Educational Byte: Decentralized Escrow-What It Is and Why You Should Use It | HackerNoon
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The article explores the concept of decentralized escrow as a modern alternative to traditional escrow methods that heavily rely on middlemen. Traditional escrow services employ a trusted third party to manage transactions and resolve disputes, which can be prone to high costs and inefficiencies. In contrast, decentralized escrow eliminates intermediaries, utilizing smart contracts on distributed networks to facilitate secure asset exchanges. These smart contracts ensure that funds are held safely until predetermined conditions are satisfied, thus promoting fraud reduction and fair dealings in various contexts such as peer-to-peer sales and freelance work.
Decentralized escrow removes intermediaries, reducing costs and increasing efficiency by enabling direct asset exchanges facilitated by smart contracts, which enhance transaction security.
Unlike traditional escrow services that rely on intermediaries, decentralized platforms utilize smart contracts to secure transactions, allowing for automatic fund holding until contract terms are met.
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