Hello,

I would like to establish myself as a trusted personal escrow provider.

However, as you know, it takes a great deal of trust to use an escrow provider since it only makes sense to use them if you can trust the provider MORE than you trust the person you are dealing with. Since I have no history on this forum, this will be a difficult thing to accumulate. That's where I am asking for your support.

I am looking for people who would like to use me fee-free (tips accepted of course) to act as an Escrow Provider. I am hoping for VERY SMALL transactions that involve limited risk to you so that I can prove myself to the community early on.

I can provide personal references if requested via a PM.

The process will work like this:

1. You and the other party will provide and agree on an agreement to me.

2. I will take the payment of the buyer into an individually provided wallet and provide the address to both parties so that details can be followed on the blockchain.

3. Once the seller sees that the funds are in the wallet, he/she will provide the item agreed upon as previously determined.

4. Once the buyer confirms receipt of the item(s), the funds will be provided to the seller (minus minimum recommended fees)

Please keep in mind that I understand that I don't deserve your trust (yet!) and that I am offering this service free of charge so that you can recommend my service to future users. If all goes well, I will be able to set up a full site for this service. But we are starting with baby steps!

Thank you for your consideration!
-Jumpy

Not only that... this looks like one of those "I want a 1000 BTC loan so start loaning me 0.1 BTC, then 1 BTC, then 10 BTC... I'll be sure to pay them all back!" with the intention of scamming massive amounts once credibility is established.

select John K.

DannyHamilton, I understand your points and agree with all of them. Thank you for taking the time to post.

I am not trying to do this quickly or easily. The fact is that I do not have another business interest apart from my brick and mortar business in BTC means that this reputation is not going to 'just come' to me through being upstanding in my normal transactions. This is why I am seeking transactions that may only be mBTCs or SATs, just so that I can find people that will give me the chance to earn this trust.

I am pursuing this through asking friends to use me as an escrow partner, but escrow is actually more secure if I don't deal with people I know. That's why I'm asking for the help of a stranger.

Once again, I DO NOT expect your trust to come free and understand that there is a long, hard road ahead of me before I could even ask for a fee for this. But I want a chance to show the community that there are upstanding, morally conscious people out there and they want to use their trustworthiness for the good of the community.