QuoteWhats with the shocked emotionVoice of man? ???In the Seller's Guide ( http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/wiki/index.php?title=Seller%27s_Guide#Things_to_avoid ) there's the following quote: Directing your customers to pay outside the escrow system or in currencies other than Bitcoin The reason for this is it negates any quality of anonymity Silk Road might have offered and they will have no ability whatsoever to help with any scams as it's the equivalent to Finalizing Early. There are obviously other bad reasons as well like for example Western Union being an inefficient means of moving money and leaving a clear trail most of the case.The key here is it would be fine (although not very secure) if this process had been established entirely outside of Silk Road, ie. the customers never used Silk Road to begin with when they met etc.