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zeekayandHanzo Dev 178febad68 papers: reconcile T-Chain -> M-Chain / F-Chain / B-Chain per LP-134
Every rendered "T-Chain" / "ThresholdVM" / "teleportvm" reference across
the paper corpus is rewritten to the correct canonical chain by concern:
threshold signing / MPC / bridge custody / key recovery -> M-Chain (MVM);
FHE / encrypted compute / threshold decryption -> F-Chain (FVM); teleport
/ cross-chain messaging -> B-Chain (bridgevm); consensus Pulsar stays
Q-Chain. Section lux-trust-kernel/03-t-chain-threshold-governance.tex
renamed -> 03-f-chain-encrypted-policy.tex (with \input + xref fixes).
Braided "T-Chain" sections split by concern (M vs F). Only lp-020's
chain-separation rationale and the shared lux/chains/thresholdvm library
path retain the name, to record the removal. All changed papers rebuilt
(pdflatex, rc=0, no undefined refs).

ยง09 of lux-dao-governance-framework reframed: fabricated "production
deployment" metrics ($50M/$240k/$12M, survey %s, "as of Oct 2024")
relabeled as illustrative design configurations with no invented
replacements; reality noted (DAO treasury is a 1/1 Safe); conclusion
echo + one "first production" overclaim softened.

This commit also captures concurrent corpus workstreams on the same tree.

Co-authored-by: Hanzo Dev <[email protected]>
2026-07-02 00:57:09 -07:00

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\section{Background}
\label{sec:background}
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\subsection{Lux Appchain Architecture}
A Lux appchain consists of:
\begin{itemize}[leftmargin=1.5em]
\item A subset of Primary Network validators who additionally validate the appchain;
\item A custom virtual machine (VM) specifying the state transition function;
\item An independent consensus instance (Quasar or custom);
\item Optional: native gas token, custom fee structure, validator admission policy.
\end{itemize}
Appchains are registered on the P-Chain via a \texttt{CreateAppchain} transaction, which
requires a one-time fee of 1 LUX (as of this writing). Validators opt into appchain
validation via \texttt{AddAppchainValidator} transactions. Critically, appchain validators
are not required to use LUX as their gas token; they may denominate fees in any ERC-20
token or in the appchain's native currency.
LUX is the Primary Network staking and gas asset. Its protocol hard cap is
2 trillion LUX (the genesis \texttt{SupplyCap}); circulating supply grows along
the emission schedule of the Lux Tokenomics companion paper and remains far
within this cap.
\subsection{Economic Primitives}
Let $\mathcal{N}$ denote the set of Primary Network validators with staking weights
$\{w_v\}_{v \in \mathcal{N}}$ and total stake $W = \sum_v w_v$. The annual Primary Network
staking yield for validator $v$ is:
\[
y_v = \frac{\text{AnnualPrimaryReward}(v)}{w_v \cdot P_{\text{LUX}}},
\]
where $P_{\text{LUX}}$ is the LUX price in USD. This yield represents the \emph{opportunity
cost} that appchain incentives must exceed to attract validators.
\subsection{Related Work}
Cosmos Zone economics~\cite{kwon2016cosmos} are the closest analogue: application-specific
chains with sovereign validator sets secured by ATOM-denominated staking. Key differences
from Lux appchains include: Cosmos chains maintain independent validator sets (no sharing),
IBC is the interoperability layer (versus Lux's native cross-chain messaging), and ATOM
inflation subsidizes security rather than fee revenue.
Ethereum Layer 2 economics~\cite{konstantopoulos2021optimism} address a different
problem---reducing mainnet congestion through off-chain execution with on-chain validity
guarantees---but share the challenge of bootstrapping sequencer economics without
centralization.
Polkadot parachain auctions~\cite{wood2016polkadot} provide an interesting comparison:
parachains bid for relay-chain security through DOT bond auctions, creating a market-driven
mechanism for security allocation. LRP appchains instead pay validators directly, which is
more flexible but requires more explicit incentive design.
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