Escrow

Crown multisig escrow, plain version

Crown runs orders on 2-of-3 multisig. Here is what that buys you and what it changes for a buyer.

Multisig escrow is the thing that separates a market you can use without sweating from one that can vanish with your coins. Crown runs 2-of-3 as the default.

What 2-of-3 is

Three keys per order: yours, the vendor's, the site's. Money leaves escrow when any two of the three sign off. Normal run: you sign on delivery, the vendor signs back, the site stays out of it. On a dispute the site's key steps in and signs with whoever staff rules for.

Why it protects you: a site that wanted to run off with the money would have to talk a majority of vendors into signing away their own funds. With single-key escrow, one decision and they are gone. That gap is the whole point.

What it changes for you

Almost nothing on screen. You order the same way and the contract runs underneath. You only notice it on a dispute, where the ruling sticks because the site's third key breaks the tie. New here? Read the access steps.