OpenBazaar Integrating InterPlanetary File System to Help Keep Stores Open Longer

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OpenBazaar is integrating the InterPlanetary File System into their decentralized online marketplace.

According to Pacia, the main advantage of integrating IPFS into OpenBazaar will be the increased availability of storefronts.

Essentially, IPFS will allow OpenBazaar users to connect to specific stores via many other peers who already have that data rather than just the owner of the store.

Many early users of OpenBazaar have complained about having to operate a server 24/7 to keep their stores "Open" on the network, which is why the removal of this requirement has been a top priority for the development team behind the project.

Pacia noted, "I don't know [enough] about Freenet to comment on it. But what attracts us to IPFS is its scalable approach to data replication."

Although OpenBazaar launched without native support for anonymizing networks such as i2p or Tor, OpenBazaar project lead Brian Hoffman recently reiterated the development team's dedication to privacy.

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