RE: An Open Market on Hive, and Why It Feels Like the Right Move
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We already did, several times. We have had Steem shop announced after the first Steemfest called Peerhub. Then we had HiveLists and shop.hivelists.io and then we had Waivio. So I think that this has been around since the beginning of time, and has been highly underused by the community. I was just having a discussion on a guy asking me, why would he spend time opening a shop for hivers if they were so few. Even then I told him that Hivelists not only take Hive but also takes BTC, LN (thanks to v4v) and XMR, USDT on several L2s. 
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There is quite a different approach used, in my understanding. When looking at previous marketplaces, it became apparent that the idea for how it can work is different. A protocol functions differently from an app.
What if the shop was automatically opened and the time it took was just the time to make a post, would that make a difference?
I dunno, I dont think so honestly. I am talking from a human perspective, also the protocol in Hive isn't evolved enough to take other coins like USDT or BTCLN. I think for commerce you want to have as many payment methods as possible.
For sure, more payment methods are needed. In this case, one way we can enable this is by having bridges, so someone can pay in e.g. USDT and the bridge will convert that to HBD on the fly.
That’s the key difference for me… protocol vs app changes how people experiment and iterate.
Fair points… scale and diversity matter. My hope is that lowering friction might help new use cases emerge organically.
I think that unless people want to spend their money, there won't be a demand/market. Lots of people want to make money, we are surrounded by Africans and Venezuelans. Not many want to spend money.
They need that money to buy food and pay bills. And most of the internet stores don't provide that, because they are global.
You can see that on Hivefests is basically a European event. I know it sounds harsh but it's part of the current landscape.