Quote from: o_e_l_e_o on February 22, 2021, 04:18:48 PM

Quote from: lydiasys on February 20, 2021, 11:22:40 PM

3. How do you currently find cash traders to trade with ? If you use a platform, write which one and one thing you would like to be done differently on this platform?

Bisq. More traders and volume!

Quote from: lydiasys on February 20, 2021, 11:22:40 PM

We don't want to provide escrow since we cannot verify the payment.

Then I'm probably not going to use your platform over Bisq. The trustless 2-of-2 escrow it uses is a benefit over no escrow at all, particularly for face to face trades, and also deals with the issue of either having to hang around with the other party waiting for a confirmation, or leaving with zero confirmations and the potential to have the transaction double spent.

Appreciate the time and the answers. Regarding the point of using a 2-2 escrow for cash trades. It's a really tough point because on one hand it helps facilitate the trade itself, it helps the platform by reducing fake trades/feedback and we could charge a trading fee so as a platform, there is an incentive. BUT personally and most cash traders I know will agree that they prefer dealing with it themselves outside of the platform whether it be for privacy reasons (want to avoid a third party involved) or security reasons (don't want to have their coins stuck in an escrow) which is why in many cases they are picking cash trades over a bank transfer for example. There is also a decent fix to the issue of locking coins and sticking around when the btc trade doesn't want to confirm. For this problem, we could add a simple interface that allows both traders to optionally lock the price on the platform according to the platform price to avoid argumentation and even provide the bitcoin amount + btc transaction fee they need to transfer at the agreed rate for the agreed cash amount.

All this not to say we aren't considering using escrow, we will stay open to different options, but for the time being, we want to keep it in the trader's hands.

Thank you and feel free to disagree.