Conditional escrow protocol · Prototype

Trust,
escrowed.

Escrolux holds capital in reserve until the work is delivered. Funds sit in escrow, milestones are defined with deadlines and an independent approver, and payment only moves once delivery is confirmed.

Escrolux — vault emblem and wordmark
Protocol seal 12,400 USDG in escrow

The mechanism

Four moves between reserving capital and releasing it — each one recorded, none reversible by a single party alone.

01
Reserve
The funder deposits the agreed amount into isolated escrow, tied to a specific contract.
Capital locked
02
Define milestone
Both parties record the expected deliverable, the deadline, and who has authority to approve it.
Terms fixed
03
Approve
An approver independent of the funder confirms the milestone was met as recorded.
External review
04
Release
The contract executes the release automatically — no further manual step from either party.
Payment moved

Live ledger

Sample from the demo environment — none of these amounts move for real.

Contract Milestone Approver Amount Status
Brand overhaul — Studio Vero Navigable prototype delivery M. Salgado 3,200 USDG Released
Payments API — Norteweb Sign-off in staging environment A. Bittencourt 5,800 USDG Approved
Content curation — Ilhas Collective Second batch of 12 pieces R. Farias 1,450 USDG Pending
3D print run — Keychain batch 4 Delivery of 300 units to the storefront V. Hugo 1,950 USDG Pending

Why escrow

Three design decisions that take payment out of any single party's hands.

Isolated escrow

Every contract gets its own vault. A delay or dispute on one milestone never locks up capital from another.

Independent approver

Whoever releases the payment is neither the sender nor the recipient — reducing the incentive to rubber-stamp.

Release by contract

The payment condition lives in the contract, not in an email or a verbal agreement between the parties.

Ready to reserve the first milestone?

The prototype runs in an isolated environment — ideal for shaping the flow before any real contract goes to production.

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Demo environment. No real funds, wallet, or on-chain contract moves in this version of Escrolux. Amounts, contracts, and approvers above are illustrative.