OSIRIS MARKET

Escrow

Osiris multisig escrow, in plain words

Osiris settles orders with 2-of-3 multisig. Here is what that buys you, why it matters, and what actually changes for you as a buyer.

Multisig escrow is the thing that separates a market you can trust enough to use from one that can disappear with your money. Osiris runs 2-of-3 multisig as the default on orders.

What 2-of-3 means, in practice

Each order has three keys: yours, the seller's, and the site's. Money leaves escrow when any two of the three sign off on the release. Normal case, you sign when the goods arrive and the seller signs back, and the site never touches it. In a dispute, the site's key steps in and signs with whichever side the desk rules for.

Here is the protection. For the site to run off with funds, it would have to talk a majority of sellers into signing away their own money. That does not happen. With single-key escrow, an exit scam is one decision by the site. That gap is the whole reason multisig matters.

What changes for you

Almost nothing on screen. You order the same way and the multisig runs in the background. You only notice it during a dispute, where the desk's ruling sticks because the site's third key breaks the tie. For how to get set up as a buyer, read the access walkthrough.