Nexus Market Bureau est. 2026
Note

Do not finalise early, one more time

A short note on the FE trap, because it never stops catching new buyers.

By Editor · 16 July 2026 · 2 min

Finalising early (marking an order received before it actually arrives) drops escrow protection. Once you finalise, the coin is out of the multisig contract and the vendor has it. If the item then does not arrive, there is no dispute path to reverse the release.

Vendors sometimes ask for FE because they want the money before the shipping window has closed. Some vendors have reasons that are not scams (short on runway between shipments, moving between storefronts, needs to restock). Most FE requests are scams. A new vendor asking a first-time buyer to FE is uniformly a scam pattern.

The Bureau's position: do not FE. If a vendor pushes back on the refusal, choose a different vendor. If a vendor you have used before asks you to FE for a good reason, treat it as a favour you are extending, not a normal step, and only for small orders.

Escrow protection is what makes Nexus work as a market rather than as an honour system. Give it up and you are buying off the honour system, which is not what you signed up for.