First, I appreciate your time you spent for preparing this great post.



On the escrow subject, BCShop offers a modified and improved solution of your Option 1.  Thanks to usage of Ethereum smart contracts, BCShop never holds money of any party of a deal. Same goes for escrow – arbiters never hold money on their wallet.



Escrow smart-contract is in control of money flow between a seller and a buyer. What arbiters do (if there is a complaint) is assessing the situation and deciding about partial or full refund. By the way, smart contracts are audited by independent 3rd party auditor with the public report available.

BCShop highly welcomes competent and trusted arbiters from bitcointalk to moderate deals. I totally agree with your point here – trusted 3rd party arbiter is the best way to go for both buyers and sellers. In this case, as you state in your example, no one can run with the money or gold – it is just impossible by the design of the platform.

Agree with you absolutely. BCShop supports 3rd party arbiters. Respected bitcointalk members are very welcomed as arbiters. They can earn % of commission for every deal they moderate no matter if there were dispute between parties on not.

Separate post about arbiters is coming next week.



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December Progress Update
Last weeks before the public launch on 13th of January we’ve been focusing mostly on features that improve user experience.

- Share offers in social media
- Additional languages support
- Explainer videos
- Maker ETH/USD oracle

Lets dive into details about some of them. 
https://bcshop.io/blog/bcshop/december-progress-update/

November Progress Update!

BCShop testnet has been up for several months already.
Thousands of Ethereum blockchain transactions and web interface tests helped us to improve the platform in different ways.
BCShop is now much more user friendly with hints for almost all interface elements on top of “how-to” instructions for every possible action.
Another major update is coming in the form of voiced video tutorials to make it easier to onboard people who are new to blockchain space.
Check out test net at: https://testnet.bcshop.io/

Public launch schedule
Now we are ready to officially call public launch date: 13th of January 2020!
The launch will be split in two phases:

• Onboarding for sellers and arbiters. During this phase, which will last approximately 4 weeks, we will invite arbiters and sellers across all blockchain industry to create their offers on BCShop.
• Launch for buyers. During this phase we will promote BCShop to all blockchain based start-ups and other industry related businesses as well as individuals who are looking for relevant services.
  

After 2 years of development we are eager to get BCShop running!
Read more about our news and updates on our Blog!
https://bcshop.io/blog/bcshop/november-progress-update/

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BCShop.io Integrates Jury.online Platform for Easy Escrow Management and Dispute Resolution
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