No escrow in the new NIP. Escrow is an entirely separate business avenue by itself, and really can't be handled without a trusted third-party as it needs dispute resolution with active information review.
The most interesting concept I've seen for handling it over Nostr (at least the dispute resolution) is being used with Mostro:
https://github.com/grunch/mostro-mediator
It allows those involved in a trade to selectively reveal information to a trusted third-party for review.
The actual mechanism of holding funds isn't too hard to do (just needs HODL invoices or P2PK-locked Cashu token); it's the third-party review that makes things complex.
calvadev⚡️
npub16d…x0nkq
2025-03-28 16:46:19
in reply to nevent1q…tnqr
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