• OhYeah@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      6 days ago

      A decentralized marketplace would honestly be pretty sick as long as they can figure out how to ensure people don’t’t get scammed

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        “Sick” as in “slick?” “Good?” (Going to add “clueless oldster” to the description on my BH profile page).

        Along the lines of a “Fediverse Amazon”, @[email protected] told me about flohmarkt, which does look interesting. One of its instances can be viewed here.

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        IMO we need to break it in a few independent but cooperating decentralized systems;

        1. A transportation service where consumers will request the transportation of goods or people from point A to point B, and providers will make bids for those requests.
        2. A storage service where providers will offer storage of goods at specific locations, and consumers that make requests for the storage.
        3. A LC service, where two parties can enter an letter-of-credit (LC) contract, and providers can guarantee the contract.

        If these systems are available, it would be possible to implement additional decentralized services like;

        • Marketplaces.
        • Passenger transportation services.
        • Food delivery.
        • Probably many more.
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      Why? Is it bad providing alternatives? Especially as it is Fediverse based, which is federated and not controlled by a single company. And being compatible to Fediverse protocol means you can use any application.

      Imagine something like Amazon, a central place you go and everyone who federates with it can sell products. I’m not against it.