Hello friends, hope you had a wonderful day? The lecture of professor @sapwood is a great one, and the topic is unique.
Well its time for me to do my homework.
First of all, what is non-custodial? it is a service that gives users complete control over their wallets and also their digital assets. Here users can trade directly from their wallets. And, whereby creating a market without the need for agents.
We can also say that non-custodial trading needs sellers to give the go-ahead or authorize the marketplace to take the securities from their wallets performed trade at that moment.
(1) How do you set up an Exchange niche(non-custodial) in Localcryptos? (Complete process & Screenshots needed)
LocalCryptos was formerly named LocalEthereum. Their name changed in the year 2019 to support many more cryptocurrencies, which include Bitcoin. And they have more than 40 ways to pay.
So this is how I set up a niche
(1)All you need to do is go to www.localcryptos.com/signup to get access to the wallet. Click on sign in, on that page at the top right hand side you will see "create an account", then click on it.
(2) Next, you will choose the account type you want. Localcryptos has two different account types:
(a) Normal account that needs your email address.
(b) An External wallet account that needs an external ethereum wallet address account.
I choose recommended or normal account because, it enable users to take all advantage of a non-custodial platform.
Then click on continue, and fill all the required information, like username, email address, and passwords. And also click on the small below in that page to agree with terms and conditions, then click continue.
You need to prove that you are human so just type some words in the box above. Then click continue
you will then get a confirmation message and you also need to verify by going to your email to confirm
Once you confirm from your email box you are good to go.
(2) Indicate your non-custodial wallets (BTC, ETH. LTC, DASH) in Localcryptos?
BTC, ETH, LTC, and DASH are the four available wallets on the Localcryptos platform. Each of these wallets has its own unique address and also a private or access key to start transactions. This is how to access it on localcryptos.com
Click on wallet
How do you secure the keys?
After going through the above on how to sign up, it is also important to download your wallet backup. Because if you should forget your password or maybe localcryptos goes offline for some reason beyond their control you can still access your wallet using this backup.
If you want to access your keys, you will need to access your wallet, by click on any wallet of choice as shown above.
So this shows that you have control over your wallet, no other party can stop a transaction, only if there is a disagreement between buyer/ seller.
So once you click information about the account will appear. On the top right-hand side of the screen, you will get your wallet address. Then on the left-hand side, the balance and transaction.
The Private or Access key just like the name implies to be kept private. It is better to export it and keep an offline copy in drives, I also save it in my email.
So to get these keys just click on the download icon as shown below and export the keys to a safe medium.
To export these keys, go to wallet click the tab, then select the backup wallet option.
Once you click on download a text file JSON will download. It is good for one to print a hard copy, I also store in my email account, and sometimes to handwrite it.
Can you re-import the wallet of Localcryptos in other wallets(of different services) For example, Can you re-import your Locaclcryptos wallet in Trustwallet?
We can use Localcryptos wallet to import other wallets by using our private key of the wallet we want imported (ETH private key). Because of the non-custodial and also decentralize nature of this wallet gives full control of this wallet to the user, giving freedom to move this wallet to alike platforms
(3) How many different fiat options available in Localcryptos?
Well as stated above before, LocalCryptos supports more than 40+ fiat money transfers. And it also supports new payment methods for the four cryptocurrencies available which is Bitcoin, Etherom, Litecoin, and DASH. But for my location what is available is bank transfer, cash deposit, cash as seen below on screenshot, so paypal and skrill will not work in my location.
(4) How secure is Localcryptos as a non-custodial P2P Market?
Because is decentralized and encrypted Localcryptos wallet to me is secured, and again permits only the owner to access the account. And again LocalCryptos' web wallet is non-custodial as discussed earlier, so their servers and staff never see your private keys. But we should also remember that security depends on how careful we keep our private key, and login password.
** How does escrow protection safeguard both buyers and sellers?**
We can say that an escrow is a business arrangement where two parties assign a third party who is not on the side of the buyer or seller to momentarily hold money/cryptos, for a transaction on their behalf ere the transaction is concluded. So the escrow providers assistance to make transactions more secured by protecting the assets of both the buyer and seller until they have met the obligations for their agreement.
So protecting both the buyer and the seller, the escrow account holds the deposit, and it remains in the escrow account until all the transactions are closed.
(5) Create an offer as Market Maker or Perform a real trade as Market Taker to demonstrate your real experience of non-custodial P2P trade(Crypto-Fiat)? (Hint- Trading DASH or LTC is cost-effective in terms of transaction and escrow fees)?How much fee in total did you incur in the entire process, if any? (Screenshots Needed)
This is how to create an offer
(1) Just click on offers on the home page
(2) Then go on to click on create a new offer.
(3) The next thing is to indicate which type of offer you want to offer. I created a buy or sell offer for BTC.
(4) Then the next step I indicated which location to display the offer, and the currency I want to trade in.
(5) Then you can choose a payment type that is for your location.
(6) The next step chooses the rate you want to use.
I choose the Dynamic rates
(7) The next you can choose the configuration, which I mention above I choose dynamic, then input the percentage margin and also choose either above or below.
(8) Then the next thing is to choose title of your offer to published, next you fill your terms, then set you limit offer.
(9) Next is to set time zone, also set the available hours of business, put customer restrictions
(10) Then click on offer, this will show because it will appear on your home page.
Conclusion
Localcrypto has really opened my eyes to a lot of things which I did not know before, what I like the most is that it is decentralized, and it has more than 100,000 buying and selling cryptocurrency. Thanks professor @sapwood for this beautiful lecture and thanks to @steemitblog for the crypto academy.