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# Dispute Department

The dispute department is responsible for handling OpenR\&D disputes. This is the default dispute manager we will recommend from Openmesh, although the task creator is free to pick any they prefer, and we'd be happy for other dispute providers to be created.

The difference with a normal department is that the smart account has installed the [OpenR\&D dispute proposals extension](https://github.com/Openmesh-Network/openrd-dao-extensions). This is done on both its Polygon and Ethereum smart account, to allow it to resolve disputes on both.

Furthermore, this department will receive its funding from the dispute fees. Depending on the consistency of these requests, this could mean that this department will choose to compensate its members based on the frequency of these requests instead of a salary.