[quote=D32]Open Bazaar just got launched a few days ago. It is a decentralized p2p market place, like ebay, but this time, decentralized, using bitcoin.

Being decentralized is a very big deal, that is the biggest reason for the excitement.

There had been a major bug in the Windows version, where computers failed to connect, but I think it has been fixed. It runs better in Linux.

BTW, it is not something that you access via a web browser, because in order to make it decentralized, it cannot run on web servers because web servers can easily be taken down by e.g. a gov. Open Bazaar runs on your computer, p2p. If you want your store to be accessible 24/7, you will need to install the app in a computer and keep the computer online 24/7. Others are running their stores on raspberry pi (low power consumption), others got a cheap hosted vps, others on their laptops.

The issue of security is obvious, as in, what if someone does not send something that you bought? They thought of that. Moderators can be used with multi-sig bitcoin.

Right now the prob is the initial tech hurdle of getting it running, so if they want it to become mainstream, they have to make it very easy to be up, so easy that a non-tech person can have his or her store up in moments.

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Markets like this already exist in the dark web...such markets include alphabay etc...however, you only access then using special URLs...and you use Tor Browser to connect. These markets run purely on bitcoins which are untraceable and they promise anonymity. Here you find all kinds of dealers such as money launderers, drug dealers, arms dealers etc.

See what I just found

I'm just happy that Kenyans are embracing Crypto.

That item cracked up some folk online. One of the comments:

"a GOAT, on the #blockchain!!! Bet Satoshi never thought of *that* scenario"

Satoshi is the name that bitcoin's creator gave himself.

But besides it being funny, folk really are excited to see how Cryto tech is being used. But the goat tho I'd like to guess that the owner is a Wazuan.


https://twitter.com/open...atus/722527458189291524

Am eagerly awaiting the Microsoft Hokokens consumer version. That thing is hella crazy. The future is continuum.

Thirty-five Taiwanese companies, including Apple’s supplier Foxconn, spent a total of 4 billion yuan (HK$4.74 billion) on artificial intelligence last year, according to the Kunshan government’s publicity department.

“The Foxconn factory has reduced its employee strength from 110,000 to 50,000, thanks to the introduction of robots. It has tasted success in reduction of labour costs,” said the department’s head Xu Yulian.

“More companies are likely to follow suit.”

As many as 600 major companies in Kunshan have similar plans, according to a government survey.

CityPilot has taken a key early step towards fully autonomous public transportation: The Mercedes-Benz self-driving bus program saw one of its Future Bus vehicles drive 20 km (or around 12.4 miles) in the Netherlands, on a route that connected Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport with the nearby town of Haarlem. To make the trip, the bus had to stop at traffic lights, pass through tunnels, and navigate among pedestrians.

This is a big win for the program, which owes its origins to the transport truck-focused Highway Pilot program debuted by Mercedes two years ago. That autonomous vehicle program didn’t face the added challenges of navigating an urban environment, however, which makes the Future Bus successful test run a significant achievement.

Future Bus isn’t just a brainy piece of utilitarian tech, however. Mercedes has focused on making sure that it’s well-suited to the city of the future, and accordingly put a lot of time into designing the vehicle’s interior. According to the company’s official press site, the busses have three separate zones designed based on how long of a trip a passenger is sign to be on board for, and there are displays for showing entertainment and other media, as well as a ceiling designed to resemble a forested canopy.



One of the key ingredients of the CityPilot program is integration with city infrastructure along its route of travel: The Future Bus I fully networked, meaning it can communicate with traffic lights along the route for cues on changing lights. An onboard close-range camera array also manages “fingerprint”-level recognition of asphalt detail, comparing it against previous trips to watch out for variances and keep things on track.

The autonomous functions of the vehicle manage speeds of up to 70km/h (around 43mph) and also takes care of navigating to raised bus stops along the route, slowing down and stopping to pick passengers up, pulling to within 2 inches from the curb.

Short-range autonomous buses are already getting deployed, mostly in controlled privately-owned settings around the world, but what this Mercedes pilot shows is a successful real-world test of what could be a core component of future pubic transportation systems.