The cult of personality which has existed around SR "leaders" may have inspired trust, but it's been misplaced trust. Hackings and law enforcement take-downs have happened under the watch of these trusted leaders.
Whenever the shit hits the fan, there's always a big "trust no-one" push and the emerging leaders always tell the community to assume everyone is law enforcement and act accordingly.
Agreed, mutisig and auditing is the right solution:
https://blog.openbazaar.org/migration-of-our-project-funds-to-a-multisig-address/I don't think using multisig addresses for openbazaar donations is going to help anything. Anyone that facaliates the sale of illegal drugs (or any other illegal good for that matter) is risking apprehension by law enforcement as well as a lengthy jail/prison sentence