An open-source gaming store platform initiative.

[anne O'nymous]

Most likely not, as in 99% their is still a bank behind. Or can you buy you grocery in crypto (etc.)?

Fun fact, if he used crypto, Westy would have been caught way earlier. Earning 20K out of nowhere every month have the strange ability to draw the attention on you.

 

[c3p0]

Fun fact, if he used crypto, Westy would have been caught way earlier. Earning 20K out of nowhere every month have the strange ability to draw the attention on you.

If you do shady things, at least pay the tax and have some somehow legal front.

 

[taiki_wata]

But I simply see that other adult sites — and even F95 — are doing fairly well using crypto wallets. So why not follow the same path?

F95 doesn't make game. It doesn't even host games. The cost of running F95 is very different from running a store where the devs actually get paid.

 

[anne O'nymous]

F95 doesn't make game. It doesn't even host games. The cost of running F95 is very different from running a store where the devs actually get paid.

The main different isn't that F95zone is a forum, but that F95zone have no employees. If one want to run a store, he will need at least a full time legal advisor, a full time accountant, two/three highly qualified IT guys, a PR and a secretary.
Just this minimum cost more than what F95 pay for the

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[MissCougar]

Hey, such a nice post with a lot of great questions.

The project I have in mind doesn't involve registering a business or anything of the sort. I think I explained myself incorrectly. It's not a non-profit business, but just a platform that doesn't make any money, sustaining itself through community support.

To be specific, I just want a group of people to come together and create a gaming store platform software under the MIT license.

Off the top of my head, the software would manage:

• Payment through self-custodial crypto wallets.
• Hosting and serving content through the torrent protocol (game developers are responsible for seeding their game, and gamers should seed the game from their library as well).
• Indexing and discoverability of games would be the centralized part.

If implementing a fee system brings legal issues, then fuck it. It should be simple: be transparent about the costs of the centralized part of the system and ask for donations to pay the monthly bills. This should only amount to pennies since it's mainly about linking data. As for development costs, well, I guess we work in our free time, and all game developers can contribute back to the community while we're at it.

Now, I know it might be a logistical nightmare to serve content with torrent. For example, what about version control and distribution? But I think it's doable to come up with something efficient technically.

I might be crazy, XD.

I'm not sure you can do what you are saying in the way you are saying it here. I think this is a scary explanation and you may want to hit the eject button. Before moving forward you probably want to consult with some business folks who can tell you the variety of goals you need to hit to make this happen. Like I'm not sure you can do any of this without some kind of company being set up and financially and legally responsible entities identified and approved.

 

[anne O'nymous]

I'm not sure you can do what you are saying in the way you are saying it here.

Strictly speaking he can. It's how a big part of the said "Dark web" works.
But, obviously, for the same reason it will attract a lot of attention. And like he intent to use the platform for games that are highly frown at, it will not limit to some attention.

In fact, you know what? He should totally do it. The Westys and co will all jump on the occasion, and it will clean the adult gaming scene since they'll quickly be sent where they should be.

 

[MissCougar]

Strictly speaking he can. It's how a big part of the said "Dark web" works.
But, obviously, for the same reason it will attract a lot of attention. And like he intent to use the platform for games that are highly frown at, it will not limit to some attention.

In fact, you know what? He should totally do it. The Westys and co will all jump on the occasion, and it will clean the adult gaming scene since they'll quickly be sent where they should be.

On one hand with my new fetish being adult sales hosting websites to replace Steam (replacing the sexy AI CG NTR phone genre), I should also endorse the action.

Go for it!

Figure out all the legal stuff later. That's boring anyway! Lawyers, phhhft!