There are three main cryptocurrency transaction methods: Finalize Early (FE), Escrow and Multiple Signature Escrow (multisig).
- Finalize Early: It is a payment method, in which a vendor requires receipt of payment before dispatching the purchased goods. The risk is on the buyer's end, but it also expedites the transaction due to little or no risk on the vendor's side (this method is the least secure for the buyer).
- Escrow: It is a payment method in which a Dark Web market will generate a bitcoin address to which the buyer transfers the payment. The market holds the buyer's money and pay's the vendor only after the buyer marks the order as complete. It is moderately secured.
- Multiple Signature Escrow: It is also ...