A marketplace for bicycles where you can sell your bicycle remotely.
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Bicycle Chain is a marketplace designed to allow individuals to sell their bicycles without having to be physically present during the transaction.
The seller leaves their bicycle in a public location, locks it with a combination lock, and then posts the bicycle for sale on the marketplace. This creates a NFT of the bicycle with relevant information saved as metadata like the encrypted combination of the lock.
The buyer can then browse the available bicycles on the marketplace, find one they are interested in, go to the location of the bicycle, and make the purchase. The buyer will receive the NFT and thus the combination to the lock, allowing them to unlock and take possession of the bicycle.
This marketplace offers a convenient way for people to buy and sell bicycles, allowing for transactions to take place even when the seller and buyer are not in the same location.
During my last holidy I wanted to rent a bicycle for two weeks, only to find out that it would cost almost as much as buying one. So I thought why not buying a bicycle and trying to sell it at the end of my holiday? But what do I do with the bicycle if I don't find a buyer? I also don't want the stress of searching a buyer during my holiday. This inspired the creation of Bicycle Chain which allows for transactions to take place even when the seller has left the bicycle.
I think a sharing economy is great because it can save resources. But the way it works nowadays is that a company owns all these bicycles and lends them. They have the responsibility and ownership of these bicycles which allows them to make profits.
Bicycle Chain was created with the vision of promoting a true sharing economy, where individuals have ownership and the responsibility of the bicycle as long as they are using it.
- @solana/web3.js
- @metaplex-foundation/mpl-auction-house
This is a Next.js project bootstrapped with create-next-app.
yarn installNext, run the development server:
yarn devOpen http://localhost:3000 with your browser to see the result.
- Use Helius to fetch NFTs
- Use Lit protocol for encryption
- Think of better way of storing bicycle data
- Write custom Solana program
- Improve UI/UX
- Make dapp responsive
- Add spinner for loading states
See the open issues for a full list of proposed features (and known issues).
Contributions are what make the open source community such an amazing place to learn, inspire, and create. Any contributions you make are greatly appreciated.
If you have a suggestion that would make this better, please fork the repo and create a pull request. You can also simply open an issue with the tag "enhancement". Don't forget to give the project a star! Thanks again!
- Fork the Project
- Create your Feature Branch (
git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature) - Commit your Changes (
git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature') - Push to the Branch (
git push origin feature/AmazingFeature) - Open a Pull Request
Distributed under the Apache-2.0 license. See LICENSE.txt for more information.
Thomas - @thgehr
Project Link: https://github.com/s6thgehr/bike-chain