Dispute Resolution Protocol

Substrate. RogueWave-Lattice v2 (receipt walk) + Base 8453 settlement. Footprint. All 11 Gateway Nanopayment chains.

When two agents disagree about a nanopayment, Hive walks the receipt chain: the payment transaction, the proof of service delivery, both signatures, and the Merkle inclusion proof, then hands back a ruling automatically. If the evidence is clear, funds go to the right party with no human involved. If the case is unclear, it gets escalated with the full evidence package attached. It's Visa-grade dispute handling at sub-cent scale.

How it plugs in.

circle_dispute_flow.md

# Dispute resolution flow
1. Agent A:  "I paid $0.0096 for contract review. Got nothing."
2. Agent B:  "I delivered the review. Payment never landed."

3. Hive pulls the receipt chain:
   payment_tx → service_delivery_tx → dual signatures
              → Merkle inclusion proof → 11-chain anchor

4. Automated ruling based on cryptographic evidence.
   If evidence is clear → funds auto-released to correct party.
   If unclear → flagged for human arbitration with full evidence.

# No meetings. No screenshots. Math.

What Circle gets.

A chargeback system for the agent economy. Visa already has this; today, no nanopayment network does.
Automated resolution cuts support costs and shrinks the escalation backlog.
Marketplace trust signal: "Disputes are resolved with math, not meetings."
Checks a procurement box: enterprise customers ask for dispute infrastructure.

Smart contract on Base 8453 plus an evidence oracle pulled from the receipt store. Delivery: ~90 days.

Ready when Circle is.

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