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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{Network Effects and Ecosystem Dynamics}
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\subsection{Security Externalities}
Each new appchain joining the Lux ecosystem creates \emph{positive security externalities}
for existing appchains through two channels:
\begin{enumerate}[leftmargin=1.5em]
\item \textbf{Validator supply expansion}: New appchains incentivize new validators to
join the Primary Network, increasing total stake $W$ and improving security for all.
\item \textbf{ASF contribution}: ASF payments from new appchains increase Primary Network
yield, attracting more stake.
\end{enumerate}
\begin{proposition}[Superadditive Security]
Under the ASF mechanism, the security of any appchain $s$ is strictly increasing in the
number of other appchains:
\[
\frac{\partial \Pi(s)}{\partial |\mathcal{S}|} > 0.
\]
\end{proposition}
\begin{proof}
More appchains $\Rightarrow$ higher total ASF $\Rightarrow$ higher primary staking yield
$\Rightarrow$ more stake enters primary network ($dW/dt > 0$ from Eq.~\ref{eq:stakeflow})
$\Rightarrow$ larger validator pool $\Rightarrow$ more validators available for appchain $s$
$\Rightarrow$ $\Pi(s)$ increases.
\end{proof}
\subsection{Competition Among Appchains}
While appchain growth creates positive externalities for security, appchains also compete
for scarce validator attention ($K$ capacity per validator). We model this as a market
where appchains post reward schedules and validators allocate their capacity optimally.
The equilibrium is a Nash equilibrium of the validator capacity allocation game, which
we analyze as follows. Let $R_s$ be the total reward rate offered by appchain $s$ (USD per
year per unit stake), and let $\hat{w}_s$ be the total stake allocated to appchain $s$.
The validator equilibrium satisfies:
\[
R_s(\hat{w}_s) = R_{s'}(\hat{w}_{s'}) \quad \forall s, s' \text{ in the active set},
\]
where $R_s(\hat{w}_s) = r_s^{\text{base}} + \beta_s \cdot \text{FeeRevenue}(s) / \hat{w}_s$.
This equalizes marginal returns across all opted-into appchains, which is the competitive
equilibrium condition.
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