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Notes on logistics and Stellar

Product thinking, engineering notes, and stories from senders and carriers running shipments on StellarExpress.

Why logistics payments need two milestones, not one

Paying a carrier only on delivery protects the sender and nobody else. Splitting the payment changes the incentives for everyone.

How StellarExpress’s dispute contract limits the arbiter to only what remains in escrow — by design, not by policy.

A payment rule enforced by a smart contract is a rule that holds even when the sender and carrier disagree about what should happen next.

Notes from carriers using the open marketplace: visible payout terms before acceptance change behavior more than price alone.