# Referee Smart Contract The Referee Smart Contract is a crucial component in the Xai ecosystem. It is responsible for managing and validating assertions made by the Sentry Nodes in the network. The contract has several key functionalities: * submission of assertions * claiming rewards * creating assertion hash and checking payout --- # 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://xai-foundation.gitbook.io/xai-network/about-xai/sentry-keys-explained/referee-smart-contract.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.