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I've always wondered why there is no eBay for bitcoins. The problem with bitcoin is that the only way to get them is to buy them with USD. What if you could buy bitcoins with objects? Like you would do with USD on websites like eBay.

I even bought the address www.btcharbor.com but never had time to start the project.

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I acquired my (very small) BTC stash via selling stuff on the eBay clone BitMit; it was starting to get traction before the site owners decided to shut down / sell (its fate is still uncertain).

There are two others, CryptoThrift and CoinGig, but their transaction volume is still relatively low. It's a gaping hole in the market right now (and that's considering that eBay itself has been begging for a disruption for years).

How did BitMit overcome the problem of trust between buyer and seller? E.g. somebody sends bitcoin to a wallet and never gets the product they wanted. Did they offer some kind of escrow service or was everything based on reputation and buyer/seller reviews?

BitMit acted as an escrow themselves. I never caught wind of any disputes, so I don't know how they were handled. And they also had reputation and reviews as well.

https://www.bitmit.net/ was the eBay for bitcoins. They're shutting down, no official reason why, though it's suspected they got hacked.

http://www.coinpost.com ! It's a thing. Check it out

We are creating a new marketplace for bitcoin, check it out: http://coinsierra.com/ Alpha coming real soon.

I've been paid in btc in several occasions for my work as a writer and researcher.

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