Why Web3 escrow beats a Stripe hold
Money that lives in code, not on someone's spreadsheet.
Traditional freelance marketplaces hold your money in a company bank account. If that company freezes, disputes wrongly or simply refuses to pay, you go to court. On ScopeCred every escrow is a non-custodial Kleros ERC-792 smart contract on Polygon you can audit block-by-block. ScopeCred is not a signatory.
- Programmable releaseMilestones release only when both parties sign — no marketplace override, no support ticket, no goodwill.
- Portable reputationYour trust score is signed and cryptographically verifiable — take it to any other Web3 platform.
- Cross-border by defaultStablecoin payouts settle in 400 ms globally — no SWIFT, no Wise fees, no bank holiday.
- On-chain audit trailEvery escrow action is a signed transaction anyone can inspect on-chain — no "trust us, bro" data.
Why these chains?
We pick chains where escrow actually settles fast enough to matter.
L1
Solana
400 ms finality, ~$0.00025 fees. Ideal for high-volume, low-value milestones.
L1
Ethereum
Deepest DeFi liquidity + Kleros mainnet arbitration. Best for high-value audits and long-form contracts.
L2
Base
Coinbase-anchored L2 with EVM tooling. Onboards non-crypto clients painlessly via fiat rails.
L2
Arbitrum + Optimism
~$0.01 fees, Ethereum security. The pragmatic default for most escrow flows.
L2
Polygon
Widest wallet coverage in emerging markets. Preferred for LATAM / SEA freelancer flows.
Bitcoin, Cosmos, Aptos etc. lack ERC-792-compatible arbitration + stablecoin tooling to be first-class today. On our roadmap.