Escrows are optics
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Publication:6507580
arXiv2105.10028MaRDI QIDQ6507580FDOQ6507580
Authors: Fosco Loregiàn, Daniele Palombi 
Abstract: We provide a categorical interpretation for escrows, i.e. trading protocols in trustless environment, where the exchange between two agents is mediated by a third party where the buyer locks the money until they receive the goods they want from the seller. A simplified escrow system can be modeled as a certain kind of morphism in the category of optics on a monoidal category. When objects in the base category have monoid and comonoid structures, more involved kinds of escrows `with intermediaries' can be modelled as morphisms with action-like properties.
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