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We The North addresses

Three published addresses for the same platform. Copy rather than retype, and verify the signature once you are through.

Address 1 hn2paw7zadwkcra3qzv5e4q547i7e5lvxm62cfxqftuqdu7moiu2ceyd.onion
Address 2 hn2paw7zfvndw3dovycegeqmvvnf4pl67b3g2p7pohjlzavloosh73id.onion
Address 3 hn2paw7zrgujyhnt6mgxlt2q6uhgbke4itpqitxhyfbumq3wtnckbuyd.onion

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Escrow means my money is safe

The claimEscrow means I cannot lose money
Partly true It removes one specific risk completely and leaves several untouched.

What it genuinely does

The funding key is split across buyer, vendor and platform, and funds move when two of the three sign. In normal completion the buyer and vendor sign and the platform key never appears, which means an ordinary order does not depend on the platform being available or honest. In a dispute the panel signs alongside whichever side it rules for, so the third key is a tiebreaker rather than a veto and cannot move anything alone.

The protective property is structural rather than a promise. A platform trying to disappear with escrowed funds needs a majority of vendors to actively sign away their own money. That is a genuinely strong guarantee and it deserves to be stated clearly before the qualifications.

What it does not cover

SituationCovered?
The platform vanishing with escrowed fundsYes. This is the one it was built for and it works.
A vendor who does not shipNo. That is a dispute, decided on evidence, and the outcome depends on what you submitted.
Your own account compromisedNo. An attacker signs as you. Escrow assumes your key is yours and cannot establish it.
Anything sent outside escrowNo. No mechanism exists. This is the genuinely unrecoverable case.
A balance parked on the siteNo. Escrow governs committed orders. Funds sitting there are not committed to anything.
What you actually receiveNo. Escrow decides when money moves and has no opinion on goods.
Read the table againFive of six rows say no. The one that says yes covers the risk people worry about most and encounter least, which is why the claim feels stronger than it is.

The most common actual loss

Not an exit, not a dispute, not a scam. A balance sitting on the platform because somebody funded more than they intended to spend and left the rest there. That money is outside every protection on this page and exposed to everything that can happen to a platform, including things that are nobody's fault.

It is also entirely under your control, which makes it the most avoidable loss in this whole register and the most frequent one.

Single signature orders

Some vendors offer them and a small number of buyers accept, usually for a small discount or because the vendor asks. Accepting one gives up the structural protection described above in exchange for marginally simpler settlement, which is a poor trade from the buyer side. Worth knowing which arrangement you are agreeing to rather than assuming, because the interface does not always make it loud.