Protocol · Event lifecycle

From creation to a final answer

This is the actual EventRegistry / DisputeManager state machine as implemented — not the earlier single-arbitrator design. Arbitration is a bonded, two-tier committee ladder that never escalates to a token-weighted vote.

CREATE

Open

Observing

Proposed

dispute window elapses, undisputed

Finalized

…or, if disputed (or the quorum never converged):

DisputedTier 1

≥66% agree

Finalized

DisputedTier 1

no 66% in 1h

DisputedTier 2

≥66% agree

Finalized

DisputedTier 2

still no 66% in 2h

Voided

…or, if nobody ever observes it:

Open

observationDeadline passes, zero observations

Expired

Committee escalation numbers

Every number below is a stated MVP constant from DisputeManager.sol, not a final economic design — see docs/protocol-spec.md.

Tier 1

Committee: up to 7 resolvers
Bond per vote: 3 bond units (0.03 ETH default)
Window: 1 hour
Agreement bar: ≥66% of committee size

Tier 2

Committee: up to 15 resolvers
Bond per vote: 8 bond units (0.08 ETH default)
Window: 2 hours
Agreement bar: ≥66% of committee size

See Dispute & finalization for the bond that opens a dispute versus the bond that casts a committee vote, and why VOID is a hard floor, never a retry loop or a vote.