---
slug: "Award"
name: "Award"
type: "Economics"
layer: "Society"
ref: "Award#4c5d"
sema_id: "sema:Award#mh:SHA-256:4c5d0b7992809eebff99b727da727b08f4659773607c2621d8181b5d816e4b23"
tags: ["Society","Economics"]
updated: 2026-11-11
mindscape: "bootstrap"
index_url: https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap.json
url: https://mindscape.world/bootstrap/Award/
related: ["Bid","Act","HeldRelease","Sign","Solver","State","Value","Contract"]
---

# Award

Acceptance of bid and contract creation

Layer: Society · Category: Economics

## Mechanism

The formal [Act](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Act.md) of accepting a [Bid](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Bid.md). It triggers the creation of a [Contract](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Contract.md) which all parties must [Sign](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Sign.md), and uses [HeldRelease](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/HeldRelease.md) to lock the agreed [Value](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Value.md) as collateral or payment. This action transitions the [State](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/State.md) from Negotiation to Execution, authorizing the [Solver](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Solver.md) to begin.

## Invariants

- Atomic: Bid acceptance and Contract creation must happen together.
- Funded: Value must be locked (HeldRelease) before Award is final.

## Failure modes

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## Signature

- `Act(Contract)`

## Builds on

- [Bid](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Bid.md) (Society; Accepts)
- [Act](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Act.md) (Infrastructure; Composes with)
- [HeldRelease](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/HeldRelease.md) (Society; Composes with)
- [Sign](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Sign.md) (Infrastructure; Composes with)
- [Solver](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Solver.md) (Mind; References)
- [State](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/State.md) (Infrastructure; References)
- [Value](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Value.md) (Infrastructure; References)
- [Contract](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Contract.md) (Infrastructure; Yields)

## Used by

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## Identity

- Sema ID: `sema:Award#mh:SHA-256:4c5d0b7992809eebff99b727da727b08f4659773607c2621d8181b5d816e4b23`
- Ref: `Award#4c5d`
- Supersedes:
  - `sema:Award#mh:SHA-256:7bf0f52b1dd71eae4d352bfb4c2c17bf4513dbe905299f3b950222e508c90244`
  - `sema:Award#mh:SHA-256:cfe24da55c73b4046503716821d17f42264ac98b8a7e5f0289582b01dbb604ed`
  - `sema:Award#mh:SHA-256:af8e239d97dd719c5e42fbc977e8b3a67a0aa31bd3f788883dea1475098ef976`
  - `sema:Award#mh:SHA-256:c5ac316d6c4293e58d8b00f6a06fb81dea3765be9facba3ee394854db2be77d4`
  - `sema:Award#mh:SHA-256:2c46bf53513b87e9e04823ad727af1a48e39fed75398ecc8edc63554edbe962c`

## Links

- [Pattern page](https://mindscape.world/bootstrap/Award/)
- [View in the interactive graph](https://mindscape.world/bootstrap/#Award)
- [JSON](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Award.json)
- [Index of all patterns](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap.json)