docs: add small-claims process profile (formula split, no arbiter)#41
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Issue #21 (user decision: minimal profile in v0.3): below the bond-floor + arbiter-fee economics the optimistic profile is uneconomical and s10.3 lets arbiters decline — exactly the micro-value cases s1.3 targets had evidence but no recourse. New OPTIONAL urn:anp:dispute:small-claims-v1: - clause needs only challenge_window + a pre-agreed split formula - happy path and mutual settlement unchanged - a dispute triggers the formula split via new enforce basis "formula_split" — escrow contract checks the directive against the formula recorded in escrow.open conditions at funding time; no arbiter, no evidence phase, no appeal - bonds optional (no fee to fund); deterrence is reputational and honestly scoped to repeat-player ecosystems - single bonded VRF-drawn juror variant deferred to v0.4 s6.2.1 fourth enforcement path, s9.2 per-profile required fields, s10.3 pointer, s11 row, s14 conformance, Appendix A/C.
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What & why
Tenth PR of the v0.3 draft (maintainer decision: include a minimal small-claims profile in v0.3; the single-juror variant waits for v0.4).
Issue #21 — the dispute path was uneconomical for exactly the micro-value cases the protocol targets: §1.3 advertises near-zero-cost determinations, §7.3's own example escrows 0.50 — but arbiter fees plus two mandatory bonds dwarf that, and §10.3 lets arbiters decline underfunded Threads. Micro-value Threads had anchored evidence and silently no recourse.
New OPTIONAL
urn:anp:dispute:small-claims-v1(§9.4):challenge_window+ a pre-agreedsplitformula (e.g. 50/50, or full refund).basis: "formula_split"(§6.2.1 fourth enforcement path). The escrow contract verifies the directive against the formula recorded inescrow.open'sconditionsat funding time — the parties pre-consented in the accepted head; no arbiter, no evidence phase, no appeal. Trustlessly checkable on-chain with the machinery already in place (§6.2.1/§13: Uncontested enforcement requires contract-readable anchor state — missing DLT requirement #6 contract-readable state, §9.3/§7.4: Permissionless anchoring enables thread pollution and dispute-freeze griefing #13 party bindings).§9.2 restructured so each
process_profiledeclares its own required clause fields (the optimistic MUSTs don't apply to a profile with no arbiter).Closes #21
Affected spec section(s)
§6.2.1 (fourth enforcement path), §9.2, §9.4 (profile definition), §10.3, §11, §14, Appendix A, Appendix C.
Trust impact
Per-Thread opt-in trade, made explicit: Threads selecting the small-claims profile drop the arbiter/panel trust root entirely (no forum) and instead rest on (a) the pre-agreed formula enforced by the escrow contract — the existing chain root — and (b) reputational incentives, which the profile text names as the deterrent rather than implying monetary enforcement. Threads on the default optimistic profile are unaffected.
Checklist
docs-checkpasses