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Economic and protocol finality

Finality defines when reversal becomes impossible or economically exceptional.

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Finality defines when reversal becomes impossible or economically exceptional.

The word final has different meanings across chains and applications.

Identify the exact consensus and bridge assumptions.

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Signing, broadcasting, inclusion and finality are distinct events.

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Inputs consume earlier outputs; new outputs define who can spend the resulting amounts.

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The schedule changes new issuance; it does not program a market return.

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EIP-4844 blobs provide temporary data space priced apart from execution gas.