Confirmation Semantics and Finality Boundaries

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WAproxy separates broadcast success from confirmation finality.

Broadcast success means:
- transaction accepted by local node
- transaction propagated to mempool

Confirmation means:
- transaction included in a block
- block depth >= required confirmations

WAproxy does not assume immediate finality.

Execution layers:

1. Broadcast Layer
- returns txid
- does not guarantee inclusion

2. Confirmation Layer
- tracks block depth
- evaluates confirmation threshold

Applications must define:

required_confirmations >= 1

Example policy:

low-value payment:
required_confirmations = 1

high-value payment:
required_confirmations = 3 or more

wallet_balance behavior:

- unconfirmed outgoing reduces available balance
- confirmed outgoing finalizes deduction

WAproxy does not enforce confirmation policy.
It exposes transaction state deterministically.

Finality belongs to application logic.

WAproxy transports value.
Confirmation defines settlement certainty.