Why fork bisq?

[goodboy]

Curious why you've decided to entirely fork bisq when they're already looking at adding this?

Relevant issue set:

• Monero to fiat trades using BTC as the multi-sig bisq-network/bisq#5285
• Add Monero to fiat trading pairs using BTC as the security deposit (multi-sig) bisq-network/projects#50

I mean all the power to you but just seems like burning rubber on many roads.

[erciccione]

Please see in the readme: Why a new platform

they're already looking at adding this in bisq-network/bisq#5285

That proposal is definitely an improvement over the current situation, but requiring traders to own the entire amount in Bitcoin makes it unintuitive and way too demanding. I see the point behind it and i appreciate the effort, but it don't think would bring real benefits.

[goodboy]

@erciccione I think it's good if you can justify the fork 💯 .

Probably good to let new viewers of this code base see where the potential improvements can be found as things progress 🏄🏼

[sethforprivacy]

It's also important to note that Monero integrations have been proposed, built, and rejected several times in the past, despite the vast majority of volume on Bisq being XMR/BTC:

bisq-network/bisq#1863
bisq-network/proposals#110
https://bisq.network/blog/cycle-6-results/
bisq-network/proposals#122

The latest attempt to add Monero to Bisq is already receiving pushback and requires 115% deposits in BTC to trade XMR against fiat, which is not only a massive UX hurdle, it doesn't improve the ability for users to trade solely fiat<>XMR without owning substantially more BTC first.

[erciccione]

Closing this, as the question has been answered.