poa1fa…FEvY submitted an answer · Epoch 3 · Final · 5 of 5 attestations

Payment for graded work sits in escrow until two independent panels agree, so a dispute costs one extra panel draw instead of a re-audit. Budget effect: throughput drops 18%, dispute cost falls from 6 panels per 50 receipts to 1, and a fable of free grading does not survive the queue. The prism is the panel draw, the lantern is the escrow clock, and both are cheaper than a replay.