Hello Lenders!
I am looking to start up my own lending thread, mostly for loans below 0.1 BTC, the problem is I have no idea what to do. I've had a couple of questions about this, and was hoping people could help me out and/or give me advice.
Best of luck.
1. I am not trusted on this forum, so should I be holding collateral, or should I contact a trusted escrow to hold it for me. If your a trusted escrow, who is interested in helping me out, post here. Maybe we can work on something long term.
It depends on what the loanee wants, if they do want a escrow typically you make them pay for the fee, although many escrowers don't like holding accounts as collateral as a waste of time. Make sure to use a trusted escrower.
2. What is counted as valid collateral? Is it a good idea to allow people to use BTT accounts as collateral?
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.6311902Mostly altcoins, domain names (non-retrievable digital items), and physical items. I typically don't accept any accounts below Sr. Member as collateral and also check there post history to see if they are an account farmer only posting in "Games & Rounds" or "Off-Topic" and are wearing a signature for a Signature Campaign as well.
3. Is it same to give no collateral loans to trusted members?
Anyone with Green trust I wouldn't worry about collateral as long as the loan isn't big, although if the loan is big I don't wave in there past trust I still require the same amount of collateral.
4. Who covers transaction fees?
You when sending the loan and the loanee when sending the loan back.
When recieving an account as collateral, always check to see there trust, if there pass/email was changed, check there addresses used on the account, see if they are still using older ones. (Can use this website to see a detailed review of there account
https://www.bctalkaccountpricer.info/ (ignore the price of there account it is invalid)). Always make them sign a message on an address (Typically one from over a month ago+ is best)