# Handling Disputes Both parties will have 24 hours from the time a dispute is opened to submit evidence. They will also need to pay a small \~$1 fee in the native currency of the chain they are trading on. For example on Polygon the dispute fee is 1 MATIC. Once evidence is submitted, the OpenPeer team arbitrates the dispute resolution by reviewing the information submitted by each side and awarding the cryptocurrencies still in escrow to the correct party. In the future the arbitration process will be decentralised to the OpenPeer token holders. This will lead to greater decentralisation of the platform and token, and make OpenPeer more resilient. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.openpeer.xyz/openpeer-docs/dispute-resolution/handling-disputes.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.