Outcome Voting

How disputed markets get resolved by neutral $AURA stakers via commit/reveal.

When a market outcome is disputed, the protocol runs a commit/reveal vote among neutral $AURA stakers. This page walks through the voter’s perspective; for the full lifecycle (bonds, penalties, finalization) see Resolution & Disputes.

How voting works

1. A dispute opens

   A user disagrees with a proposed outcome and posts a disputer bond. This triggers the vote.

2. Find the market

   Sign in with your wallet, open the Voting tab, and select the Outcomes section. Eligible disputed markets are listed with their commit and reveal deadlines.

3. Commit your vote

   During the commit phase, your wallet sends a hash of your choice (YES, NO, or TOO_EARLY) plus a random salt. Nobody — including the protocol — can see what you actually picked yet.

   The salt is stored locally in your wallet. Do not lose it — you’ll need it to reveal.

4. Reveal your vote

   Once the commit window closes, you have a shorter reveal window to submit your choice and salt. The contract verifies the hash matches your earlier commit and tallies your vote at your tier weight.

5. Wait for finalization

   After the reveal phase, the protocol checks whether any outcome cleared the 65% supermajority of revealed weight. If yes, the market finalises. If not, a new commit/reveal round starts immediately.

Eligibility

• **Vaulted $AURA above None tier** — you must hold at least 60,000$AURA (Iron tier) at the time of the dispute.
• Neutral position — you cannot have placed any order on the disputed market, including during the dispute itself. The on-chain stake-holder registry is checked when you commit.

Vote choices

Choice	Meaning
YES / NO (or category option)	The outcome is decided in this direction.
TOO_EARLY	The event hasn’t happened yet, the data source isn’t out, or the question is malformed. If this wins, the market is canceled and traders are refunded.

Voting power by tier

Tier	Voting weight
Degenerate	30
Diamond	22
Platinum	16
Gold	11
Silver	7
Bronze	3
Iron	1
None	0

Higher tiers carry significantly more weight, both for and against. This also means higher tiers have more $AURA at stake if they vote with the losing side — see below.

Rewards

Voters who back the winning outcome earn a share of the dispute’s penalty pool, paid in $AURA.

The pool is funded by slashing two groups:

• Wrong-side voters who revealed a vote for the losing outcome.
• Silent stakers who committed but never revealed, or never committed in a market they could have voted on.

Each winning voter’s share is proportional to their voting weight relative to the total winning weight.

Voting on a dispute is not free. If you back the wrong side, you lose $AURA. Vote only on markets where you’ve done the homework.

TL;DR

• Commit a hash, then reveal — prevents copy-voting.
• 65% supermajority required; otherwise a new round runs.
• TOO_EARLY cancels the market.
• Winners are paid in $AURA from slashed wrong-side stakes.
• Wrong-side and silent voters lose $AURA — vote with care.