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		VMG on July 1, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: PayPal Shuts Down Secure Messaging Service ProtonM... You can use multi-party escrow for that

smackfu on July 1, 2014 [–]

True, but then the project doesn't get the money until they ship, which means they pass up most of the benefits of crowdfunding.

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