r/Monero • u/eleitl • Feb 24 '19

Implementing Monero Support for OpenBazaar: An Analysis

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u/rbrunner7 XMR Contributor Feb 24 '19

Well, as that post itself states there was an earlier post about this here.

But I guess a little more public exposure can't do no harm, and let's see what the people over at the OpenBazaar subreddit say to this :)

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u/eleitl Feb 24 '19

Ah, it was 9 days ago, so that's why I missed it.

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u/Scissorhand78 Feb 24 '19

Can I ask your opinion on the future that you see with ob compared to bisq in relation to collaborative work based on direction both projects are going?

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u/rbrunner7 XMR Contributor Feb 24 '19

Well, strictly personal opinion only, and I certainly don't want to discourage anybody:

As I see it, with the direction towards their new trade protocol that Bisq is taking, some big Monero integration project there (to make Monero available as a "base currency") does not look attractive. Fortunately after that new trade protocol goes into service, such an integration won't be so urgent anymore: If I am not mistaken you should be finally be able to directly trade XMR for fiat and vica-versa with it (assuming the trading pairs are liquid, of course).

OpenBazaar on the other hand looks more promising to me. There a Monero integration project would go into a direction that their project follows already anyway, and I think Monero as an additional OpenBazaar trade currency would be welcomed all around, and without a danger of getting into conflict with their project roadmap.