Original author(s) | Amir Taaki (DarkMarket), Brian Hoffman |
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Developer(s) | OpenBazaar Team |
Initial release | 4 April 2016 |
Final release | 2.4.10 (Desktop Client)
/ 30 December 2020[1]
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Repository | |
Written in | Go, JavaScript |
Operating system | Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux |
Size | 130 MB |
Available in | English |
Type | Online marketplace |
License | MIT License |
Website |
openbazaar |
OpenBazaar was an open source project developing a protocol for e-commerce transactions in a fully decentralized marketplace. [2] It used cryptocurrencies as medium of exchange and was inspired by a hackathon project called DarkMarket.
Amir Taaki and a group of programmers from Bitcoin startup Airbitz created a decentralized marketplace prototype, called "DarkMarket", in April 2014 at a Bitcoin Hackathon in Toronto. [3] DarkMarket was developed as a proof of concept in response to the seizure of the darknet market Silk Road in October 2013. [4] Taaki compared DarkMarket's improvements on Silk Road to BitTorrent's improvements on Napster. [3]
After the hackathon, the original creators abandoned the prototype and it was later adopted and rebranded to OpenBazaar by a new team of developers. [5] On 4 April 2016, OpenBazaar released their first version, which allowed users to buy and sell goods for Bitcoin. [6] The company announced the closure of their servers on 15 January 2021. [7]
Original author(s) | Amir Taaki (DarkMarket), Brian Hoffman |
---|---|
Developer(s) | OpenBazaar Team |
Initial release | 4 April 2016 |
Final release | 2.4.10 (Desktop Client)
/ 30 December 2020[1]
|
Repository | |
Written in | Go, JavaScript |
Operating system | Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux |
Size | 130 MB |
Available in | English |
Type | Online marketplace |
License | MIT License |
Website |
openbazaar |
OpenBazaar was an open source project developing a protocol for e-commerce transactions in a fully decentralized marketplace. [2] It used cryptocurrencies as medium of exchange and was inspired by a hackathon project called DarkMarket.
Amir Taaki and a group of programmers from Bitcoin startup Airbitz created a decentralized marketplace prototype, called "DarkMarket", in April 2014 at a Bitcoin Hackathon in Toronto. [3] DarkMarket was developed as a proof of concept in response to the seizure of the darknet market Silk Road in October 2013. [4] Taaki compared DarkMarket's improvements on Silk Road to BitTorrent's improvements on Napster. [3]
After the hackathon, the original creators abandoned the prototype and it was later adopted and rebranded to OpenBazaar by a new team of developers. [5] On 4 April 2016, OpenBazaar released their first version, which allowed users to buy and sell goods for Bitcoin. [6] The company announced the closure of their servers on 15 January 2021. [7]