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Payments and escrow

A bounty is held by the escrow contract from the moment the quest is created until it resolves. Relay Tech does not custody it, and no operator account holds a balance on your behalf.

3 SECTIONS · 4 MIN READ · – USDG IN ESCROW

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00 · A bounty moving through escrowEXAMPLE
A bounty enters the escrow contract when a quest is created, and it leaves again when that quest is paid out or refunded.EXAMPLE · ILLUSTRATED SEQUENCE

01

Supported assets

Two payment tokens are supported. USDG is a stablecoin with six decimals, and ETH is the native asset of the chain. A quest is denominated in one or the other at creation, and the choice cannot change afterwords.

01 · Two tokens, two paths0:06 / 0:06
USDG needs an approval before the bounty can lock, so two transactions. ETH rides with the call, so one.ILLUSTRATED SEQUENCE

USDG quests need an ERC-20 approval before the bounty can be locked, so posting one is two transactions rather than one. ETH quests carry the value with the call and need only a single transaction.

  • USDGStablecoin, six decimals. approve, then createOpenBounty or createAssignedQuest: two transactions.
  • ETHThe chain’s native asset, eighteen decimals. The value travels with the create call: one transaction.

Bridge USDG or ETH onto Robinhood Chain before posting a quest.

Browse the quest board

02

Protocol fee

The contract takes a protocol fee expressed in basis points. It is currently 1% (100 bps), taken from the reward on payout and credited to the treasury Safe, so a worker receives 99% of the bounty on completion.

02 · The fee is read, not assumed0:05 / 0:05
The fee is read from the contract in basis points: 1% (100 bps) today, fixed for each quest when it is created, and credited to the treasury on payout.ILLUSTRATED SEQUENCE

The fee is fixed for each quest at the moment it is created, so a later change never touches a bounty already in escrow. The contract owner can change it for new quests, up to a hard cap of 10%. When a dispute is ruled for the creator, the refund is the full bounty with no fee.

03

Refunds and disputes

Funds can only leave escrow in two directions. They go to the worker or the winner when the quest is paid out, or back to the creator when the quest is cancelled before anyone takes it or refunded after its deadline. Nothing can send a bounty to anyone else.

03 · Two ways out0:05 / 0:05
Two directions out: to the worker or winner, or back to the creator. Nothing can send a bounty to anyone else.ILLUSTRATED SEQUENCE

R1Two directions, nobody else

To the worker or the winner on payout, or back to the creator on a cancel or an expired refund. Even a dispute ruling can only pay one of the two parties; the 30-day timeout splits a delivered quest between them.

Enforced bycompleteQuest · selectWinner · claimDelivered · cancelQuest · claimExpiredRefund

R2The creator reclaims an expired quest

claimExpiredRefund returns the bounty to the creator once a quest nobody took has passed its deadline, or once an accepted quest is still undelivered 3 days after it. A delivered quest is not refundable this way: it is protected by the review window instead.

Enforced byclaimExpiredRefund · the creator only

R3A dispute holds the bounty

Either party can dispute an accepted or delivered quest. The bounty stays in escrow until the arbiter, the protocol owner Safe, rules for the creator or the worker. If no ruling comes within 30 days, anyone can settle it: a delivered quest splits the bounty evenly, an undelivered one refunds the creator.

Enforced byopenDispute · resolveDispute · resolveDisputeTimeout

R4Credited, then withdrawn

Payouts and refunds are credited to the recipient’s balance in the escrow, per token, and the recipient calls withdraw to move it to their wallet. Your claimable balance and the withdraw button are on the Rewards page.

Enforced bywithdraw · the recipient

Funding a wallet before posting starts with the two supported assets above.

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