This is the unified anchor document for the Relational Information Framework (RIF). It presents a scale-invariant theory of the vacuum as a resonant elastic information substrate governed by three constants: α = 1/137. 036, τₚ = 16. 67 ms, and Γ = 0. 33 mHz. The document is structured in three layers: a plain language argument accessible to any reader, a scientific framework including the universal sequence and scale invariance table across nine orders of magnitude, and a formal mathematical treatment including the RIF Lagrangian, field equations, and GR limit. Key contributions: the 136: 1 Octonionic packing ratio identifying α as a geometric saturation limit resolving the hierarchy problem; the Universal Relaxation Constant n = e² − ln (2) ≈ 6. 696 derived without free parameters; two falsifiable predictions testable by LISA (2035) and existing ISS infrastructure. All claims are labeled by confidence level throughout. Ten open research targets are explicitly named. Released under CC BY 4. 0 as an open-source scientific foundation. Version 2. 0 supersedes Version 1 (DOI: 10. 5281/zenodo. 19041636).
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