Bitroad
Finance and crypto
bitcoin marketplace
SHOW HN2013
50points
39comments
#501of 1,739 in 2013
Top 29%of 2013 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
2 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 7 critical, out of 18 comments about the project. Thread score -0.24.
Execution: 1 for, 3 againstIdea: 1 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Interesting idea and nice handling of the Bitcoin selling space
From 2 comments
Great stuff guys, this is awesome! Seems like you have a nice handle on the 'selling for bitcoin' space. I'd love to chat and see if we can join forces in some way (I'm the…
Jsarokin on HNSo, Bitcoins isn't about anonymity. I don't know why people keep being enamored about this. There are far better things to do with Bitcoins than anonymity. I'm glad someone wrote…
hosh on HN
Objections
Name resembles Silk Road
From 2 comments
Is this something you intend to run longterm as an actual service, or is this just a demo from the hackathon to go along with the github repo? Was the name similarity to Silk…
benjamincburns on HNzachlatta, where are you based? I'd like to talk more. As a suggestion, I think you should consider clarifying that this is not another Silk Road. The name suggests that :)
simonebrunozzi on HN
Anonymity and privacy claims questioned
From 2 comments
So you're lying right now? :)
nezza-_- on HNSo, Bitcoins isn't about anonymity. I don't know why people keep being enamored about this. There are far better things to do with Bitcoins than anonymity. I'm glad someone wrote…
hosh on HN
Slow landing page image and missing listing browse
From 1 comment
Maybe I'm blind, but is there any way to browse a list of listings? Also just a heads up, but the background image on the landing page took about 8 seconds to load on my machine.…
benjamincburns on HN
Validation bugs such as negative prices
From 1 comment
Under Create Listing, you can set a negative price - at least in Safari. Didn't try to actually create a listing though.
king_magic on HN
Requests
Tor hidden service option
From 1 comment
Better yet, put up a tor hidden service as an option. It doesn't take a lot of extra effort.
alexmat on HN
Decentralized listings
From 1 comment
Is it possible to use Bitcoin or a bitcoin-like system to create listings in a decentralized manner? Maybe with Namecoin? I worry that these types of sites centralize the…
whackedspinach on HN
Browsable list of listings
From 1 comment
Maybe I'm blind, but is there any way to browse a list of listings? Also just a heads up, but the background image on the landing page took about 8 seconds to load on my machine.…
benjamincburns on HN
Questions
Will it be run long term as a service
From 1 comment
Is this something you intend to run longterm as an actual service, or is this just a demo from the hackathon to go along with the github repo? Was the name similarity to Silk…
benjamincburns on HN
Is it similar to Silk Road
From 1 comment
Will this provide similar functionality to silk road? I've been looking for silk road type software/frontend for a legal user community to sell items.
illegalsmile on HN
Alternatives named
BitMit
From 2 comments
I acquired my (very small) BTC stash via selling stuff on the eBay clone BitMit; it was starting to get traction before the site owners decided to shut down / sell (its fate is…
lukifer on HNhttps://www.bitmit.net/ was the eBay for bitcoins. They're shutting down, no official reason why, though it's suspected they got hacked.
HorizonXP on HN
CoinPost
From 2 comments
IMHO - This is a similar project, albeit with more features, and much better code coverage on the tests: https://github.com/brighton36/CoinPost Though, I am the author, so I get…
brighton36 on HNhttp://www.coinpost.com ! It's a thing. Check it out
brighton36 on HN
CryptoThrift and CoinGig
From 1 comment
I acquired my (very small) BTC stash via selling stuff on the eBay clone BitMit; it was starting to get traction before the site owners decided to shut down / sell (its fate is…
lukifer on HN
SellSimple
From 1 comment
Great stuff guys, this is awesome! Seems like you have a nice handle on the 'selling for bitcoin' space. I'd love to chat and see if we can join forces in some way (I'm the…
Jsarokin on HN