Guide
Dispute Settlement: Stake-Backed Voting and Reputation
How Noesea settles contested claims — stake-backed attestations and challenges, beacon-seeded juror selection, slashing, and reputation updates with recorded dissent.
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Stake-backed positions
Anyone can vouch for or challenge a claim by staking. Putting capital behind a position is what gives the signal weight: a challenge with stake is a costly, credible assertion that a claim or its evidence does not hold up.
Juror selection and voting
When a dispute opens, jurors are selected using externally supplied randomness when available, with an on-chain fallback, and vote in commit-reveal rounds so positions remain hidden until reveal. This reduces herding and bandwagon effects while making degraded randomness visible to the protocol.
Outcome, slashing and reputation
The verdict records a confidence level and preserves dissent. Stakes on the losing side can be slashed, accurate participants gain topic-scoped reputation, and the entire reasoning path stays auditable. Reputation is non-transferable and earned by being right over time.
FAQ
Common questions about dispute settlement
Does the token vote decide what is true?
No. Noesea does not run a one-token-one-truth vote. Jurors are randomly selected and stake-backed, outcomes preserve dissent and confidence, and the result is a durable record of how a claim was reviewed — not an official declaration of truth.
What is slashing for?
Slashing makes dishonest or careless positions costly. Staked capital on a losing position can be reduced, which aligns incentives toward accurate attestations and well-grounded challenges.
How is reputation earned?
Reputation is topic-scoped and accrues to participants whose attestations and votes track outcomes over time. It is non-transferable credibility state, not a tradable asset.
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