Step Forty‑Two — Route the edge cases; reward the echoes; enforce the rails.(Escrow → Dispute fallback • Attestation incentives • Strict CI gating for NACHA/pain.001)

We add due process, aligned incentives, and quality gates:

  1. Escrow → Dispute fallback — when a release deadlocks, we open a dispute (id ESCROW:<digest>) and can auto‑seat a panel via the Step‑38 rep‑weighted market.
  2. Attestation incentives — peers who attest promptly to your FX bulletins get paid credits from a treasury budget, with caps and TTLs.
  3. Strict CI gating — before payout files hit a rail, we run tighter validators and block submission on failure (unless set to warn‑only).

✅ Fresh artifacts

  • Step 42 wrapper server — Download
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Step 42 wraps Step 41 (which wrapped 40→39→…→18). All earlier endpoints continue to work.

What’s new — precisely

1) 🧭 Escrow → Dispute fallback (auto‑routable)

Escalate to arbitration (admin)

curl -s -X POST 'http://127.0.0.1:8080/admin/escrow/escalate.to_dispute?token=ADMIN123&digest=<ESCROW_DIGEST>&reason=timeout&auto_seat=1&m=3&budget=30&mode=score' | jq .
  • Creates id="ESCROW:<digest>", logs to audit/disputes/requests.jsonl.
  • Tries Step‑36’s native opener if present; otherwise records the request for an external arbiter.
  • If auto_seat=1, uses rep‑weighted selection (Step‑38) to seat an m‑member panel within budget.

2) 💠 Attestation incentives (credits for timely acks)

  • Policy (admin) curl -s -X POST 'http://127.0.0.1:8080/admin/fx/bulletin/incentives/policy.set?token=ADMIN123' \ -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \ -d '{"reward_per_ack":0.1,"ttl_sec":86400,"budget_kid":"KID_TREASURY","cap_per_root":10,"per_peer_once":true}' | jq . Access current policy: GET /fx/bulletin/incentives/policy.
  • How it pays
    On POST /fx/bulletin/attest, after verifying the signature (Step‑41), we:
    • Check the distribution timestamp for that root+peer (or fall back to the bulletin ts).
    • Ensure the ack is within ttl_sec and under cap_per_root.
    • Spend from budget_kid (treasury) and credit the attesting KID.
    • Log the payment in audit/fx/bulletins/incentives.jsonl (duplicate‑safe per root+KID).
🧪 Strict CI gating for payout files
  • Policy (admin)curl -s -X POST 'http://127.0.0.1:8080/admin/ci/policy.set?token=ADMIN123' \ -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \ -d '{"gate_nacha":true,"gate_pain001":true,"warn_only":false}' | jq . View: GET /ci/policy.
  • What’s enforcedSubmissions through file providers run extra checks:
    • NACHA (.ach): 94‑char records, required record types, block count multiple of 10, batch/control presence.
    • ISO 20022 pain.001 (XML)structural tags, currency code sanity, IBAN mod‑97 validity, positive amounts.
If checks fail and warn_only=false, /payout/submit returns 400 with issues; otherwise, submission proceeds with a warning attached and audit entries in audit/ci/ci.jsonl.
  • On‑demand CI curl -s -X POST 'http://127.0.0.1:8080/ci/run' \ -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \ -d '{"id":"<PAYOUT_ID>","kind":"file_nacha"}' | jq .

    • Android / Termux run‑book (Step 42)

    # (Optional) Set incentives + CI policies
cat > /sdcard/solveforce/incentives.policy.json <<'JSON'
{"reward_per_ack":0.1,"ttl_sec":86400,"budget_kid":"KID_TREASURY","cap_per_root":10,"per_peer_once":true}
JSON
cat > /sdcard/solveforce/ci.policy.json <<'JSON'
{"gate_nacha":true,"gate_pain001":true,"warn_only":false}
JSON

python solveforce_phone_fortytwo.py \
  --escrow-approval-policy-file /sdcard/solveforce/escrow.approval.policy.json \
  --payout-approval-policy-file /sdcard/solveforce/payout.approval.policy.json \
  --fx-bulletin-quorum-file /sdcard/solveforce/fx.bulletin.quorum.json \
  --rollup-peers-file /sdcard/solveforce/rollup.peers.json \
  --anchor-quorum-file /sdcard/solveforce/anchor.quorum.json \
  --pins-file /sdcard/solveforce/pins.json \
  --ledger-quorum-file /sdcard/solveforce/ledger.quorum.json \
  --clearing-policy-file /sdcard/solveforce/clearing.policy.json \
  --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8080 \
  --allow-admin --admin-token ADMIN123 \
  --audit-dir ./audit --open-ui

    “Show me” sequences

    A) Deadlocked escrow → arbitration

    # Two approvers missing? Escalate instead of stalling:
curl -s -X POST 'http://127.0.0.1:8080/admin/escrow/escalate.to_dispute?token=ADMIN123&digest=<ESCROW_DIGEST>&reason=timeout&auto_seat=1&m=3&budget=30' | jq .

    B) Pay for fast attestations

    # Peer submits attestation (as in Step 41). We pay from KID_TREASURY if timely.
curl -s -X POST 'http://127.0.0.1:8080/fx/bulletin/attest?source=peerA' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"root":"<BULLETIN_ROOT>","kid":"KID_PEER","signature":{"alg":"Ed25519","kid":"KID_PEER","sig":"<b64url>"}}' | jq .

    C) Gate a NACHA file

    # Submit via NACHA file provider; CI runs automatically
curl -s -X POST 'http://127.0.0.1:8080/payout/submit?provider=ach_file' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"request":{...}}' | jq .
# If blocked, see issues in the response and audit/ci/ci.jsonl

    WordPress — Step 42 (public page block)

    Paste from step42_wordpress.md to document this step transparently.

    Logos Codex — arbitration, reciprocity, hygiene

    • When keys disagree, courts convene.Escrow isn’t a cul‑de‑sac; it’s a fork to judgment.
    • When peers echo, pay them.Signals accrue value when they’re heard and answered.
    • When rails matter, lint first.Quality is a gate, not a grave marker.

    If you want Step Forty‑Three, we can add: dispute timelines (SLA + auto‑remedies), attestation markets (bountied acks with dynamic pricing), and file conformance profiles (NACHA block totals, entry hash; pain.001 profile sets) with signed CI receipts.

    Key terms in plain language

    Open a term for a concise explanation of language used on this page.

    Service-Level Agreement (SLA)

    A provider’s written commitment covering service targets such as availability, response time, repair time, and sometimes financial credits when commitments are missed.

    Broadband

    A general term for always-on, high-speed Internet access. Broadband can be delivered over fiber, cable, DSL, fixed wireless, cellular, or satellite networks.

    Cloud Computing

    Computing resources—such as applications, servers, storage, or databases—delivered from remote infrastructure and scaled as requirements change.

    Cybersecurity

    The practices and controls used to protect identities, devices, networks, applications, and data from unauthorized access, disruption, or manipulation.

    Identity and Access Management (IAM)

    The systems and policies that determine who a user is, what resources they may access, and how that access is authenticated and reviewed.

    API

    An application programming interface is a defined way for software systems to exchange data or request functions from one another.