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> 3D secure

As a customer, I hate 3D secure. When I get that shit thrown at me, I often just head over to Amazon and buy the same item there. Even if it is more expensive.

Reasons:

The 3D Secure form always looks so unprofessional it makes me shiver.

It often is loaded in an iframe so it could come from god knows where.

Often it plain out does not work. It aborts the transaction with "Transaction aborted" or something like that with no further info. So I sit there thinking "Uhm.. what now? Is my password wrong or what?".

Why would I input even more of my data into your damn form? The more data I give you, the easier you can mess with me. Now my CC card number and verification number is not enough anymore. Now you want my 3D "secure" password. What do you want next?

I wonder how monopolized publishing is these days. If you want to get the message out about something, how much are you at the mercy of a few distribution channels and how much do we have an open ecosystem that gives everybody equal rights? I am honestly not sure.

How important is it to be on Facebook? On Twitter? On Reddit? On HN? Indexed by Google? Have connections to the Huffington Post?

If you have something interesting to say, can those forces stop you? Or will it spread because it is interesting?

If you make great art, will it become popular just because it is great? Or does it depend on your marketing skills?

Could we have technology that makes interesting, helpful content spread no matter what?

Do we have to invent some kind of "internet voting" system to accomplish this? Can blockchain technology help with this?

It is just a working title. I am open for better ideas.

Yes, OpenBazaar has to gain traction for this to work.

Obaas is like the exchanges for Bitcoin. Bitcoin is decentralized in the same way as OpenBazaar. Most people use exchanges to take part in the Bitcoin network. So if OpenBazaar takes off, the first webservice that makes it accessible to the masses will have a nice headstart. Similar to how Mt.Gox had a nice headstart. When it was still active, 60% of all bitcoin trades were done via Mt.Gox.

As of yet, it is only an idea.