Smart Escrow Design

A Smart Escrow is a programmable contract that defines:

• Who can take action

• When funds can move

• Under what conditions milestones are met

Trustless Work escrows are built to be flexible — you define the roles, milestones, and release logic, and we handle the rest.

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🔧 What You Define in Each Escrow

Every escrow requires a few key pieces of data:

Field	Description
receiver	Final recipient of funds
amount	Total value locked in the escrow
releaseSigner	Who signs off on fund release
milestoneMarker	Who marks work as done
approver	Who approves work
disputeResolver	Who can resolve disputes
platform	address for commission fee
milestones	Description, status, amounts per milestone
status	Current status (draft, funded, in review, etc.)

→ See the full schema

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🔐 Role-Driven Logic

Your escrow flow is powered by who has permission to take each action:

Action	Role
Initialize escrow	Any user or platform
Fund escrow	Client or third-party
Mark milestone	milestoneMarker
Approve milestone	approver (optional)
Release funds	releaseSigner
Raise/resolve dispute	disputeResolver (optional)

→ Learn More About Roles

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⚙️ Flexible By Design

This model supports:

• 💼 Platform-controlled flows

• 🤝 Peer-to-peer agreements

• 🤖 Agent-based automation

Escrows can be single or multi-release. Each can have as many milestones as needed.

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