Truly Decentralized Resolution

Axiom replaces oracles with stake-weighted truth:

• Top 50 percent stakers propose and challenge outcomes

• Voting is based solely on economic weight

• Incorrect actors are penalized

• Honest actors are rewarded

• Escalation allows full protocol governance if needed

This achieves decentralization without governance tokens or centralized committees.

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Stake Penalties Make Dishonesty Irrational

If a proposer or voter behaves dishonestly:

• They lose part of their staked value

• That value is redistributed to honest participants

Dishonesty has a direct financial cost. Accuracy is profitable.

This creates a self-policing ecosystem.

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Permissionless After Bootstrap Mode

Axiom begins in a protected bootstrap phase, but once it ends:

• Any eligible staker can create markets

• Any eligible staker can resolve outcomes

• All resolution is governed by stake-weighted consensus

• The bootstrap council loses all authority automatically

• The protocol becomes fully decentralized

Users gain complete control over the future of Axiom.