# How do you ensure success in a trade?

**URL:** <https://bisq.community/t/how-do-you-ensure-success-in-a-trade/11580>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [June 14, 2022, 5:48pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/how-do-you-ensure-success-in-a-trade/11580 "2022-06-14T17:48:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![rocket](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/rocket/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@rocket](https://bisq.community/u/rocket)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2022, 5:48pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/how-do-you-ensure-success-in-a-trade/11580/1 "2022-06-14T17:48:39Z")

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Sorry if it’s a dumb question, but I feel there’s no satisfactory answer. I’m a Bisq newbie.

So, let’s say that I want to trade $100 in cash, without intermediaries. I send money to my security deposit, the other person also sends money to their security deposit. Alright, so they say they’ll send me $100 once I send them the bitcoin. I do, and they send me a file with garbage.

How does the system gives a solution to such disputes?

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**Author:** ![w000000t](https://bisq.community/user_avatar/bisq.community/w000000t/32/3124_2.png) [@w000000t](https://bisq.community/u/w000000t)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 5:47pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/how-do-you-ensure-success-in-a-trade/11580/2 "2022-06-15T17:47:46Z")

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this most definitely is not a bisq trade.

- 100usd can be a very little amount considering miner fees
- you don’t send btc to the buyer, you lock btc + deposit in escrow, when you confirm money received by buyer bisq will release btc
- buyer will have to send the money first thing after they take the trade

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**Author:** ![MnM](https://bisq.community/user_avatar/bisq.community/mnm/32/257_2.png) [@MnM](https://bisq.community/u/MnM)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 3:12pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/how-do-you-ensure-success-in-a-trade/11580/3 "2022-06-16T15:12:20Z")

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[https://bisq.wiki/Security\_deposit](https://bisq.wiki/Security_deposit)

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**Author:** ![rocket](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/rocket/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@rocket](https://bisq.community/u/rocket)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2022, 1:18pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/how-do-you-ensure-success-in-a-trade/11580/4 "2022-09-21T13:18:41Z")

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So what happens if I receive actual cash, and decide to never send them the bitcoin? How can they prove they sent the money to have me punished?

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**Author:** ![w000000t](https://bisq.community/user_avatar/bisq.community/w000000t/32/3124_2.png) [@w000000t](https://bisq.community/u/w000000t)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2022, 8:59pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/how-do-you-ensure-success-in-a-trade/11580/5 "2022-09-21T20:59:44Z")

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Provability is key. You have (or can make it so you have) proof with practically every payment method, excluding F2F, where you don’t really need proof.

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**Author:** ![Pazza](https://bisq.community/user_avatar/bisq.community/pazza/32/2703_2.png) [@Pazza](https://bisq.community/u/Pazza)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2022, 8:40pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/how-do-you-ensure-success-in-a-trade/11580/6 "2022-09-23T20:40:33Z")

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See the wiki for cash by mail trades. It recommends what buyers and sellers should do for proof about sending and receiving cash: [Cash by mail - Bisq Wiki](https://bisq.wiki/Cash_by_mail)