10 sats \ 2 replies \ @2big2fail 28 Aug 2022 \ on: Why did OpenBazaar Fail? bitcoin
it required a dedicated desktop client and it is much easier to use a web browser (even tor browser) and directly access a darknet market
no one wants to install a dedicated client just to shop in a "decentralized manner"
everything needs to be browser accessible because changing behavior by asking users to install an app is unfortunately a big barrier to entry unless there is some other incentive at place. And for open bazaar besides for buying a bunch of garbage, only the ideological used it. There were no incentives to install the app. And no incentives to buy there vs ebay.
Incentives always beat ideology
Just like with Bisq, the people who know what they're doing will not be using anything but a dedicated, open source P2P app. Their Haven phone app was never P2P so I never used it.
Of course this is a big barrier to adoption, so both routes needed to be developed.
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but it is open source so fork it and try again now that we have lightning
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