This repository contains the OpenBazaar server daemon which handles the heavy lifting for the OpenBazaar desktop application. The server combines several technologies: A modified IPFS node, which itself combines ideas from Git, BitTorrent, and Kademlia. A lightweight wallet for interacting with several cryptocurrency networks. And a JSON API which can be used by a user interface to control the node and browse the network. A typical install of OpenBazaar contains a bundle of the server daemon and user interface. The easiest way to run the server is to download a pre-built binary. You can find binaries of our latest release for each operating system. We are using a fork of go-ipfs in the daemon. The primary changes include different protocol strings to segregate the OpenBazaar network from the main IPFS network and an increased TTL on certain types of DHT data.
Features
- We use Godeps with vendored third-party packages
- You can also use our Docker Hub image to run openbazaar-go
- To build from source you will need to have Go installed and properly configured
- The easiest way to run the server is to download a pre-built binary
- A typical install of OpenBazaar contains a bundle of the server daemon and user interface
- Control the nodes and browse the network