So there's some disturbing trends I've noticed here.
1) Tons of new altchains. Which, on the whole, is fine (despite my own personal objections to some of them)
2) Tons of new scam accusations as these altchains are released. Which, on the whole, is to be expected with new uncharted territory.
3) As far as I'm aware, there has been
little or no increase in the number of people offering escrow services. For most (if not all) of these new altchains.
What I'd personally like to see if we, as a community, are going to rush headlong into TotallyNotAScamCoin that we should at least have a dedicated list of trusted escrow contacts before any trades are made. Like trusted Bitcoin escrow'ers who don't mind grabbing the client for a few of the new coins (since I assume they will all be traded for BTC, given current trends) and offer up their services in some kind of global altcoin escrow list.
I'd offer up my own name for such a service since I threw this idea out here, but have 0 escrow experience and no reputation as a result. So, instead, I'm throwing together a list of people willing to provide these services. If you'd like your name added to the list, post here or throw me a PM. Be sure to include:
- The currencies you're willing to provide escrow for
- Your Bitcoin-OTC account link (if you have one)
- How you would prefer to be contacted. Such as an email address, skype, gchat, etc.
- The fees you will be charging for escrow. Or lack thereof.
- Any other additional information you'd like other users to know. Such as preferred chat times, explanations for high/low rep scores, etc.
List at:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AibiuqEWnCPZdEN2NlBsUm9PQUoyelk2REVhd0hzSUE&usp=sharing (view-only for everyone but me, currently).
If you want your rep updated, toss me a link to the post where you were rep++'ed. If you have a complaint and want to rep-- an escrow'er, let me know. Hope this helps someone...