Oasis - Ask us almost anything!

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Hello,

We are Oasis, we've just updated our market (https://www.reddit.com/r/DarkNetMarkets/comments/4yv1dc/oasis_we_now_accept_monero_xmr/) and we're here for our first 'Ask us almost anything'.

We have tried to post it on /r/IAmA, but they didn't accept it, so here we are.

You probably already know who we are, so let's keep this short, we really hope that you will enjoy the opportunity to have a little chat with us.

Thanks for your attention,

Oasis
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Comments


[14 Points] ChicagoDrillinois:

anal or vaginal/


[13 Points] None:

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[6 Points] myLSD_account:

How do you feel about vendors asking/requiring FE?


[3 Points] comeplaydead:

What's your background? I assume you're very familiar with coding/administration but do you have a degree/education in that or are you mostly self-taught?

If it's not too revealing, what's the highest degree you/your team has obtained?


[5 Points] None:

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[4 Points] oasisama:

if the person answering the ama got run over by a bus tomorrow, how long would oasis still exist?

how do you want to scale your market if you will never hire anyone?


[3 Points] UnseenLes:

What was your intention to create a DNM? Money? Offer Liberty?


[4 Points] giogomezbeats:

How much do you guys make in one day, month and year? If you don't mind answering


[4 Points] Thr0wMeAway666:

If you had to recommend a DNmarket that is not yours, which one would it be? Also keep up the good work!


[3 Points] fr3shaccount:

Where do you see yourself in 2 years, and again in 5 years from now?


[3 Points] FookHyu:

(Honest question) What do you think your market is missing? What's the biggest advantage and disadvantage of Oasis?


[3 Points] SyrupSIppinXannyPop:

How do you combat scammers and how would you recommend users to spot/avoid them?


[3 Points] underdosedwtf:

What encourages you to mantain the market, knowing that you're risking your freedom?

Also, probably somewhat related, what is the drug your team likes the most?


[3 Points] Invictus-Animus:

I honestly love your business model, it is what the darknet markets should all have. When did you personally realize your agoriam ideas? What led up to them?


[3 Points] None:

Do you go balls out for dick picks, or keep them hidden? Also, fully hard, or with a semi?


[3 Points] sapiophile:

As a security geek, of course my biggest interests are in your privacy and security protocols. I also understand that you might not be able to reveal too much, despite the arguments against "security through obscurity." With that said, can you describe some of the things you do to keep your personal selves private and secure in this business - preferred operating system(s) or configurations, interesting wireless internet access methods, traffic obfuscation other than Tor, etc.? I understand that it's a sensitive question, so don't say anything you don't want to, but to me, this is the most interesting stuff.

also i'm gonna hack you (ok not really)


[3 Points] IST_Vendor:

Do you fear for your safety?

Have you discussed quitting?

Do you know any of the other staff IRL or are you all online only contacts?

Has anyone ever offered you a weird deal of some sort?

What's the craziest scam anyone's tried to pull that you remember?


[2 Points] None:

Why aren't your vendors passing on the savings to the customers? You'd be the biggest market fo sho.

Can;t you make them discount their listings in proportion to their savings and listings on other sites? Or, if you can't (which I know you can't), the one's that do have some sort of 'approval' symbol?


[2 Points] toohighfordrugs:

How do one become a member of staff? (:


[2 Points] toohighfordrugs:

Do you guys use? If so what's your drug of choice and vendor? (:


[2 Points] None:

Are there any drugs that you would rather not let be sold in your website?


[2 Points] ytod666:

Initial investment in Oasis? keep up the great work.


[2 Points] floam412:

It's clear that you are concerned for the anonymity and security of your customers while using your site by implementing Monero. Do you plan on issuing out an official statement as to why you did this? Also, do you plan on educating your customers on how to use Monero, problems/solutions for fungibility considering bitcoin, etc on your forum page?

*edit: wording


[2 Points] None:

What reason is there for people to use your market over Alpha Bay?

=)


[2 Points] DaRealDonaldTrump:

Hello,

Ive never really used you market, was about to...deposited coin and everything, then I noticed the listing I was going for was FE, looked like a fairly new vendor as well.

Anyway, question. Ive seen a few people ask why aren't prices on your market lower if vendors are saving on their expenses.

I also noticed that some vendors can set up an auto donate percentage.

Would you be willing to make a vendors auto donation percentage public knowledge on their vendor page? Then if the vendor isn't offering a discount, customers can at least see if some money is supporting the market.

I may be the minority, but if prices were the same, Id go with the vendor that is helping to keep the market up and running


[2 Points] pizzafapper:

Not sure if you're still answering, but could you guys give some advanced OPSEC tips?


[2 Points] None:

(this is not a feature request, even though it sounds like that; I couldn't write it differently)

Why are messages not encrypted by default in Oasis? What made you decide that you should prefer plain text over encrypted text when developing the messaging center? Laziness? Ease of use?


[2 Points] m0a0r0i0a0n:

Is this true? why did blackmarkets chose Monero? There are plenty of other untraceable coins and they chose this.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1233817.0

XMR developers are like ETH developers


[2 Points] oasismarket:

Hello,

It is now possible to deposit Monero (XMR)!

Oasis


[1 Points] monaquaregia:

Can I have some of your extra coins?


[1 Points] Hyde777Gilmour:

Do you order anything off the DNMs and which market do you use?


[1 Points] oasisama:

which "guerilla marketing for beginners" book did you read?


[1 Points] Overmind_Rewind:

Love you. Go multisig only.


[1 Points] None:

Why do you think people keep using AB instead of you?


[1 Points] Wamboz:

What is your favorite vendor currently on your market?


[1 Points] BilboSwagginzzz:

In a personal opinion what is your favorite drug


[1 Points] hughkenyon:

What were the early days of Oasis like? Any complications with vendors?


[1 Points] LandedGypsie:

Why should I join your site? Do you have anything to offer top established vendors on other sites?


[1 Points] laqu1ant:

1)Why are you doing this ama ?

2)You said that you don't want to be involved in people violence, but you do relie that the drugs you make possible for vendors to sell can easily be used to kill, torture, rape etc someone ?

3)At the same time guns can also be used for self-protection etc not just attacking. What do you think about this ?

4)Would it have any impact on your conscience if someone od'ed with a product that is bought off your site ? What if someone uses a a drug from Oasis to kill or rape or torture someone? Would you really be able to sleep at nights ? What if children are accessing your site and harming themselves ? Would you feel sorry ? Responsible ? What would you do if the dead person or child is soneone you know ? Someone you actually love ?

6)What would you feel about the owners of the site if your children died because of it's easily accessible products ?


[1 Points] GoldPsychonaut:

As I potential customer, why should I use your market over another, what separates you from the others?


[1 Points] None:

I have account with you guys. Pretty nice market you got there. Keep it up.


[1 Points] None:

You mentioned in one response that you don't suggest Windows and ubuntu. Windows, I understand why, but why ubuntu?

What OS would you suggest people to use, which is free from tracking, adware etc basically from a security and privacy point of view?

Your work obviously prevents you from talking more about the site, how you manage it, the people involved, your background and personal life, but man it would be fascinating to hear the details. Sad that some of the most interesting people are never known to the public.


[1 Points] None:

Do you have CP and TT on your market?


[1 Points] earthmoonsun:

Do people really donate something? How much do you make?


[1 Points] None:

I have an empty shelf on my bookcase. Are there any books you would recommend for it? Any subject, dealer's choice.


[1 Points] KONAfuckingsucks:

Every time I use your site the format is all fucked up. Links are over top of each other, some tables will only show one word per line and run down the whole page like that, tables overlapping tables. It's really difficult to navigate. I'm using Tails OS.


[1 Points] TheNewDero:

What's up with your site right now???


[1 Points] None:

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[0 Points] None:

Why are so many vendors/market leaders doing AMA's?


[0 Points] Tranquillus_DNM:

hmm may be time to open an oasis vendor account our alpha bay account currently has 20k in escrow and i just know one day it will be gone