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OpenBazaar is a decentralized marketplace proof of concept. It is based off of the POC code by the darkmarket team and protected by the GPL.

Online Test Drive: http://seed.openbazaar.org:8888

Original Presentation at Toronto Hackathon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHVqH8XO1Pk#t=86

Donate to the Project BTC: 16uniUFpbhrAxAWMZ9qEkcT9Wf34ETB4Tt

IRC Chat

We are continually on IRC chat at #OpenBazaar on Freenode

Features (Notional)

  • Full market editor for management of items catalog
  • Order management system
  • Ricardian-style contracts
  • Escrow-based transactions
  • Arbiter management
  • Private messaging
  • Identity/Reputation system

Project Status

All features are currently in alpha stage. Current functionality includes starting a connection to the distributed marketplace and viewing content in a browser. Transactions are not possible.

Build Instructions

Read the build instructions wiki.

Artwork Contributions

contributed by Jacob Payne contributed by Dean Masley

Theory Work

  1. Ricardian Contracts by Dr Washington Sanchez
  2. P2P Lending on OpenBazaar by Dr Washington Sanchez
  3. Auctions on OpenBazaar by Dr Washington Sanchez
  4. Services on OpenBazaar by Dr Washington Sanchez
  5. The Issuance and P2P Transfer of Shares on OpenBazaar by Dr Washington Sanchez and Delain Markos
  6. Voting Pools in OpenBazaar by Dr Washington Sanchez

Screenshot

Here are some screenshots of the alpha UI so far as well as the HTML contract generation tool being built.

Screen 1 Screen 2 Screen 3 Contract Templates Contract Tool