# Why Security Deposit for BTC Seller? **URL:** \ **Category:** Trading\ **Created:** [February 24, 2021, 7:24pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/why-security-deposit-for-btc-seller/10483 "2021-02-24T19:24:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bokehman](https://bisq.community/user_avatar/bisq.community/bokehman/32/2366_2.png) [@Bokehman](https://bisq.community/u/Bokehman)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2021, 7:24pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/why-security-deposit-for-btc-seller/10483/1 "2021-02-24T19:24:07Z")
I understand a percentage for the buyer but why on Earth the seller need a security deposit? The seller’s BTC are already locked! Suggestion would be to remove them. ---
**Author:** ![MnM](https://bisq.community/user_avatar/bisq.community/mnm/32/257_2.png) [@MnM](https://bisq.community/u/MnM)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2021, 10:16am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/why-security-deposit-for-btc-seller/10483/2 "2021-02-25T10:16:22Z")
> [@Seller security deposit](https://bisq.community/t/seller-security-deposit/10367): > > Sorry, I would like yet another clarification. A friend is trying to sell her 0.006 Bitcoins and she is unable to post her offer to sell because it asks for a little more than that same amount as security deposit. I have not been able to help her because personally I have never sold Bitcoin on Bisq, but only purchased. So I turn to you: what is the point of having to deposit more than the entire sum you want to sell as a security deposit? She actually loaded those 0.006 Bitcoins to her Bisq, s… ---
**Author:** ![MnM](https://bisq.community/user_avatar/bisq.community/mnm/32/257_2.png) [@MnM](https://bisq.community/u/MnM)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2021, 10:16am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/why-security-deposit-for-btc-seller/10483/3 "2021-02-25T10:16:28Z")
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