[baq]

Exactly. Or credit/debit cards.

[antidesitter]

How do you propose cash transactions be carried out over the internet?

How do credit/debit cards satisfy the proposition of a decentralized marketplace?

[s73v3r_]

"How do credit/debit cards satisfy the proposition of a decentralized marketplace?"

They're something that most people are actually using, allowing the marketplace to actually conduct commerce and exist.

[antidesitter]

Does a cryptocurrency-based market not conduct commerce and exist right now?

And again, how do credit/debit cards—which are centralized systems—satisfy the proposition of a decentralized market?

[s73v3r_]

Not for most people, no.

"And again, how do credit/debit cards—which are centralized systems—satisfy the proposition of a decentralized market?"

They allow the market to actually exist, by using something that the people are actually using.

[antidesitter]

They allow the market to actually exist

But a decentralized market does exist with cryptocurrencies.

And credit/debit cards aren’t decentralized.

[s73v3r_]

"And credit/debit cards aren’t decentralized."

Doesn't matter. That's what the majority of people are using; so if you want the marketplace to actually be able to serve people, and get them to actually buy stuff, you need to support them.

[tekknik]

Perhaps the idea of a decentralized marketplace is a bad idea? What benefit does this actually give me in my everyday life where I don’t need to buy toilet paper anonymously?

[antidesitter]

Perhaps the idea of a decentralized marketplace is a bad idea?

Clearly not for the people using it right now.

What benefit does this actually give me in my everyday life where I don’t need to buy toilet paper anonymously?

Are you asking why someone would want to transact anonymously?

[s73v3r_]

For most things, most people don't care.

[PascLeRasc]

Craigslist does fine [grasping for a number] 95% of the time.

[arisAlexis]

they just don't