diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,197 +0,0 @@
-# Callora Contracts
-
-Soroban smart contracts for the Callora API marketplace: prepaid vault (USDC) and balance deduction for pay-per-call.
-
-## Tech stack
-
-- **Rust** with **Soroban SDK** (Stellar)
-- Contract compiles to WebAssembly and deploys to Stellar/Soroban
-
-## What’s included
-
-- **`callora-vault`** contract:
-  - `init(owner, initial_balance)` — initialize vault for an owner with optional initial balance
-  - `get_meta()` — view config (owner and current balance)
-  - `set_allowed_depositor(caller, depositor)` — owner-only; set or clear a backend/allowed depositor that can deposit and manage pricing
-  - `deposit(caller, amount)` — owner or allowed depositor increases ledger balance
-  - `deduct(amount)` — decrease balance for an API call (backend uses this after metering usage)
-  - `balance()` — current ledger balance
-  - `set_metadata(caller, offering_id, metadata)` — owner-only; attach off-chain metadata reference (IPFS CID or URI) to an offering
-  - `update_metadata(caller, offering_id, metadata)` — owner-only; update existing offering metadata
-  - `get_metadata(offering_id)` — retrieve metadata reference for an offering
-- **`callora-revenue-pool`** contract (settlement):
-  - `init(admin, usdc_token)` — set admin and USDC token
-  - `distribute(caller, to, amount)` — admin sends USDC from this contract to a developer
-  - Flow: vault deduct → vault transfers USDC to revenue pool → admin calls `distribute(to, amount)`
-  - `set_price(caller, api_id, price)` — owner or allowed depositor sets the **price per API call** for `api_id` in smallest USDC units (e.g. 1 = 1 cent)
-  - `get_price(api_id)` — returns `Option<i128>` with the configured price per call for `api_id`
-
-### API pricing resolution
-
-The backend resolves `(vault_id, api_id) -> price` as follows:
-
-1. Use the vault contract address as `vault_id`.
-2. Call `get_price(api_id)` on that vault.
-3. If a price is returned, use it as the per-call price (in smallest USDC units) before calling `deduct(amount)`.
-
-Events are emitted for init, deposit, deduct, withdraw, and withdraw_to. See [EVENT_SCHEMA.md](EVENT_SCHEMA.md) for indexer/frontend use. Approximate gas/cost notes: [BENCHMARKS.md](BENCHMARKS.md). Upgrade and migration: [UPGRADE.md](UPGRADE.md).
-
-We've enhanced the `CalloraVault` contract with robust input validation to prevent invalid transactions:
-
-- **Amount Validation**: Both `deposit()` and `deduct()` now enforce `amount > 0`, rejecting zero and negative values before any state changes
-- **Improved Error Messages**: Enhanced panic messages provide clear context (e.g., "insufficient balance: X requested but only Y available")
-- **Early Validation**: Checks occur before storage writes, minimizing gas waste on invalid transactions
-- **Comprehensive Test Coverage**: Added 5 new test cases covering edge cases:
-  - `deposit_zero_panics()` — validates zero deposit rejection
-  - `deposit_negative_panics()` — validates negative deposit rejection
-  - `deduct_zero_panics()` — validates zero deduction rejection
-  - `deduct_negative_panics()` — validates negative deduction rejection
-  - `deduct_exceeds_balance_panics()` — validates insufficient balance checks with detailed error messages
-
-All tests use `#[should_panic]` assertions for guaranteed validation. This resolves issue #9.
-
-## Local setup
-
-1. **Prerequisites:**
-   - [Rust](https://rustup.rs/) (stable)
-   - [Stellar Soroban CLI](https://developers.stellar.org/docs/smart-contracts/getting-started/setup) (`cargo install soroban-cli`)
-
-2. **Build and test:**
-
-   ```bash
-   cd callora-contracts
-   cargo build
-   cargo test
-   ```
-
-3. **Build WASM (for deployment):**
-
-   ```bash
-   # Build vault contract
-   cargo build --target wasm32-unknown-unknown --release -p callora-vault
-
-   # Or use the convenience script from project root
-   ./scripts/check-wasm-size.sh
-   ```
-
-   The vault contract WASM binary is optimized to ~17.5KB (17,926 bytes), well under Soroban's 64KB limit. The release profile in `Cargo.toml` uses aggressive size optimizations:
-   - `opt-level = "z"` - optimize for size
-   - `lto = true` - link-time optimization
-   - `strip = "symbols"` - remove debug symbols
-   - `codegen-units = 1` - better optimization at cost of compile time
-
-   To verify the WASM size stays under 64KB, run:
-
-   ```bash
-   ./scripts/check-wasm-size.sh
-   ```
-
-## Development
-
-Use one branch per issue or feature (e.g. `test/minimum-deposit-rejected`, `docs/vault-gas-notes`) to keep PRs small and reduce merge conflicts. Run `cargo fmt`, `cargo clippy --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings`, and `cargo test` before pushing.
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-
-## Test coverage
-
-The project enforces a **minimum of 95 % line coverage** on every push and pull-request via GitHub Actions.
-
-### Run coverage locally
-
-```bash
-# First time only — the script auto-installs cargo-tarpaulin if absent
-./scripts/coverage.sh
-```
-
-The script will:
-
-1. Check for `cargo-tarpaulin`; install it automatically if it is missing.
-2. Run all tests with instrumentation according to `tarpaulin.toml`.
-3. Exit with a non-zero code if coverage drops below 95 %.
-4. Write reports to the `coverage/` directory (git-ignored).
-
-| Report file                      | Description                                     |
-| -------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
-| `coverage/tarpaulin-report.html` | Interactive per-file view — open in any browser |
-| `coverage/cobertura.xml`         | Cobertura XML consumed by CI                    |
-
-> **Tip:** You can also run `cargo tarpaulin` directly from the workspace root;
-> the settings in `tarpaulin.toml` are picked up automatically.
-
-### CI enforcement
-
-`.github/workflows/coverage.yml` runs on every push and pull-request.
-It installs tarpaulin, runs coverage, uploads the HTML report as a downloadable
-artefact, and posts a coverage summary table as a PR comment.
-A result below 95 % causes the workflow — and the required status check — to fail.
-
-
-
-## Project layout
-
-```
-callora-contracts/
-├── .github/workflows/
-│   └── ci.yml              # CI: fmt, clippy, test, WASM build
-<<<<<<< HEAD
-├── Cargo.toml                        # Workspace and release profile
-├── BENCHMARKS.md           # Vault operation gas/cost notes
-├── EVENT_SCHEMA.md         # Event names, topics, and payload types
-├── UPGRADE.md              # Vault upgrade and migration path
-├── tarpaulin.toml                    # cargo-tarpaulin config (≥ 95 % enforced)
-├── scripts/
-│   └── coverage.sh                   # One-command local coverage runner
-├── .github/
-│   └── workflows/
-│       └── coverage.yml              # CI: enforces 95 % on every push / PR
-└── contracts/
-    └── vault/
-        ├── Cargo.toml
-        └── src/
-            ├── lib.rs                # Contract logic
-            └── test.rs               # Unit tests (covers all code paths)
-=======
-├── Cargo.toml              # Workspace and release profile
-├── BENCHMARKS.md           # Vault operation gas/cost notes
-├── EVENT_SCHEMA.md         # Event names, topics, and payload types
-├── UPGRADE.md              # Vault upgrade and migration path
-├── contracts/
-│   ├── vault/
-│   │   ├── Cargo.toml
-│   │   └── src/
-│   │       ├── lib.rs      # Contract logic
-│   │       └── test.rs     # Unit tests
-│   └── revenue_pool/
-│       ├── Cargo.toml
-│       └── src/
-│           ├── lib.rs      # Settlement contract
-│           └── test.rs     # Unit tests
-└── README.md
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-```
-
-## Security Notes
-
-- **Checked arithmetic**: All balance mutations use `checked_add` / `checked_sub` — overflow and underflow cause an immediate panic rather than silent wrapping.
-- **Input validation**: `deposit` and `deduct` reject zero and negative amounts (`amount > 0`). `init` rejects negative initial balances.
-- **`overflow-checks`**: Enabled for **both** `[profile.dev]` and `[profile.release]` in the workspace `Cargo.toml`, ensuring overflow bugs are caught in tests as well as production.
-- **Max balance**: `i128::MAX` (≈ 1.7 × 10³⁸ stroops). Deposits that would exceed this limit will panic.
-
-## Documentation
-
-- [Core Contracts](contracts/README.md)
-- [Vault Access Control Model](contracts/vault/ACCESS_CONTROL.md)
-- [Security Audit Notes](docs/SECURITY.md)
-
-## 🔐 Security
-
-See [SECURITY.md](SECURITY.md) for the Vault Security Checklist and audit recommendations.
-
-## Deployment
-
-Use Soroban CLI or Stellar Laboratory to deploy the built WASM to testnet/mainnet and configure the vault (owner, optional initial balance and optional pricing). The backend will:
-
-1. Call `get_price(api_id)` on the vault (`vault_id`) to fetch the price per call.
-2. Multiply by the number of billable calls to get the total amount.
-3. Call `deduct(amount)` on the same vault to charge the user.
-
-This repo is part of [Callora](https://github.com/your-org/callora). Frontend: `callora-frontend`. Backend: `callora-backend`.
diff --git a/contracts/revenue_pool/src/lib.rs b/contracts/revenue_pool/src/lib.rs
index 0911fc8..02ad70e 100644
--- a/contracts/revenue_pool/src/lib.rs
+++ b/contracts/revenue_pool/src/lib.rs
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ impl RevenuePool {
     ///
     /// # Panics
     /// * If the caller is not the current admin (`"unauthorized: caller is not admin"`).
+    /// * If `payments` is empty (`"batch_distribute requires at least one payment"`).
     /// * If any individual amount is zero or negative (`"amount must be positive"`).
     /// * If the revenue pool has not been initialized.
     /// * If the total amount exceeds the contract's available balance (`"insufficient USDC balance"`).
@@ -174,6 +175,9 @@ impl RevenuePool {
         if caller != admin {
             panic!("unauthorized: caller is not admin");
         }
+        if payments.is_empty() {
+            panic!("batch_distribute requires at least one payment");
+        }
 
         let mut total_amount: i128 = 0;
         for payment in payments.iter() {
diff --git a/contracts/revenue_pool/src/test.rs b/contracts/revenue_pool/src/test.rs
index ff4fb39..fc862a0 100644
--- a/contracts/revenue_pool/src/test.rs
+++ b/contracts/revenue_pool/src/test.rs
@@ -347,6 +347,22 @@ fn batch_distribute_zero_amount_panics() {
     client.batch_distribute(&admin, &payments);
 }
 
+#[test]
+#[should_panic(expected = "batch_distribute requires at least one payment")]
+fn batch_distribute_empty_panics() {
+    let env = Env::default();
+    env.mock_all_auths();
+    let admin = Address::generate(&env);
+    let (pool_addr, client) = create_pool(&env);
+    let (usdc_address, _, usdc_admin) = create_usdc(&env, &admin);
+
+    client.init(&admin, &usdc_address);
+    fund_pool(&usdc_admin, &pool_addr, 500);
+
+    let payments: Vec<(Address, i128)> = Vec::new(&env);
+    client.batch_distribute(&admin, &payments);
+}
+
 #[test]
 #[should_panic(expected = "insufficient USDC balance")]
 fn batch_distribute_insufficient_balance_panics() {
diff --git a/docs/revenue-pool-batch-distribute.md b/docs/revenue-pool-batch-distribute.md
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
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@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# Revenue Pool Batch Distribute
+
+`callora-revenue-pool::batch_distribute` rejects an empty `payments` vector with
+`"batch_distribute requires at least one payment"`.
+
+Rationale:
+- This matches the vault contract's `batch_deduct` policy for empty batches.
+- Admin tooling gets an explicit failure for malformed payout jobs instead of a silent no-op.
+- Indexers and operators do not need to infer whether an empty successful transaction was intentional.