@algora-pbc /claim #18

Summary

Implements a self-contained Scientific Bounty Trust System milestone for issue #18.

This focuses on the trust and payment mechanics that make a scientific bounty marketplace usable:

• challenge posting contracts with deliverables, phases, timeline, prize pool, rubric, NDA/public access policy, and funded escrow state
• submission package manifests with artifact checksums, audit logs, disclosure level, and protected workspace rules
• arbitration cases with automated deliverable checklist, reviewer votes, sponsor feedback, score, decision, and rationale
• escrow-style payout routing across individuals, teams, and institutions
• IP terms that prevent unpaid transfer by keeping solver rights until platform payout release
• lightweight local API/demo server for reviewer inspection

Requirement Mapping

• Challenge posting portal: buildChallengeContract
• Deliverables and evaluation rubric: deliverableChecklist + buildRubric
• Timeline and milestone deadlines: timeline + deriveMilestonePayouts
• Public/private and NDA support: accessPolicy
• Submission engine and package builder: buildSubmissionPackage
• Versioned/audited submission evidence: auditLog + artifact checksums
• Arbitration workflow: buildArbitrationCase
• Reward distribution: routePayouts
• IP management options: resolveIpTerms

Full mapping is in scientific-bounty-trust-system/docs/requirement-map.md.

Verification

cd scientific-bounty-trust-system
npm run check
npm test
PORT=4319 npm start

API smoke tested locally:

• /api/dashboard
• /api/challenge
• /api/submission
• /api/arbitration
• /api/payouts

Notes

Prepared with OpenAI Codex assistance. The implementation and tests were reviewed and run locally before submission.