Software:Bitmarkets
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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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Written in | Objective-C |
Operating system | OS X |
Size | 30 MiB |
Available in | English |
Type | Online marketplace |
License | MIT License |
Website | voluntary |
Bitmarkets is a free and open-source decentralized online marketplace that uses the cryptocurrency bitcoin.[1]
History
In 2013, Steve Dekorte wrote a rough specification for a market based on a decentralized version of peer-to-peer marketplace NashX.[2][unreliable source?] 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][3] 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.[citation needed]
Features
Bitmarkets operates over the Tor anonymity network and is built on the Bitmessage communications protocol for privacy.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ "Bitcoin and the Cypherpunks". Reason. 2015-04-10. http://reason.com/archives/2015/04/09/bitcoin-and-the-cypherpunks/.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Episode 13". P2P Connects Us Podcast. 2015-02-06. http://p2pconnects.us/2015/02/26/p2p-connects-us-episode-13-steve-dekorte/.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Bitmarkets: the app for selling anything to anyone in complete privacy". The Guardian. 2014-12-11. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/dec/11/bitmarkets-app-selling-privacy-bitcoin-encrypted-ebay.
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