How Moderators and Dispute Resolution Work in OpenBazaar

Summary: OpenBazaar helps prevent fraud by having buyers send their bitcoins into a 2-of-3 multisignature address controlled by the buyer, seller, and a trusted third party. This third party offers dispute resolution in case…

OpenBazaar Tester’s Guide

This article is to help OpenBazaar testers install the software, test it, and report any bugs or feedback to the development team. Thank you to all the testers out there helping us make OpenBazaar the best it can be!

Weekly Development Update, February 22, 2016

Back end

Updated protobufs. More work on refunds and moderation flow. Hardened seed and libbitcoin infrastructure.

Front end

Weekly Development Update, February 8, 2016

Back End

Moderation is finished server side. This includes opening and closing disputes, releasing funds, and maintaining a separate chat conversation with all three parties per dispute.

Weekly Development Update, February 1, 2016

Back end

Full transaction flow working. Funds release from direct payment and from escrow.

Front end