Improvement suggestion for getting-started.adoc

[Mark-BC]

Since only the BTC-selling side of a BTC-from-fiat transaction is controlled/tracked by BISQ, what prevents the BTC seller from taking the fiat payment, but denying the fiat payment was ever made (ie. not registering it with BISQ) causing the buyer to get nothing and lose their deposit?

Would love to know the answer,
markbc1@gmail.com

[m52go]

Hi @Mark-BC, when you enter a trade, the seller's BTC (the bitcoin being traded) is locked into the multisig wallet that holds your BTC deposit.

So the seller's BTC is on the line if they decide to be dishonest: if they choose not to acknowledge your fiat payment, they risk losing their BTC when the trade goes to arbitration.

This is mentioned in the first paragraph of step 2. Perhaps it could be made clearer?

[Mark-BC]

No, it is clear. I hadn't read the documentation about the arbitration process when I wrote that email. I now understand. Thanks! Mark

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On Fri, Jun 1, 2018 at 10:21 PM, Steve Jain ***@***.***> wrote: Hi @Mark-BC <https://github.com/Mark-BC>, when you enter a trade, the seller's BTC (the bitcoin being traded) is locked into a multisig wallet along with your BTC deposit. So the seller's BTC is on the line if they decide to be dishonest. If they choose not to acknowledge your fiat payment, they risk losing their BTC when the trade goes to arbitration. This is mentioned in the doc in the first paragraph of step 2 <https://docs.bisq.network/getting-started.html#2-send-deposit-to-trade-wallet>. Perhaps it could be made clearer? — You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#63 (comment)>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AZLvl04fuXiwxeaDA4-81_SSK1PVeCZOks5t4faugaJpZM4UTmsB> .

[m52go]

Cool! FWIW, more thorough docs for the arbitration process are on the horizon.

[cbeams]

Closing as complete (with no change necessary to the docs).