OpenBazaar

OpenBazaar

OpenBazaar logo

OpenBazaar logo
Original author(s) Amir Taaki (DarkMarket), Brian Hoffman
Developer(s) OpenBazaar Team
Preview release Beta 3.0 "Tabriz" / November 10, 2014[1]
Development status Active
Written in Python, JavaScript
Operating system Microsoft Windows, OS X, GNU/Linux
Size 1.9 MiB
Available in English
Type Online marketplace
License MIT License
Alexa rank positive decrease 188,639 (November 2014)[2]
Website openbazaar.org

OpenBazaar, formerly known as DarkMarket, is an open source decentralized online marketplace designed for e-commerce, using the cryptocurrency Bitcoin.

History

Programmer and Bitcoin enthusiast Amir Taaki and a team of other developers created the prototype of a decentralized marketplace, entitled "DarkMarket", in April 2014 at a Toronto Bitcoin Hackathon.[3] DarkMarket was developed as a proof of concept in response to the seizure of the online marketplace Silk Road in October 2013. Taaki compared DarkMarket's improvements on Silk Road to BitTorrent's improvements on Napster.[3]

Soon after DarkMarket was revealed at the hackathon, developer Brian Hoffman forked the project and renamed it "OpenBazaar", which continues to receive active development as of November 2014.[4] OpenBazaar, like DarkMarket before it, was initially licensed under the GNU AGPLv3, but after a discussion by the developers it was relicensed under the MIT license on September 8, 2014.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Patterson, Sam (2014-11-10). "Beta 3.0 “Tabriz” is released". OpenBazaar Blog. Retrieved November 10, 2014.
  2. ↑ "openbazaar.org Site Overview". Alexa Internet. Retrieved November 10, 2014.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Greenberg, Andy (2014-04-24). "Inside the 'DarkMarket' Prototype, a Silk Road the FBI Can Never Seize". Wired. Retrieved August 23, 2014.
  4. ↑ Hern, Alex (2014-04-30). "Silk Road successor DarkMarket rebrands as OpenBazaar". The Guardian. Retrieved August 23, 2014.
  5. ↑ Zindros, Dionysis (2014-09-08). "OpenBazaar is now MIT licensed". OpenBazaar Blog. Retrieved September 16, 2014.

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