Brian, the main dev, is awesome and I think he made the right decision for now opting for a web of trust model combined with proof of burn. Ultimately these will need to be supplemented by better systems that will make OpenBazaar far more trustworthy than using ebay etc, even for capital intensive goods and services.
-- drwasho
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On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 11:49 AM, Sam Patterson <bitcoin@???> wrote:




Looks like the main dev is opting for a

      simple web of trust model, hopefully incorporating proof of burn,
      but he's open to changing it down the road if needed. In my
      opinion decentralized markets are the most important step for
      agorism after quality wallets (such as dark wallet) so we should
      join Washington Sanchez and work to develop this project
      thoughtfully and with a mind towards as many trust-less features
      as possible. 

      -Sam

      On 5/15/2014 9:26 PM, Washington Sanchez wrote:

There's been a lengthy discussion on reputation

        systems for pseudonymous marketplaces here:

https://github.com/OpenBazaar/OpenBazaar/issues/9#issuecomment-43251990



Of course you can't discuss this whole subject without

          bringing up Justus Ranvier's 

Lex Cryptographia (http://bitcoinism.blogspot.com.au/2013/12/lex-cryptographia.html)


Taking a page from his article, I made the attached

          suggestion.

On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 9:30 AM, Andres

          Vargas - zodman 

<zodman@???>

          wrote:

@Jim dw not had a reputation system you

              confusing with openbazar

                2014-05-15 16:36 GMT-05:00 haydn dufrene 

<haydn.dufrene@???>:

It would be interesting to explore a

                    decentralized trust network by the likes of
                    Powertrust (

http://gridsec.usc.edu/files/publications/TPDS-0463-1105.R2-Final-June21.pdf).

                    I am pretty sure SR was storing and distributing
                    trust values centrally.

On Thu, May 15, 2014 at

                          2:13 PM, Tim Patrick 

<judoman589@???>

                          wrote:

Hopefully it will modeled

                              after silks roads reputation system. 

On Thu,

                                        May 15, 2014 at 5:00 PM, Jim
                                        Bursch 

<jimbursch@???>

                                        wrote:

I'm

                                          really curious about the Dark
                                          Wallet reputation system. How
                                          will it work? Is it modeled on
                                          any existing systems? What are
                                          the core principles that are
                                          driving development?

                                          I would also be glad to
                                          contribute anything my meager
                                          talents can offer.

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