Checkout with buyer protection

A store offers Pay with Tenet. You pay into an escrow on Arc. The store is paid when the hold ends, or you get your money back if a judge on GenLayer decides a claim for you.

  1. 1The store registersIt proves its domain with a DNS record, confirms its refund terms and copies its order emails to Tenet, signed with its domain.
  2. 2You pay on Tenet's checkoutThe page shows the store's refund terms and checks that they are the ones the escrow holds before you pay.
  3. 3If something goes wrong, you open a claimOpen a claim in My orders. The store answers from its panel, and its signed emails are verified on Lacre.
  4. 4A judge decides, the escrow paysA judge on GenLayer decides with the store's terms, and the escrow pays you back or pays the store.
Testnet: payments use test USDC on Arc Testnet and deadlines run in minutes.

An example store is open: TechShopping. Its earbuds arrive late, its charger is not the one described and its phone case never arrives, so each path of a claim can be tried.

Try it at techshopping.site My orders For stores