1) I had a paid escrow deal for some mining hardware with user Burky155.
2) OgNasty was our escrower and he confirmed that he had received the funds (about 0.46~ btc)
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7) At 9:16 mountain time, the funds were sent from Og's wallet, to Burky155's wallet.
When they asked me to release funds I even made the buyer double confirm that everything was ok and to release funds... The release approval was from the right account
A signed message from the buyer's used address or the refund one (if different) should be a MUST for any confirmation to release funds to the seller IMO. Did not use any escrow service (yet) and don't know first hand the whole process but seems to be a necessary practice if it's not already a requirement.
Waiting to see what/if
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