Quote from: ytabletrashIm not sure if you understand that SR DOES have access to all of our wallets... How do you think they take their fee? The bitcoin in SR is in the trust of a few people, but they know they will make a lot more money in the long run by NOT touching the money held in SR. When vendors get banned and they still have $ sitting in their wallet?This is basically arguing about semantics, but the fees are obviously not taken until an order has been made just as a bank in the real world will ( usually ) not withdraw all the money without someone actually making an order which requires withdrawing money from the account. I'm not sure what you're trying to convey here, I'm wrong because Silk Road could technically shut down the site and steal all money?Vendors don't get banned in the traditional sense as most understand it, they get demoted to an ordinary account which they can still use - just not sell anything. Or do you suggest that when BruceCampbell got his Vending Privileges revoked ( http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/index.php?topic=193372 ) Silk Road should have stepped in and taken all money from his account because you think that's what should be done when Vendors break rules? ::)Luckily we have the Administration we do at the moment and not someone who would go in and steal money from others entirely based on the whims of personal thoughts and/or how much others are complaining, if you want a System with charge backs and Freezing Accounts you always have the option to use PayPal.----------Now the problem itself remains and there's no solution for it at the moment, but one thing that struck me is that the thing that is supposed to dissuade Vendors from pulling a FE scam is the Vendor Bond, and I would guess in almost all cases they either don't care if it's lost or they've already retrieved it. Perhaps some kind of middle ground solution would be to have a separate FE Bond which can be applied for after the normal Bond has been returned and it would cost significantly more than the ordinary Bond. If that specific Vendor were to pull a FE scam at the very least the Funds from the FE Bond could be distributed among the Buyers who were affected. If the Vendor decides in this hypothetical scenario to longer requiring FE he would be able at any time to deactivate the FE bond and receive all funds spent for it. :)