Escrow Solutions for Digital Assets

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“Transactions that are computationally impractical to reverse would protect sellers from fraud, and routine escrow mechanisms could easily be implemented to protect buyers.” Satoshi Nakamoto describing some of the desirable security requirements for Bitcoin in his seminal whitepaper. One of the biggest drawbacks of cryptocurrency is that it enables two parties anywhere in the world to electronically send and receive value securely, in a matter of minutes and without the need for expensive, error-prone intermediaries. But what happens when you want to purchase physical goods using your cryptocurrency? Or perhaps you want to buy some cryptocurrency from a local seller (i.e…....

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Dr Justin Chan Dr Chan founded DataDrivenInvestor.com (DDI) and is the CEO for JCube Capital Partners. Specialized in strategy development, alternative data analytics and behavioral finance, Dr Chan also has extensive experience in investment management and financial services industries. Prior to forming JCube and DDI, Dr Chan served in the capacity of strategy development in multiple hedge funds, fintech companies, and also served as a senior quantitative strategist at GMO. A published author at professional journals in finance, Dr. Chan holds a Ph.D. degree in finance from UCLA.