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▸ How it works

One rule: teams set milestones freely, and cannot change the outcome once locked.

No manual shortcuts. No discretionary approvals. No cross-branch flows. The whole protocol is built around that single rule.

Anatomy of a branch

A vault is a set of independent branches. Each branch is fully described by four parameters, written on-chain and immutable after the deposit window closes.

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Lifecycle of a vault

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Two outcomes. Nothing in between.

CONFIRMED BEFORE DEADLINE
Branch unlocks → funds release

The resolution source confirms the milestone. Anyone — literally any address — can call the disbursement function. The branch's full locked amount moves to the declared team address; the success fee is taken on the disbursed portion; the transaction appears on the public status board.

DEADLINE PASSES UNCONFIRMED
Branch turns refundable → contributors withdraw

No approval needed, no vote, no committee. The branch flips to refundable automatically. Each contributor calls withdraw and receives exactly their pro-rata share as recorded in the contribution ledger at deposit time. No success fee is taken on refunded capital.

The mechanism, drawn

1 · SEAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Contributions enter the vault; the door closes and the brass seal is set. Parameters freeze on-chain.

MARKET SAYS YES — BEFORE T ONE GATE OPENS 2 · VERIFY

The market's resolved answer acts on exactly one gate's lock. Other branches don't move.

DEADLINE PAST CONTRIBUTOR WALLETS 3 · REFUND

A missed deadline routes the still-sealed capital back to contributing wallets, pro-rata.

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Capability roadmap

Ordered by technical dependency, not by dates. P0 must be complete — and independently audited — before any real vault opens.

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What the protocol deliberately does not do

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See it as a vault → Security model
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