Quote from: The Pharmacist on December 27, 2021, 10:27:46 PM

Quote from: DaveF on December 27, 2021, 05:37:08 PM

AND then you have the other side of that which is now you know which escrows have access to how much money. And I am sure that a lot of them would not want others to know how much they have the capability of getting access to. Be it 0.001BTC or 100.00BTC

Yeah, I see your point there--I remarked on this topic in the other thread where the inquisition is going on and didn't consider that aspect.

But I also think I said that the best escrow would have to be one that already has an established record of not being crooked when acting as an escrow, and the longer the track record the better. I don't even know who does escrowing these days on the forum. When I first joined, I used to see it mentioned a lot and there were a few members who were completely trusted to handle large sums of bitcoin or altcoins.

What do you have to do to escrow a deal, just hold the funds until the counterparty says it's OK to release them? Is it that much of a pain in the ass to be one?

I really don't consider an escrow in 2011 the same as an escrow in 2021. The value is totally different. In 2011 I would probably have trusted 1/4th of the forum to escrow(not actually just giving an example), whereas in 2021 I would trust less than 10 people to hold 1btc.