Summary

• add a self-contained scientific bounty arbitration and payout-readiness module for issue #18
• implement challenge validation, submission manifests, reviewer conflict detection, weighted scoring, arbitration records, payout routing, and IP transfer status
• include sample bounty data, requirement mapping, tests, CLI demo, and a short demo GIF

Demo

• Demo video: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kkudumu/SCIBASE.AI/kkudumu/scientific-bounty-arbitration-18/scientific-bounty-arbitration/docs/demo.mp4
• Demo GIF: scientific-bounty-arbitration/docs/demo.gif
• CLI demo: npm run demo

Verification

• cd scientific-bounty-arbitration && npm run check
• cd scientific-bounty-arbitration && npm test
• cd scientific-bounty-arbitration && npm run demo
• git diff –check

@algora-pbc /claim #18

Closes #18