Quote from: digodk on December 12, 2017, 12:02:30 PM

If Atomic Swaps are successful in creating a decentralized system for exchanging coins, would that mean that exchanges are not needed anymore? At least to the extention they are today.
I don't have much of the technical knowledge to fully comprehend atomic swaps, but I assume that exchanges would be simply a place to anounce your offers, pretty much like a marketplace for bartering. Maybe they'll charge so that you can be a member, but in the end they will not hold your assets anymore.
Is that possible? Am I understanding this correctly?

Exchange platfrorms might really turn into something like an "crypto Craigslist" or "crypto eBay",but the average user will still have to pay listing fees to list their offers.They will still be needed as a "middle man" on the marketplace.Atomic swaps are a good idea,but they doesn`t look very user-friendly for the less experienced users.