Bootstrap USD/BTC liquidity about growth HOT 5 CLOSED

Before we can bootstrap USD liquidity we need to review payment methods and research which USD payment methods can combine security, fraud prevention requirements (no chargebacks) with speed and with a large user base.

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Localbitcoins has the following payment methods for USD:
-Cash by Mail
-OKPay ----> Bisq
-Perfect Money ---->Bisq
-Payeer
-Transfers with specific bank ---->Bisq
-Paxum
-International Wire (SWIFT)
-WebMoney
-Cash Deposit ---->Bisq
-Western Union ---->Bisq
-Neteller
-Other online payment: Revolut
-National bank transfer: United States ---->Bisq
-Payoneer

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Market making milestones:

Phase 1: Minimal order book (1 offer on each side, spread < 10%, total offered > 0.1 BTC)
Phase 2: Retail order book (10 offers on each side, spread < 3%, total offered > 5 BTC)
Phase 3: Trading order book (20 offers on each side, spread < 1%, total offered > 10 BTC)
Phase 4: Wholesale order book (50 offers per side, spread < 0.5%, total offered > 50 BTC)
Phase 5: Institutional order book (100 offers per side, spread < 0.25%, total offered > 100 BTC)

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Step 1 - we need to find a volunteer with a US bank account to experiment with National bank transfer: United States on the USD/BTC order book and discover if this could be used to replicate the success with SEPA for EUR/BTC.

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Was superseded by #36.

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