Quote from: CIF on August 08, 2017, 05:58:03 PM

Quote from: TheCoinFinder on August 08, 2017, 05:54:36 PM

Now if you have understood how to deal with someone on internet from above article referance ink, you might be thinking of trusted escrow members around this forum?
Bitcointalk has has a few reputed escrows you can choose one for your deals here https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=855778.0

Could someone comment/point towards trusted escrows on this forum?

The above link is the list of the most reputable escrows here around the forum. All you need to do is to look for their history and decide if they are to be trusted or not.

Quote from: shadow_hammer on August 08, 2017, 06:47:30 AM

Quote from: isoneguy on August 06, 2017, 10:42:09 PM

I would be very careful with forum escrow as multiple of them have ripped off users.

I've never escrowed before, but I've heard about Multisignature wallets. Don't they prevent Escrows ripping users off? Are they not used a lot?

For OP or anyone that doesn't know what that is here is an article:
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Multisignature
TLDR: Basically you create a wallet that requires more than one key (similar to a password) to move funds. Theoretically you could have a key, the seller/recipient have a key and the escrow have a key and require at least two keys to move the funds. That way the money is held until either the user or escrow confirms the transaction is ok, conversely the Escrow could give the key to the seller/recipient in case the buyer/sender is the one ripping off.

At least that is my takeaway, if anyone with more experience could weigh in I would greatly appreciate it and I think OP would too

Then who would generate the Multi sig address? If the escrow himself generated the keys, there is a high chance that he also has control to all of the keys since he can just paste them off somewhere around his machine.