Krypton P2P decentralized ad marketplace: Android blockchain marketplace Review

Looking for an extra secure, no fee alternative to popular marketplaces such as craigslist on your android phone, yes?  Not only does this blockchain marketplace alternative app have everything you need to start trading your goods via your android powered smartphone for cryptocurrency, the best part is that there is no government interference and everything is done over Tor’s network making your location impossible to trace. This is all possible thanks to Krypton! 

If you’ve ever used a marketplace like craigslist before, this app is close to that with a few twists and turns here and there. Craigslist is vastly known for allowing it’s users to advertise goods/services and arranging meeting up locations and at the end of the day, the buyer and seller get what they want.

Welcome to the world of Cryptocurrency

Nowadays active online users have started accepting digital currencies such as Bitcoin instead of fiat currency because of current online problems like heavy tax, conversion fees and the KGB watching every transaction, not to mention KYC regulations this makes it an unnecessarily long and wasteful process to buy those “Fashion jeans” you saw online. This is when Krypton P2P decentralized  marketplace comes along.

Krpton token

Before you actually start trading goods, you have to buy a token which is a normal process and you can order some using Bitcoin and other Cryptocurrency and there will only be 25,000 tokens in this system. The main purpose for the tokens is to pay for ad spaces which you can have info on your product.

Krypton token Features:

No selling fees.
Users all over the world can access your items for sale.
You can update your listings anytime using your private key.
Because no site is hosting the listings they cannot be taken down.
Tokens are not free so the quality of products should be high.
Tokens can be linked into other websites to become ad space.
Add search terms to your listings with others to create decentralized stores.

Get tokens by contacting owner: kryptontokens@protonmail.com or by filling in the contact form on the right

Krypton Marketplace for android

This android application allows you to sell your goods and or services over an extra secure tor encrypted network for Cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin, Litecoin or Dash coin all on your phone or tablet.

When we first launch up the new Krypton we see a QR code at the top right along with the number of KRC tokens we have and a bit of Blockchain info at the left and just below  the blue area we have the listings. The app actually works over Tor network and is powered by the users themselves using mobile mining and doesn’t take up a lot of processing power. Once you’ve joined the server you can view offers worldwide which makes this app a real catch.

At first glance the User interface looks really stylish in its own way and on On the Homepage We see The KRC tokens, small QR code and the Tor peers (connection to server), Unconfirmed, Last Block time which is nicely wrapped in a blue back ground and looks eye catching in its own right and latest updated” listings” (goods and services) .  The information on the Homepage doesn’t look too overwhelming compared to the old one. (which can be found here!) .

Since not many people know what “Tor” is and how it works, I’d prefer to see something else when the service is starting right after I launch Krypton. Let’s say instead of “Tor is starting” I’d be more comfortable seeing “Connecting to Krypton servers” or something along those lines and the same goes along with the “Tor Peers”.

The home screen is quite straight forward and I didn’t find any problem understanding anything krypton had to throw at me to the point I wrote a Krypton tutorial here just for your sake and I wish there was a “Category” type of page as it would be interesting to see specific type of items and compare them upfront instead. But would be better if it had a custom search option with different criteria such as: Location, type of item, price range, Age etc.

Looking at the search area, you can easily search for anything you’re interested to buy with crypto or your preferred amount in USD and if you’re lucky enough, it might just appear in a list form with its mini description. The app is still very new and needs a lot of users to contribute their items in order to have vast variety to choose from. I have no complaint about the search items and you can even search based on images and it will display them in a good manner which makes this part of the experience really good.  The fact you can simply search for anything you want straight from the home screen, makes Krypton easier to use and I don’t have any complaints there.

The advertisements look extremely good as it shows the picture first (If you included on) and all the necessary details one could ever need in order to buy the product and contact the owner. I didn’t find an issue when it came to reading the information on the ad. It was displayed in a good manner and again I found all the information I needed in order to make the purchase thanks to the carefully crafted template readily available for everyone by default.  I like how I don’t have to go back and click on the other ad as when I’m viewing a current ad, I can just use the “PREV”, “NEXT” or “LOAD” a custom ad I might have received the token number on a different media such as Whatsapp.

Once you’ve contacted the individual you want to buy an item from, you simply arrange meeting locations and send crypto to each other, sealed and done (You can convert your crypto to local currency later using coinbase  etc .

I really think this app is an extremely good idea because not only do I see myself using this at least several times a week to buy something not just locally but globally, I can also keep checking this app to find items I never knew existed and would love to try out. You can even tell the seller to deliver the item right at your doorstep and pay them directly on your phone using your preferred payment.  I also hope of looking forward of seeing them doing cool stuff like getting personal in area delivery which would be a nice touch and super convenient.  

The only bad side to this alternative craigslist blockchain is that I really wished there was a “category” page of some sort to make navigating a bit easier and It would be cool to see a fancy loading page as the servers are being connected to. Also it is still quite new and needs more users which you can be if you simply download it down below.

Do I need this app?

If you don’t like website owners telling you what to do when buying and selling your items online especially on Amazon, EBay etc., you can certainly need this app. Not only does it have 0% transaction fee but it is super-fast and seems to get the job done. I’d recommend you to download the Blockchain and run a full node on your phone (refer to this Krypton tutorial) so that the product images and or services listings load quicker and your KRC token transactions transfer as fast as possible.

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