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Is there / could there be a federated ebay?
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this post was submitted on 23 Oct 2026
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My understanding is federated "payment" systems are difficult. I think there is active discussion on the topic, but I'm not sure where code/development is at, or if it's even started.
I think flohmarkt ("federated decentral classified ad software") is the closest we have right now. It has low (~10-30) Monthly Active Users (MAU), but is in active development.
That sounds interesting! And even over 30 active instances are listed on codeberg: https://codeberg.org/flohmarkt/flohmarkt/wiki/flohmarkt-instances#a-list-of-server-known-to-run-flohmarkt. I will check it out.