R05 · JUNCTION · LAYER 9 OF 15 (DERIVED)Settlement Quality
Do independent sources agree?
METHOD_REQUIRED
THE REGISTERED QUESTION
Do independent observations support the inferred settlement range?
LEVEL Intermediate · CONFIDENCE NOT_ASSESSED · DEFINITION DEFINED
FALSIFIABLE CLAIM
Filtered on-chain settlement estimates will move in the same direction as at least two independent economic anchors often enough to outperform raw-count and raw-volume baselines.
STRENGTHENS IF
Processor, invoice, withdrawal, wallet, or payment-report series agree after lag and coverage controls.
FRAMEWORK ANCHOR
Ch. 14, triangulation with hard-to-fake anchors
REQUIRES: LTC-CORR-001 READY_UNSCORED · SET-MON-001 METHOD_REQUIRED
FEEDS: SET-BOUNDS-001 METHOD_REQUIRED ↓ TRUNK
FEEDS: SET-BOUNDS-001 METHOD_REQUIRED ↓ TRUNK
GATED BY 2 BLOCKED ANCESTORS
BLOCKING FRONTIER · 2
SET-MON-001Is real usage rising and holding?METHOD_REQUIRED
BTC-LIM-005What do people do when it's too costly?BLOCKED
NEAREST LEVER · BTC-LIM-005 — CLEARING IT DROPS THIS TO GATED BY 1
MECHANISM: OBJ-SETTLEMENT-FILTERS · THE REGISTERED FILTERS · FROM THE BOOK · NOT MEASURED — B
BOUND METRICS · 2
M-SET-CORR-AGREEIndependent-anchor agreementINFERRED count / agreement score
M-SET-EXCLUSIONExcluded-activity shareFILTERED %
ANSWER NO IF
Anchors diverge systematically or raw baselines perform equally well.