BoLD’s fixed-time dispute resolution mechanism prevents malicious actors from indefinitely delaying the challenge period, thereby making withdrawals to the parent chain safer

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BoLD addresses these challenges head-on by introducing a time limit on the existing rollup protocol for resolving disputes, effectively ensuring that challenges conclude within a 6.4-day window

The goal of BoLD is to unlock permissionless validation by ensuring that disputes are resolved within a fixed period (currently equivalent to two challenge periods, plus a two-day grace period for the Security Council to intervene if necessary and a small delta for computation), effectively removing the risk of delay attacks and making withdrawals to a parent chain more secure.

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