Tag: OpenBazaar

OpenBazaar announced during February 2017 that the long-awaited feature to improve anonymity and privacy for vendors and buyers was here, the code which would enable Tor anonymity was ready, and Tor would finally be integrated into the decentralized online marketplace. “Tor has always been the most requested feature by far,” OpenBazaar developer Chris Pacia said. OpenBazaar is an online marketplace…

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OB1, the commercial company behind OpenBazaar, announced on December 20 the release of version 1.1.10, featuring a partnership with instantaneous altcoin exchange ShapeShift. The deal immediately provides users the opportunity to purchase items on OpenBazaar with altcoins like Monero and ZCash that provide increased privacy to users. For an excellent user experience and platform efficiency, the OB1 development team has…

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OpenBazaar, a decentralized network for trading, announced December 13 that they have received funding amounting to $3 million from BlueYard Capital, a Venture Capital fund with a preference to “entrepreneurs looking to upgrade the internet.” Investors Andreessen Horowitz and Union Square Ventures, who have invested $10 million into crypto hedge fund PolyChain Capital, were also involved. Compared to centralized services…

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Europol, the law enforcement agency of the European Union which handles criminal intelligence and international organized crime, has released its Internet Organized Crime Threat Assessment for 2015, that highlights illegal usages of bitcoin and other digital currencies on “Darknets,” and its “concerns” for the development of decentralized marketplaces like OpenBazaar. According to the data gathered by Europol, bitcoin accounts for…

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