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[Layer 4] How does GNU Taler handle refunds — and what can Layer 4 reuse? #3

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@marc-poljak

Context. Layer 4 § Open Questions leaves partial completions of streaming tasks open: what happens to escrowed funds when a task is cancelled halfway? GNU Taler (one of L4's named chain-free rails, § 7) has a mature refund mechanism.

Your task. Document, from the Taler docs, how Taler refunds work — the merchant-signed refund permission, partial refunds, the refund deadline — and map it onto ACMP's escrow states (open → claimed → disputed → closed).

Done = a comment explaining the mechanism and which parts transfer to a partial-completion payout in Layer 4 (and which don't, given P4 — no required blockchain).

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