OpenBazaar · interactive mechanism simulation

Buyer and vendor lock funds in a 2-of-3 Bitcoin multisig; if they agree, they co-sign release; if not, a buyer-chosen moderator breaks the tie for a fee. No platform fee means no revenue engine — watch node liquidity decay without one.
Buyers place order 2-of-3 escrow 0% platform fee Vendor node Ricardian contract Moderator market 0 disputes resolved Settled trades 0 completed Active nodes 250,000 installs
Trades attempted
0
Trades settled
0
Disputes resolved
0
Active nodes
250,000
Parameters — edit me
15%
3.0%
2.0%/round
1.5/s
Controls

Illustrative simulation. Defaults mirror OpenBazaar's researched mechanism (zero platform fee, buyer-chosen 2-of-3 multisig moderators, no sustaining revenue model) but order volume, dispute mix, and node churn are randomized for visualization — not live onchain data. Drag the sliders to see why "no fees" left no engine to keep the network's infrastructure alive. Part of The Onchain Experiment Atlas.