[toxxxxicc]

Summary

Expose fixed contract configuration through on-chain getters, bound payout recipients, centralize instance TTL extension, and remove duplicate README history sections.

Related issues

Closes #450
Closes #451
Closes #447
Closes #452

Changes

• Add grace-period and basis-point denominator getters to escrow and milestones, and denominator, max-deposit, and inactivity-window getters to maintenance-pool.
• Add shared MAX_RECIPIENTS enforcement with typed errors and boundary coverage.
• Move instance-storage TTL extension into mergefi-common with named thresholds and ledger-time derivation documentation.
• Keep a single README “Recent Changes” section and direct history to CHANGELOG.md.

Test plan

• Existing tests pass (make test)
• New tests added for changed behaviour
• Manually verified against a local node / testnet where applicable

Tests not run, per request.

Checklist

• Branch is up to date with main
• No debug / dead code left in
• cargo fmt and cargo clippy are clean

[vercel]

@Rickyy1017 is attempting to deploy a commit to the chonilius' projects Team on Vercel.

A member of the Team first needs to authorize it.

[cristianooR7]

Closing this duplicate: the branch is now published from the signed-in account fork (cristianooR7/contracts), and the replacement PR is #748.

[cristianooR7]

Superseded by #748, which uses the correct head fork.