Jan 14, 2016 09:00:00

The EC service "Open Bazaar" that connects buyers and buyers with P2P will become a killer app for the virtual currency Bitcoin to be fully popularized

The world's most successful virtual currency "Bitcoin (bit coin)"Is rebounding in 2015 and steadily consolidating the status of the de facto standard as the" global common virtual currency ", but in order to become more popular, killer content that increases the convenience and value of bit coin is necessary It was pointed out that it was. Meanwhile, a new EC service "Open Bazaar"Is considered to be a bit coin killer content.

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http://openbazaar.org/

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"RAND Corporation" issued in December 2015 "Impact of virtual currency on national security"The report entitled the reality that anti-government organizations such as terrorism organizations use virtual currency to procure goods without interference from government agencies in order to fulfill the purpose of overthrowing the state, In the future, the risk of issuing a virtual currency unique to the terrorist organization to paralyze the monetary system managed by the central government is considered, and with this report as a trigger, a strong argument that "we should crack down on virtual currency" It is happening in the USA. While the opinion that such a virtual currency should be under government control rises, a lot of services using bit coin are born, and among them, the service which is considered to hold the possibility of spreading bit coins at once in a " Open Bazaar "attracting attention.

Open BazaarP2PIt is a new concept EC service that directly connects the seller of the product and the buyer using technology. Unlike general EC services, Open Bazaar allows you to buy and sell products by participating in an independently built P2P network by installing Open Bazaar software on a PC instead of visiting both the seller and the buyer. is. In other words, Open Bazaar, which can shop on P2P network, is characterized by the fact that there is no host organizer who holds the market and who wants to sell goods and services, offering products and services, recruiting buyers The buyer who saw the merchandise can purchase the merchandise directly from the seller and has the feature that the transaction fee is free.


It is clear that the concept of connecting users to each other in the absence of the organizer has the concept and affinity with the virtual currency. And, as it is, Open Bazaar has a rule that all transactions are done through bit coins. In other words, it is hoped that it will be a new platform that will realize "a truly free market" by having people and materials and money go and go in a world independent of centralized organizers and nations That's it.

There is no support for Open Bazaar that it is operated without the organizer. Therefore, for technical matters and making rules related to trading, transactions with self-responsibility managed by both the seller and the buyer are required. However, directly from the feature that the seller can communicate with customers and buy and sell products and services, if a solid Open Bazaar community is formed in the future, it will grow into an attractive market where commodities and services can be exchanged without a fee It is expected to get and is the leading venture capital of Silicon ValleyAndriessen HorowitzHave already invested over 1 million dollars (about 117 million yen).


The spread of Open Bazaar inevitably means that bit coins are spreading, and at the same time, it seems that a commodity market will be created that is different from the market style that the organizer collects commissions and taxes. However, if the community does not function properly, the second illegal purchase and sale of goods and servicesSilk roadThere is always the danger of becoming. Whether the Open Bazaar service gets backed by popularization is a lot of attention.