yes, it solves trusting an **unknown** party by trusting a **known** party. this is really gonna shine as #WoT continues to come online. sure, you might not want to trust npubRando to escrow your money, but would you trust Dorsey to do so (at great reputational harm if he robs you)? what about npubExcellentEscrow, who happens to be Dorsey's #1 favorite escrow provider? ...or maybe npubDecentEscrow, who is Dorsey's #5 favorite provider but charges 20% less of a fee than the #1..? etc. these are problems for the free market to solve through open competition. which is facilitated best by an open and unopinionated protocol 🤗