LAGOS → ABUJA · IN TRANSITSETTLEMENT 3–5sESCROW: SOROBAN SMART CONTRACTIBADAN → LAGOS · OPEN JOBNETWORK FEE ~$0.00001PICKUP RELEASES 40% · DELIVERY RELEASES 60%PORT HARCOURT → ABUJA · ACCEPTEDLAGOS → ABUJA · IN TRANSITSETTLEMENT 3–5sESCROW: SOROBAN SMART CONTRACTIBADAN → LAGOS · OPEN JOBNETWORK FEE ~$0.00001PICKUP RELEASES 40% · DELIVERY RELEASES 60%PORT HARCOURT → ABUJA · ACCEPTED
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Why we built the escrow on Soroban instead of a database

April 25, 2026 · 7 min read

We get asked why a logistics app needs a blockchain. The honest answer: for the settlement speed and fees, mostly not — a competent backend could handle payments fine.

The real reason is enforcement. A payment rule enforced by a Soroban contract can’t be quietly changed by an engineer under pressure, bypassed by an admin panel, or overridden because a support ticket needed a favor.

Stellar happened to already have fast, cheap settlement and mature primitives for asset transfer, which made it the practical choice for building this on top of.

Ship your next order with the payment terms enforced by code

Free to start as a sender or a carrier. Every shipment, big or small, gets the same milestone escrow protection.