No one holds the money
Each deal gets its own contract, with no owner and no admin key. Rheza is never a signer.
Escrow
Lock payment before the goods ship. Release it when the evidence arrives.
The buyer’s money sits in a contract that neither side, nor Rheza, can move alone. The supplier sees it committed before shipping. The buyer sees exactly what releases it.
An escrow agent holds your money. You carry its risk.
A traditional escrow means a bank or lawyer holding the buyer’s funds in a client account, checking couriered paper by hand and wiring the money days later. In a dispute, the agent freezes everything and waits for a court. If the agent fails, both sides are exposed.
Fixed at creation
Parties, arbiter, release conditions and payout addresses are set when the escrow is created and cannot be changed.
Released on evidence
Funds release in stages, such as shipment and delivery, when independent parties sign: the carrier’s bill of lading, an inspector’s report, the counterparty’s confirmation.
Disputes end in a decision
You name an arbiter up front. Their signed ruling to release, refund or split is executed by the contract directly.
Nothing gets stuck
Every escrow runs on deadlines. Silence from one side ends in a release or an automatic refund, never a deadlock.
Visible to both sides
The locked balance and every condition are visible to supplier and buyer throughout.
The cheapest finance on the platform.
Once payment is locked, the supplier can draw early payment against it. The buyer’s cash is already committed, so the risk is lower and so is the rate. The buyer can also have the escrow itself financed and pay later.
Who it is for
Escrow works when both sides of a trade are Rheza members, because both need to see the locked funds and act on them. Invite the counterparty you already trade with, and both of you get escrow and lower-cost finance.
Rheza earns when the trade completes, not when an escrow opens. Nothing is charged on refunded or lapsed escrows. Network costs are covered within the fee. Arbiter fees go to the arbiter, paid from the losing side’s deposit. The rate is not published yet.