The most common P2P mistakes, and what they cost
The errors that catch nearly every merchant at least once, roughly in the order people make them.
Releasing before the money lands
The most expensive mistake in P2P, and it almost always happens under social pressure rather than through carelessness. Someone is polite, urgent, apologetic, sends a convincing screenshot, and you release.
Money in your account, matching name, or you do not release. There is no version of this rule with an exception in it.
Chasing rate and ignoring fees
Merchants will argue for ten minutes over a rate that changes their margin slightly and never look at the fees quietly taking a slice of every trade forever.
Holding too much float
Capital sitting idle earns nothing and carries currency risk the entire time. In a volatile week it is a slow leak, and most merchants only notice after the currency has already moved.
Trusting the exchange to remember
Order history is deleted after 180 days on both major platforms. Merchants discover this on the day a bank asks a question, which is the worst possible moment to learn it.
Confusing volume with success
The number that feels like progress is turnover. The number that pays you is profit after fees, and they can point in opposite directions for months without you noticing.
P2Proof exists mostly because of these last two. Your record should not expire, and your profit should not be a guess.