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by aeternus 2635 days ago
The Bitcoin script language allows you to create escrow systems without any trust in a third party intermediary.

A working example of this is the lightning protocol which is implemented on top of Bitcoin script. It uses time-based escrow written in Bitcoin script to eliminate the need for trust or third party intermediaries.

This is an important benefit that isn't very well known.