I know this tread is not for buy/sell activity discussion, but I just could not let this one slip...

I want to stress once more, that buying XEL now is not safe, regardless of any kind of escrows used!!!
No escrow can guarantee the seller would not use his keys to claim funds earlier than buyer or escrow.

If people really need to buy/sell this coin prior to release (which could be a very good idea IMHO, as it secures the value of coin prior to going to market), I believe the only way is to ask EK program a special mechanism for private key replacement in genesis!