R04 · JUNCTION · LAYER 3 OF 15 (DERIVED)Bitcoin’s Limit
Who gets priced out first?
BLOCKED
THE REGISTERED QUESTION
Which transaction bands are being priced away from sovereignty?
LEVEL Intermediate · CONFIDENCE NOT_ASSESSED · DEFINITION DEFINED
FALSIFIABLE CLAIM
During Fee Regimes, fee burden as a share of transferred value will cross registered affordability thresholds first for smaller and middle transaction bands, raising the minimum viable size for direct sovereign settlement.
STRENGTHENS IF
Fee/value ratios for representative bands rise beyond thresholds while capacity remains bounded.
FRAMEWORK ANCHOR
Ch. 12, scarcity on both sides and monetization band
REQUIRES: BTC-LIM-002 METHOD_REQUIRED
FEEDS: BTC-LIM-005 BLOCKED ↓ TRUNK
FEEDS: BTC-LIM-005 BLOCKED ↓ TRUNK
GATED BY 0 BLOCKED ANCESTORS
MECHANISM · FROM THE BOOK · NOT MEASURED — B
OBJ-BITCOIN-VALUE-PROPOSITION-MAP · THE BITCOIN VALUE PROPOSITION MAP
OBJ-THE-LIMIT · THE LIMIT
BOUND METRICS · 6
M-BTC-BURDEN-100Fee burden on $100 settlementESTIMATED % of value
M-BTC-BURDEN-100KFee burden on $100,000 settlementESTIMATED % of value
M-BTC-BURDEN-10KFee burden on $10,000 settlementESTIMATED % of value
M-BTC-BURDEN-1KFee burden on $1,000 settlementESTIMATED % of value
M-BTC-MIN-VIABLE-01PMinimum viable settlement at 0.1% fee burdenESTIMATED USD
M-BTC-MIN-VIABLE-1PMinimum viable settlement at 1% fee burdenESTIMATED USD
ANSWER NO IF
Consumer and middle bands remain economically viable, or burden does not change by transaction size.