Update from riprap

Smart contracts are deterministic.
Disputes are not.

That’s why I brought native on-chain arbitration to Solana with Accord.

Random jurors. Transparent process. Binding on-chain verdicts. Code handles execution. Humans handle judgment. This is what riprap is based on and adjudicates all claims with.

The Accord whitepaper introduces the mechanism, the incentives, and every trust assumption with its price:

🚨 math alert

Example 1:

❓an escrow holds 2,000 USDC. client says the milestone wasn't delivered, the dev disagrees

❗the escrow files the dispute, a jury gets drawn, evidence is reviewed, votes go through commit and reveal

the escrow reads the ruling and pays

Example 2:

❓devs want to upgrade their program, the DAO holders disagree with it

❗a dispute is filed to hear both sides and argue with devs & DAP

A Schelling gate allows to veto the execution of squads @multisig and prevents the upgrade

Conclusion

✅accord rules

❌it does not enforce

that's the whole story.
And that's what makes Accord so powerful.

In the news

We presented it this summer during MtnDAO vX in Salt Lake City:
https://tinyurl.com/2ju6vnp6

The game-theory has been proven on Ethereum with Kleros. We took the good parts, made them better and brought them to Solana

• the draw seats a juror from a pool of a millions.

• merkle sum tree

• VRF

• commit-reveal on votes

• coherent jurors earn

• incoherent jurors lose

• appeals grow the panel

• holding a wrong verdict compounds in cost

Worth noting:

• Accord is infrastructure on @solana

• Composability is its main feature.

• Each subcourt can use its own tokens.

• It comes without its own token.

AI Support included

For an ELI5, install the skill

npx skills add xeroc/accord

and ask your 🤖 agent.

How to integrate

Example integration into programs:
https://tinyurl.com/3rajjy4z

Canon implements curated lists

It allows to dispute items when they enter, and allows to veto when they are on the list. Jurors make the decision.

Many more such applications possible on @solana.