----- Forwarded message from Nick Econopouly <[email protected]> -----
> Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2015 13:55:25 -0400 > From: Nick Econopouly <[email protected]> > To: "Shawn K. Quinn" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: slur: you're going to hate it > User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23+89 (0255b37be491) (2014-03-12) > > On 07/30, Shawn K. Quinn wrote: > > On Thu, 2015-07-30 at 21:15 -0400, Nick Econopouly wrote: > > > Paste for those who don't want to load the webpage: > > > > > > > > > http://slur.io/ > > > Slur: You're going to hate it. > > > > > > "Slur is an open source, decentralized and anonymous marketplace for the > > > selling of secret information in exchange for bitcoin. Slur is written > > > in C and operates over the Tor network with bitcoin transactions through > > > libbitcoin. Both buyers and sellers are fully anonymous and there are no > > > restrictions on the data that is auctioned. There is no charge to buy or > > > sell on the Slur marketplace except in the case of a dispute, where a > > > token sum is paid to volunteers. - See more at: > > > http://slur.io/#sthash.OsHtOC5o.dpuf"; > > [...] > > > > This is either going to be very good or very bad. Only time will tell > > which way this goes. > I tend to agree. It has potential to incentize the release of more > information, or create incentive to hoard information and release it > based on the market instead of what is right or wrong. > > In general though I think the project won't be moving forward, for > several reasons > > The service offered by "slur" could easily exist on many DNMs right now > anyway-- I know there are sites where you can buy credit cards, etc. > Does agora sell digital goods? > > The website makes some fantastic claims as well. For instance the claim > that information can not be sold twice on the slur marketplace, or that > someone could really "prevent other parties from acquiring a copy" by > buying it themselves-- Slur is making the mistake of treating IP like > actual tangible property that can't be copied. > > Also, the functionality of Slur would rely on Arbitrators judging > disputes fairly instead of in some other interest > > But there really should be a better leaking platform than just sending > it to an institution (guardian,wikileaks) or hosting it somewhere on the > darknet and hoping people find it > > -nick > ----- End forwarded message -----
