# escrow.vin
> The escrowed-funds face of the deal — held balance, conditions, release — attested on the record; settlement itself runs inside the one order at buy.vin.

The escrowed-funds face of a car deal: held balance, release conditions, and settlement events posted with value, source, and timestamp on platform.do financial rails. This address attests the rail and transacts nothing — settlement runs inside the one order at buy.vin.

Motions: B2A2C · B2A2B
Routes: GET / (this document's page) · GET /{VIN} (the record for one vehicle)
Representations: text/html · text/markdown · application/json (Accept header; same URL)
Evidence: every field posts value · source · timestamp · verification state; empty states are typed EMPTY, invalid VINs are typed INVALID_VIN — never a faked 200.
Agent surface: one estate MCP server — https://apis.vin/mcp (all .vin doors are lenses over one spine; tools: decode_vin, vehicle_history, market_value, window_sticker, out_the_door_price, open_recalls, search_listings, cash_offer, transport_quote, finance_prequal, insurance_quote, start_purchase)
Gates: typed OFFER (posted price, hard ceiling, x402) or NEEDS_HUMAN handoff URL — no account walls.
Auth: https://auth.vin (issuer) · keys/metering via id.org.ai
Siblings:
https://buy.vin/ — Settlement runs inside the one order at buy.vin/ — the release posts back here
https://commerce.vin/ — The transaction layer: every line of the deal at its own address, one total
https://financing.vin/ — The financed portion lands in the same held balance — rates posted for any VIN
https://transport.vin/ — Release can condition on delivery: transport posts the delivered event for any VIN