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Prior to this change, TomP2P's 'PeerAddress' was used heavily throughout Bitsquare, effectively tying many parts of the system to the TomP2P API when they otherwise had no need to be aware of TomP2P at all. The Peer interface (and the new 'network' package to which it belongs) is designed to provide this missing abstraction and is a step toward isolating TomP2P functionality as completely as possible--so as to make the latter easy to test (and easy to replace if necessary). A very simple TomP2PPeer implementation of the Peer interface has been provided in the new 'network.tomp2p' package. It is currently just a wrapper for an underlying PeerAddress object, but it is reasonable to expect that more functionality will find its way into this class over time. |
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What is Bitsquare?
Bitsquare is a cross-platform desktop application that allows users to trade fiat money (dollars, euros, etc) for bitcoin without relying on centralized exchanges such as Coinbase, Bitstamp or (the former) Mt. Gox.
By running Bitsquare on their local machines, users form a peer-to-peer network. Offers to buy and sell bitcoin are broadcast to that network, and through the process of offering and accepting these trades via the Bitsquare UI, a market is established.
There are no central points of control or failure in the Bitsquare network. There are no trusted third parties. When two parties agree to trade fiat money for bitcoin, the bitcoin to be bought or sold is held in escrow using multisignature transaction capabilities native to the bitcoin protocol.
Because the fiat money portion of any trade must be transferred via traditional means such as a wire transfer, Bitsquare incorporates first-class support for human arbitration to resolve any errors or disputes.
You can read about all of this and more in the overview, whitepaper, arbitration and risk analysis documents. Several screencasts are available as well.
Status
The team is currently working on a series of pre-releases on the way to version 1.0. See the roadmap for details.
Alpha testers welcome! Please see the instructions for alpha testing, where you'll find detailed information about downloading and using our native installers, building from source and more.
Staying in Touch
Contact the team and keep up to date using any of the following:
- The #bitsquare IRC channel on Freenode (logs)
- Our mailing list
- @bitsquare_ on Twitter
- Get in contact with us
- GitHub Issues
License
Bitsquare is free software, licensed under version 3 of the GNU Affero General Public License.
In short, this means you are free to fork this repository and do anything with it that you please. However, if you distribute your changes, i.e. create your own build of the software and make it available for others to use, you must:
- Publish your changes under the same license, so as to ensure the software remains free.
- Use a name and logo substantially different than "Bitsquare" and the Bitsquare logo seen here. This allows for competition without confusion.
See LICENSE for complete details.