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BoLD: a bounded dispute protocol for an optimistic rollup

BoLD tries to bound how long a dispute can be delayed by an adversary, so a single honest party can finish a challenge against many liars.

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Authors: Offchain Labs
Date: 2024
Publisher: Offchain Labs
Version: Source cited by the 2024 study. The study is the reading. This page does not add a second essay.
Document ID: BLC-STUDY-0593
DOI: None recorded
Last reviewed: 1 October 2026
Licence: No licence recorded. Rights status under review.

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BoLD tries to bound how long a dispute can be delayed by an adversary, so a single honest party can finish a challenge against many liars.

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Official source — Arbitrum BoLD introduction
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Canonical readingArbitrum BoLD study
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Offchain Labs (2024). BoLD: a bounded dispute protocol for an optimistic rollup. Offchain Labs. https://docs.arbitrum.io/how-arbitrum-works/bold/gentle-introduction

BibTeX

@techreport{arbitrumbold2024,
  title = {BoLD: a bounded dispute protocol for an optimistic rollup},
  author = {Offchain Labs},
  year = {2024},
  institution = {Offchain Labs},
  url = {https://docs.arbitrum.io/how-arbitrum-works/bold/gentle-introduction},
  note = {Rights status: Official external source only. Blockchain Lab record: https://blockchainlab.com/research/corpus/papers/arbitrum-bold}
}

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Source status: Official source
Use status: Metadata and commentary only. The reading is the study page.
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