Multi-Party Escrow Contract

[Mkalbani]

Location: contracts/escrow
Labels: smart-contract, soroban, good first issue
Estimated Time: 7 hours
Difficulty: Hard

Description

Build an escrow contract for secure peer-to-peer trades, puzzle bets, and multi-party agreements with dispute resolution.

Tasks

• Design escrow agreement data structure
• Implement escrow creation with deposits
• Add multi-party approval system
• Create automatic release on conditions
• Implement dispute initiation
• Add arbitrator role and resolution
• Create refund mechanism for failed escrows
• Write escrow lifecycle tests
• Add timeout handling
• Implement partial release support

Acceptance Criteria

• Funds held securely in escrow
• Multi-party approvals required
• Disputes resolved by arbitrator
• Automatic releases work
• Timeouts trigger refunds
• Contract deployed to testnet

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[devJaja]

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Hello, I am a smart contract developer, open for contributions. contributed to over 20 project on OnlyDust, with expertise in Solidity, Cairo, JavaScript, TypeScript, and RUST. I am passionate about building secure and scalable blockchain solutions, and I would love the opportunity to contribute my skills toward solving this issue

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