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Trustless Work docs are written for humans and for machines.

Humans get clarity, precision, and examples. Agents get structure, consistency, and predictable semantics.

Why this matters

The next generation of builders won’t just code. They’ll prompt, automate, and delegate work to agents.

An AI-ready doc set lets you:

  • Export content for training and internal copilots.

  • Feed pages into your LLM memory or RAG pipeline.

  • Let agents reason through flows and generate SDK/API calls.

Goal: make the documentation itself a building block for automation.

Export formats

You can export any section of the docs as PDF or Markdown.

  • PDF for onboarding manuals and reference packs.

  • Markdown (.md) for ingestion and context injection.

  • Prompt blocks for pasting into GPT, Cursor, or v0.dev.

Check the SDK pages for prompt-first workflows that generate and debug escrow flows.

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Why Escrows Matter

Escrow is a neutral way to hold funds until conditions are met. It’s the simplest primitive for “trust, but verify”.

Escrow is the trust layer

Most people first think of real estate. That’s correct. Escrow is common in high-value transactions.

Simple representation of a Real Estate Escrow.

Escrow also shows up in marketplaces (Upwork, eBay, etc.).

Escrows on digital marketplaces.

Big platforms can afford escrow infrastructure. Many others can’t.

eBay leans on legacy providers (often 3%–8% fees). Upwork invested heavily in escrow operations.

Platforms that could greatly benefit from the use of escrows don't use them because of the technical complexity and cost of building an escrow infrastructure.

Why legacy escrow is hard

  • Fiat escrow is expensive and slow. It typically requires bank rails and settlement workflows.

  • It’s operationally heavy. Real estate, M&A, and cross-border trade use escrow because they can justify the overhead.

Some teams spend months to a year building escrow infrastructure.

Why smart-contract escrow wins (but still hurts to build)

Blockchain makes escrow programmable and auditable. But building production-grade contracts and flows still takes specialized time. Most teams don’t want to hire a full smart contract team for v1.

What escrow solves

  • Chargebacks and fraud in marketplaces

  • Late or withheld payments for freelancers

  • Unclear fund control in grants, bounties, or pre-orders

  • No dispute path in P2P or milestone deals

What Trustless Escrow enables

  • Payments release only when work is approved.

  • Funds sit in secure, neutral smart contracts.

  • Approval flows can be signed by users, platforms, or agents.

  • Works globally with USDC and Stellar settlement.

Next steps

  • Get started: Developer Quickstart

Who Should Use This

Trustless Work is built for developers, platforms, and agents who want more control and automation over when funds are released.

Platforms using stablecoins

Examples:

  • Gig and freelance platforms (milestone payouts)

  • B2B tools using USDC for global settlement

  • Rental and booking platforms (security deposits)

Why it fits:

  • Reduce fraud

  • Automate releases and disbursements

  • Lower operational cost

Builders and product teams

Examples:

  • Solo devs or small teams prototyping dApps

  • DAO tooling, donation platforms, on-chain marketplaces

Why it fits:

  • Plug-and-play escrow logic

  • Start on testnet, then go live without re-architecting

Enterprise use

Examples:

  • Platforms with escrow-like flows but no escrow infrastructure

  • Teams replacing costly custodial services with on-chain escrow

Why it fits:

  • Less legal and operational risk than custody

  • Programmable, auditable escrow behavior

Next steps

  • Build your first flow: Developer Quickstart

fund a multi-release escrow with testnet USDC
create an SDK snippet to mark milestone as done
explain the difference between approver and release signer

Welcome

This is the developer documentation for Trustless Work.

Trustless Work is Escrow-as-a-Service (EaaS) for stablecoin escrow. Build non-custodial flows with milestones, approvals, and disputes. Contracts run on Stellar (Soroban). Your app drives them via API or SDK.

Start here

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Developer Quickstart

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Developer Guide
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Request an API key

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Request API Key
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REST API basics (base URLs, limits, Swagger)

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Introduction
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React SDK (hooks)

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Getting Started
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Escrow Blocks SDK (UI blocks)

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Getting Started
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Escrow concepts (roles, lifecycle, types)

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Escrow Design
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Stellar rails (trustlines, wallets)

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Stellar Network
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Use cases by industry

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Introduction
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All links (docs, tools, external)

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What you can build

  • Hold funds in escrow using non-custodial smart contracts.

  • Add programmable release logic to your app or marketplace.

  • Support milestones, approvals, partial releases, and disputes.

  • Configure roles and permissions per signer.

  • Launch faster without writing escrow contracts from scratch.

Common escrow use cases

  • Marketplace escrow for e-commerce and services.

  • Freelance and contract escrow with milestone payouts.

  • Security deposits for rentals and reservations.

  • Crowdfunding and pre-orders with conditional payouts.

  • Grants and programmatic disbursements.

Try it in minutes

Open Backoffice dApp

Open demo dApp

Open Swagger (Mainnet)

View GitHub

Links

Quick links to core docs, tools, and external resources.

🧭 Core Docs

🛠️ Tools

🌐 External Links

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Backoffice

Demo

Escrow Viewer

Swagger API Docs

Website

GitHub

GrantFox

Developer Quickstart

API Reference

React SDK

https://trustlesswork.com
https://github.com/Trustless-Work
https://contribute.grantfox.xyz/
Developer Guide
Introduction
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dapp.trustlesswork.com
demo.trustlesswork.com
viewer.trustlesswork.com
https://dev.api.trustlesswork.com/docs