Every blockchain picks a lane: fast finality (sequential bottleneck) or high throughput (wait an hour). Reality Network treats this like a false dichotomy and builds consensus as a physical system instead.
Three validators form a tetrahedron per block. The volume of that tetrahedron — actual geometric volume from information entropy — is the measure of consensus quality. High volume = genuinely independent validators confirming genuinely independent state transitions.
Influence has mass. Honest validators accumulate it over time. Attacking the chain means outweighing that mass, which requires sustained honest participation — defeating the purpose.
Fees use the ideal gas law with γ = 3/2, the fractal dimensionality of Brownian motion. Not a metaphor.
Full breakdown → https://realitynetwork.substack.com/p/finality-without-compromise-settlement
