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Title: [ANN] Achow101's escrow service Post by: achow101 on February 22, 2016, 11:17:23 PM My name has changed from knightdk to achow101. See https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1609738.0.
I am now opening an escrow service! Always wait for or ask for a PGP signed message from me before sending me any Bitcoin. Always verify the message you receive. I will no longer be escrowing Forum Account sales. I will escrow nearly everything so long as it is legal. Some examples: Digital trades (e.g. Bitcointalk accounts, domains) IPOs/ICOs (e.g. altcoin IPOs) Signature Campaigns Physical trades (e.g. miners) I can do both 2 party and multi party escrows. I am offering two types of escrow, traditional and multisig. Traditional escrow requires that you trust me to hold onto the funds and release them when requested. Multisig is using a multisignature Bitcoin address which does not require that you trust me to not steal the funds. I will be charging fees for my services. The following is a baseline but they can be decreased and negotiated Private party escrow (e.g. product trade): 0.01BTC or 1% of the trade value, whichever is greater Multi-party escrow (e.g. Sig campaign): 5% of the amount How to conduct an escrowed trade 1. Contact me through PM to initiate the escrow. Make sure that the message you send contains who the buyer and seller are, how much is being paid, who is paying the fee, and whether to use multisig. I will assume by default the trade will be using traditional escrow 2. I will respond with a PGP signed message with instructions which will contain the details of the transaction and where the Bitcoin should be sent. 3. If any dispute arises, I will be the judge and resolve it as fairly as possible. I will make a decision and release the Bitcoin to the proper parties. I will remain neutral throughout the dispute. Contact Bitcointalk PM: This is the only method through which I can be contacted and the only method through which any escrow instructions will be sent. I am online at the following times (all EST): Weekdays: 4:00 PM - 10:00 PM (sometimes I will be on earlier but on mobile so I may not be able to provide escrow) Weekends: 11:00 AM - 10:00 PM My PGP Public Key This is my PGP public key, always make sure that any instructions that I send are signed with this PGP key. It can also be accessed at https://keybase.io/achow101/key.asc Code: -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- PGP Signed Message verifying this service Code: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Tips are appreciated and they can be sent to 16mT7jrpkjnJBD7a3TM2awyxHub58H6r6Z Please leave comments and feedback here or in my trust. Title: Re: [ANN] Knightdk's escrow service Post by: DebitMe on February 22, 2016, 11:24:03 PM Why was your password reset recently and can you sign a message from an address you have posted from before today?
Title: Re: [ANN] Knightdk's escrow service Post by: achow101 on February 22, 2016, 11:32:09 PM Why was your password reset recently I had to change my password because there was the potential that someone could have hacked me. So I changed it, and I typed the password wrong when I set it so I had to reset and redo it. It is because of what I described here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1340882.0 and can you sign a message from an address you have posted from before today? Sure:Code: -----BEGIN BITCOIN SIGNED MESSAGE----- Title: Re: [ANN] Knightdk's escrow service Post by: DebitMe on February 22, 2016, 11:35:20 PM Why was your password reset recently I had to change my password because there was the potential that someone could have hacked me. So I changed it, and I typed the password wrong when I set it so I had to reset and redo it. It is because of what I described here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1340882.0 and can you sign a message from an address you have posted from before today? Sure:Code: -----BEGIN BITCOIN SIGNED MESSAGE----- cool beans, good luck with your service! Title: Re: [ANN] Knightdk's escrow service Post by: xinzark on February 24, 2016, 05:31:43 AM That's what this community need. An escrow service by a user with clean background not others whose accounts are suspected to be bought
Don't get me wrong but charging 0.01 btc at the beginning of your service seems to be big Title: Re: [ANN] Knightdk's escrow service Post by: achow101 on February 24, 2016, 11:41:42 PM That's what this community need. An escrow service by a user with clean background not others whose accounts are suspected to be bought Well I have heard that escrowing can be difficult and many times people don't tip. The thing is, I want a little reward, but if I started out without a fee and then started charging a fee later, then people wouldn't like it. Instead I will start out with a higher fee and over time I may lower that. Also, I don't want a ton of escrow requests because they take a lot of time so this is a little barrier to keep the load lower.Don't get me wrong but charging 0.01 btc at the beginning of your service seems to be big Title: Re: [ANN] Knightdk's escrow service Post by: doctorsnaggles on February 25, 2016, 05:07:06 AM Well I have heard that escrowing can be difficult and many times people don't tip. The thing is, I want a little reward, but if I started out without a fee and then started charging a fee later, then people wouldn't like it. Instead I will start out with a higher fee and over time I may lower that. Also, I don't want a ton of escrow requests because they take a lot of time so this is a little barrier to keep the load lower. https://viewsfromthetreehouse.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/laugh.gif?w=660 I guess your "business model" is not based on barclays or similar. Title: Re: [ANN] Knightdk's escrow service Post by: barbara44 on February 26, 2016, 10:37:16 AM Can anyone tell apart from Knightdk's escrow service , which are the good escrow services ? List them in the order from most reliable to least reliable. This will help us making a choice in selection.
Title: Re: [ANN] Knightdk's escrow service Post by: Mickeyb on February 26, 2016, 10:51:05 AM Can anyone tell apart from Knightdk's escrow service , which are the good escrow services ? List them in the order from most reliable to least reliable. This will help us making a choice in selection. If you're looking for a safe, big transaction escrow Mitchell is the guy , a relatively small but quick escrow ~$100 I'd go for Sebastian and for the safest escrow I'd go for shorena. @OP there's much competetion already for offering such a high feeHere's the whole list anyway: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=855778.0 Title: Re: [ANN] Knightdk's escrow service Post by: achow101 on February 27, 2016, 03:38:29 AM If you're looking for a safe, big transaction escrow Mitchell is the guy , a relatively small but quick escrow ~$100 I'd go for Sebastian and for the safest escrow I'd go for shorena. Hey! Don't be advertising for others in my thread ;D@OP there's much competetion already for offering such a high fee Yeah, I know, but there have been a few escrows who have stopped escrowing so I thought I would come fill in a gap and help escrow stuff. Also, my fees are negotiable (I will add that to the OP) and I can usually be talked into lowering my fees significantly.Title: Re: [ANN] Knightdk's escrow service Post by: weex on March 07, 2016, 07:12:50 AM Hey Knightdk. Great to see you're starting in on the escrow biz. The project you helped me with before has been released at least at the alpha level. You should sign up to be a mediator as I would use you for a future job. http://reinproject.org Check it out. Also, if you have any ideas for jobs to post to help the project, I'm accepting suggestions.
Title: Re: [ANN] Knightdk's escrow service Post by: achow101 on March 07, 2016, 09:04:54 PM Hey Knightdk. Great to see you're starting in on the escrow biz. The project you helped me with before has been released at least at the alpha level. You should sign up to be a mediator as I would use you for a future job. http://reinproject.org Check it out. Also, if you have any ideas for jobs to post to help the project, I'm accepting suggestions. Awesome, I'll check it out. It has come a long way since I last looked at that!Title: Re: [ANN] Knightdk's escrow service Post by: Smack That Ace on March 13, 2016, 01:06:59 AM Can you code ?
Thanks Duke Title: Re: [ANN] Knightdk's escrow service Post by: achow101 on March 13, 2016, 01:07:41 AM Can you code ? Depends on what you want, but that is off topic for this thread.Thanks Duke Title: Re: [ANN] Knightdk's escrow service Post by: Smack That Ace on March 13, 2016, 01:43:23 AM Sorry
Needed a coder escrow for a deal. Regards Duke Title: Re: [ANN] Knightdk's escrow service Post by: achow101 on March 13, 2016, 01:45:43 AM Sorry Regarding this I suppose: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1392185.msg14175242#msg14175242. Needed a coder escrow for a deal. Regards Duke Yes, I do code and I can read and understand code. If you would like me to escrow a deal, please send me a PM. Title: Re: [ANN] Knightdk's escrow service Post by: JohnBitCo on March 29, 2016, 10:19:01 AM Can you guide me how does escrow works ?
Title: Re: [ANN] Knightdk's escrow service Post by: achow101 on March 30, 2016, 01:38:41 AM Can you guide me how does escrow works ? The buyer or seller contacts the escrow to arrange an escrow of a good or service.The escrow creates an escrow address. This address can be either a normal address or a multisig address. The multisig address requires that 2 of the 3 parties involved (seller, buyer, escrow) allows the transaction from that address to happen. It is extra protection. Then the seller sends the funds for the payment to the escrow address. The product is then exchanged. If it is a digital good and the escrow can verify it, then it is sent to the escrow. The escrow will verify the good and if it meets what the buyer stated that he wanted, it is forwarded to the buyer. If the buyer likes the product, then he tells the escrow to release the funds from the escrow address to the seller. If the buyer doesn't, he can dispute. For physical goods, usually it is just the seller ships the item to the buyer and the buyer will verify that the item he received was what he wanted. He then informs the escrow to release the funds. If what he got wasn't what he wanted, he can dispute. If a dispute happens, the escrow mediates. He takes information and evidence from both parties and decides who gets how much of the money. That is how escrow typically works. Title: Re: [ANN] Knightdk's escrow service Post by: JasonXG on June 17, 2016, 03:27:08 AM Mind my asking but why do you not have any rating or trust at all ?
Title: Re: [ANN] Knightdk's escrow service Post by: achow101 on June 17, 2016, 03:36:31 AM Mind my asking but why do you not have any rating or trust at all ? I do have trust, it's just that none of the people who have left me feedback are on Default Trust so most people don't see those feedback. If you click the link in my trust page to show untrusted feedback, you will see all of those ratings.Title: Re: [ANN] Knightdk's escrow service Post by: Monnt on June 18, 2016, 04:55:01 AM Mind my asking but why do you not have any rating or trust at all ? I do have trust, it's just that none of the people who have left me feedback are on Default Trust so most people don't see those feedback. If you click the link in my trust page to show untrusted feedback, you will see all of those ratings.I can vouch for KnightDK. I'm a silent follower of his work! ;D He's a trustable dev, making alot of helpful bitcoin related scripts. +Rep! Title: Re: [ANN] Achow101's escrow service Post by: smho_16 on November 01, 2016, 08:47:09 PM Bump. I have never dealt personally with achow101 but I am a regular user of the forum and I have seen he is very helpful in very important sections of the forum like Development and Technical Discussion, Technical Support, Alternative Clients and Beginner's and Help. Based on what I have seen I can vouch for him. Personally I would have 0 problems using him as an escrow. Wish you achow101 success in your venture. Title: Re: [ANN] Achow101's escrow service Post by: achow101 on December 10, 2016, 11:33:44 PM Bump.
Title: Re: [ANN] Achow101's escrow service Post by: xtyling on April 05, 2017, 03:02:55 PM Is the escrow service still available ?
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