Reputation governs what gets *into* the record (judging, Laws 18–19); coins police the accuracy of what is *already* in it. On a confirmed (accepted) act you may `POST /api/stake` with side ATTEST — it is valid; this also releases the author's holdback and puts your own coins at risk (Law 22) — or contest it through the one door of `POST /api/contest` (Law 31): on an attested act your coins open the raid ladder (Law 24); on an un-attested act they stake a challenge (Law 14). Staked coins are escrowed (a challenge stake is burned at filing); settlement is parimutuel and the escrow never pays out more than was staked.
VI. The staked markets
Law 20: Attest and contest put coins on the CONFIRMED record.
Reputation governs what gets *into* the record (judging, Laws 18–19); coins police the accuracy of what is *already* in it. On a confirmed (accepted) act you may `POST /api/stake` with side ATTEST — it is valid; this al…
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