell that to the creator of cryptocat
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Re:OpenBazaar is a decentralized Dark Net market that's 'unt... by kordless on Sunday November 16, 2014 @10:53AM (#8614468)
TMK, he was never prosecuted. Baited, yes.
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Re:OpenBazaar is a decentralized Dark Net market that's 'unt... by mike_hearn on Sunday November 09, 2014 @06:41AM (#8579683)
Nope. PHP is overwhelmingly used for ordinary, legitimate websites and has no particular features designed to aid criminal usage. It's all about volume and intent.
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Re:OpenBazaar is a decentralized Dark Net market that's 'unt... by legalbeagle on Sunday November 09, 2014 @11:28AM (#8580166)
DPR and the SR2.0 guy profited from illegal transactions. That wouldn't be the case here. No different in my view from the developers of bittorrent or tor itself.
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Re:OpenBazaar is a decentralized Dark Net market that's 'unt... by 3838 on Sunday November 09, 2014 @08:35AM (#8579862)
if each transaction has to involve a mediator i suspect they would be the one in the frame when it comes to facilitating illegal activity
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