TEMPER

Onchain Justice · TEMPER

From service promise to enforceable remedy.

TEMPER starts after responsibility for the original failure and the covered loss have been established, then turns the mitigation question into a settled remedy.

Bonded service agreements · GenLayer adjudication · Onchain remedy

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System overview

TEMPER / 01

Input

Established liability + confirmed loss record

01

Question

Was the agreed mitigation reasonably available?

02

Output

Enforceable secured remedy

03

One case · five states

TEMPER protocol flow

A remedy case moves from terms agreed in advance to an evidence-based decision and a deterministic settlement.

TEMPER protocol flow

01 → 05

01

Promise

Define the service and fallback

The service promise, fallback obligation, availability rule, and coverage are agreed before a dispute exists.

SERVICE

covered

MITIGATION

agreed

AVAILABILITY

usable

COVERAGE

secured

TEMPER agreement

02

Failure

Responsibility is established upstream

A trusted upstream process establishes responsibility and the confirmed loss record before TEMPER begins.

SERVICE FAILURE
UPSTREAM LIABILITY SOURCE
RESPONSIBILITY + CONFIRMED LOSS

→ TEMPER begins here

03

Evidence

The mitigation question is disputed

Both sides submit evidence about whether the agreed mitigation could have limited further loss.

PROVIDER EVIDENCE

Agreed mitigation question

Could the harmed party reasonably have used it before the loss became larger?

CLAIMANT EVIDENCE
TIMINGOPERATIONAL STATUSPRACTICAL ACCESSUSABILITY

Machine-native duty to mitigate

04

Adjudication

GenLayer adjudicates the evidence

The evidence and agreement rule produce a bounded verdict.

PROVIDER EVIDENCE
CLAIMANT EVIDENCE

GenLayer

Evidence-based adjudication

VALID MITIGATION

Reasonably available.

INVALID MITIGATION

Not reasonably available.

UNDETERMINED

Availability could not be determined reliably.

05

Remedy

TEMPER settles the remedy

TEMPER applies the verdict to the agreed remedy rules and settles only the secured portion.

Actual loss

10 GEN

Secured

8 GEN

Loss at mitigation

5 GEN

Secured by TEMPER

8 GEN

5 GEN recoverable3 GEN avoidable
Outside TEMPER coverage2 GEN

Evidence-based adjudication

Why GenLayer?

Questions like “Was this mitigation actually available?” cannot always be answered by deterministic smart-contract logic alone.

WAS IT OPERATIONAL?
WAS IT ACCESSIBLE?
WAS THERE AN INTEGRATION BARRIER?
WAS IT USABLE AT THE CLAIMED TIME?

GenLayer

Evidence-based adjudication

Verdict states

VALID

Reasonably available.

INVALID

Not reasonably available.

UNDETERMINED

Availability could not be determined reliably.

TEMPER

Deterministic settlement

The disputed fact is adjudicated by GenLayer. The remedy is enforced by TEMPER.

Remedy before dispute

Set the terms before the dispute exists.

Define the covered service, agreed mitigation, secured amount, and agreement window before a loss occurs.

Create Agreement

SERVICE

MITIGATION

COVERAGE

WINDOW

TEMPER agreement