Dáil

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Judgment by proven peers.

What it is

Dáil is the judging layer behind every Tuath product. When a Eolas answer needs checking or a Gairm post is reported, the call isn't made by a company — it's made by a Dáil, a panel of anonymous, verified peers called Brehons who each stake on getting the verdict right.

Its purpose is to replace centralised moderation and arbitration with incentives. A Brehon who votes with the honest majority is paid; one who votes carelessly or tries to game a verdict loses their stake. Contested calls escalate to an Ard-Brehon. The name and the Brehon-law motif come from early Irish jurisprudence, where respected jurists settled disputes by reasoned judgment.

How it works

You've already proven you're a unique human (your Anam) — these are the steps that follow.

  1. 1

    A task opens

    Something needs judging — the legitimacy of a Eolas request or answer, or a reported Gairm post. It becomes a task that a Dáil of Brehons is seated to decide.

  2. 2

    You join a Dáil and stake

    If you're eligible, you take a seat on the 8-Brehon panel and back your honest read of the task with your own stake. Who you are on the panel stays pseudonymous, so you judge the work and not the person.

  3. 3

    Commit, then reveal

    Brehons vote by commit–reveal so no one can copy the crowd. A supermajority (6 of 8) is needed for a decision to stand.

  4. 4

    The majority is paid; the minority is slashed

    When the verdict settles, Brehons on the majority side earn their fee and reputation (which itself pays out weekly in $BONN); those on the minority side lose their stake. Honest, careful judgment is the only profitable strategy.

  5. 5

    Contested calls escalate

    A decision that's challenged can be escalated to an Ard-Brehon — a higher-trust role — to settle it.

The loop

What you gain

  • Enech for every verdict that turns out to be the right one — the fastest honest way to build standing from nothing.
  • A weekly $BONN payout scaled by that standing.
  • A share of the fees on paid panels, split across the eight seats.
  • Free-tier seats need no stake at all, so you can judge, be right, and build your first standing before any $BONN is involved.

What $BONN is for

  • Stakes on paid panels — backing your own reading of a task.
  • Bounties on Eolas and boosts on Gairm, which is what the standing you build here is ultimately for.

Judging well is how someone with no money and no reputation starts: free-tier seats cost nothing to take, and being right raises your honour-price. Slashed stakes and platform cuts flow to the community vault, which pays everyone weekly — so the people who do the unglamorous work of holding the standard are funded by the same pot they protect.

Know the risks

This is real, staked participation — not a feed you can throw away. Before you take part, understand what you can lose.

  • You stake on every vote. Sitting on a Dáil means putting your own stake behind your verdict. If you end up on the minority side of the panel, that stake goes to the community — the people who were relying on you to get it right.
  • Rubber-stamping costs you. Voting without doing the work — rubber-stamping or guessing — is exactly what the slashing is designed to punish. Someone asked for a fair reading, and careless votes cost real $BONN.
  • Reputation is on the line. Getting it right raises your Enech; being on the wrong side lowers it. Which Dáils you may sit on depends on the honour-price you have built, so the people judging the most consequential work are the ones who have earned it.
  • You can't just start over. One verified human maps to one account. A Brehon who burns their reputation can't reset it with a fresh account — there are no alts.

In detail

The roles

Dáil uses an Irish Brehon-law motif for its judging roles.

  • Brehon — a juror. In early Irish law a brehon was a jurist rather than a lord: chosen to judge, with no ownership of the outcome. Here it is a verified human who takes a seat and stakes on the verdict.
  • Dáil — the panel itself: 8 Brehons deciding a single task by 6-of-8 consensus.
  • Ard-Brehon — the escalation role that settles contested decisions.

Commit–reveal voting

Each Brehon first submits a hidden commitment to their vote, then reveals it. Because no one can see how others voted before committing, you can't free-ride on the crowd — you have to form your own judgment, which is what makes the majority signal trustworthy.

What a Dáil judges

Dáil is product-agnostic: the same machinery handles every Tuath product's judging needs.

  • Eolas — is a request a genuine, well-formed ask? Does an answer actually address it?
  • Gairm — does a reported post breach the guidelines or ethics rules?
  • Contests — challenges to a prior verdict, escalated to an Ard-Brehon.

Free-tier judging

Not every task moves $BONN. Free-tier Dáil seats (for free Eolas requests and Gairm moderation) are paid in Enech rather than $BONN, so newcomers can build their first reputation by judging before any money is at stake — then graduate to staked, paid panels.

Ready to take part?

On your first visit you'll confirm you've read this page and understand the risks before you can act.

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