The Swarm City team have just released the MVP of Boardwalk.
Takem from a reddit post but this is exactly my opinions regarding this subject.
Broadwalk is available for use on swarm.city. Despite the fact that it is one of the first working, directly usable DApps delivered on time, its release hasn't received remotely the attention it deserves IMO, which motivated this post.
It is an app that allows peer-to-peer transactions involving the Swarm City token (SWT). Despite the fact that the app still has a few rough edges and probably some bugs and its seeming simplicity, it utilizes three pieces of bleeding-edge tech: smart contracts, IPFS and Whisper, and it clearly works.
The basic idea is that there is a hashtag under which people may post requests for services at a certain price in SWT. They receive publicly viewable offers (price counteroffers from service providers aren't available), one of which they can choose. Once a client selects a service provider, two things happen:
- Both the client and the service provider have their accounts debited by the stated amount of SWT which is put on escrow.
- They can chat privately.
Once the service in question is rendered and the client is satisfied with it, she can initiate the payout, whereby the service provider receives both the payment and her deposit. The reputation is handled in a simple way: each completed transaction gives one reputation points.
Some important tips:
The app can be used on as many devices as you want by creating a back-up file of the original user and transferring it
There is only one hashtag #pioneer available at the moment. Everyone who wants to transact should transact under this hashtag. The creation of new, more targeted hashtags like #needaride will be enabled soon.
Make sure there is a certain amount of ETH on your address in order to pay for gas for transactions.
If you have a lot of SWT don't hold large amounts on the wallet used in the app
Disclaimer: I am invested into SWT, and because of that, but also because I am a big enthusiast of blockchain tech, I'd like to see it succeed.
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