Bitmarkets
Bitmarkets is a free and open-source decentralized online marketplace that uses the cryptocurrency bitcoin.[1]
Bitmarkets logo
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| Original author(s) | Steve Dekorte, Rich Collins, Adam Thorsen, Chris Robertson |
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| Developer(s) | Voluntary.net |
| Initial release | 2014 |
| Stable release |
0.8.7.17
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| Development status | Active |
| Written in | Objective-C |
| Operating system | OS X |
| Size | 30 MiB |
| Available in | English |
| Type | Online marketplace |
| License | MIT License |
| Website | voluntary |
Contents
HistoryEdit
In 2013, Steve Dekorte wrote a rough specification for a market based on a decentralized version of peer-to-peer marketplace NashX.[2][3] Steve and developer Chris Robinson began work on Bitpost as a means of testing a Bitmessage framework; they were later joined by Adam Thorsen and Rich Collins, who helped create Bitmarkets.[2][4] The first working version of Bitmarkets was demoed at the Bitcoin conference in May 2014 and the public beta was released on their website on November 19, 2014.[5][6]
FeaturesEdit
Bitmarkets operates over the Tor anonymity network and is built on the Bitmessage communications protocol for privacy.[4] Bitmarkets implements two-party escrow that allows vendors and buyers to complete transactions directly, without the need for a third-party broker, in order to prevent bogus escrow scams.[5][7]
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ "Bitcoin and the Cypherpunks". Reason. 2015-04-10.
- ^ a b "Episode 13". P2P Connects Us Podcast. 2015-02-06.
- ^ "NashX: About". NashX. c. 2013. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
- ^ a b "Bitmarkets: the app for selling anything to anyone in complete privacy". The Guardian. 2014-12-11.
- ^ a b "CoinDesk: Bitmarkets Launches Decentralised Bitcoin Marketplace With Tor Support". CoinDesk. 2014-12-08.
- ^ "How Cryptocurrency Could Change the Sharing Economy". CoinDesk. 2014-12-13.
- ^ "Cryptocoinnews: Bitmarkets, a decentralized marketplace powered by Tor, Bitcoin and Bitmessage". Cryptocoinnews. 2014-12-10.