Bit-Collapse Theory (BCT): Collapse as an Informational Update via Records and Accessibility

This deposit is the main Phase-2 package of Bit-Collapse Theory (BCT): an informational / operational interpretation of quantum measurement in which “collapse” is treated as an update of an agent-relative informational equivalence class tied to accessibility and stable records. Core idea (minimal, load-bearing) BCT starts from a blunt premise: identical informational structures yield identical conscious experiences, regardless of physical substrate. As long as two realizations remain informationally identical at the level that matters for accessibility and record-support, they correspond to the same subjective state. A split occurs when an informational update introduces a minimal effective divergence in the relevant record / which-way channel, together with sufficient persistence / retention for that divergence to count as event-like. That divergence defines distinct subjective histories. Scope (what this release is / is not) No new non-unitary dynamics is introduced here. Standard unitary evolution is not modified. “Collapse” is used in an informational / equivalence-class sense, not as a new physical force, field, or constant. The aim of Phase 2 is to provide canonical definitions, a consistent notation layer, a non-elastic observer-definiteness rule, and operational refutation targets. What this Phase-2 package contains - Manifesto + canonical glossary (definitions, scope boundaries, notation discipline).- A flagship Phase-2 paper centered on Axiom 0 and the retention-threshold falsification program.- A short Born-rule route within the BCT framing under explicit operational assumptions (Gleason-style constraints, with the qubit caveat handled at the record-projector level).- A focused BCT vs MWI comparison (ontology, definiteness, and measurement narrative).- Objections & responses (structured hostile-read appendix).- Falsifiability material for the retention-driven bridge, including explicit defeat conditions, calibration logic, and confound awareness.- A README serving as the canonical entry map for the package. Position within the wider BCT corpus This deposit is the central Phase-2 consolidation of the BCT project, but it is not the entire corpus. It should be read alongside the following related deposits: - The Record Threshold Principle (RTP): A Phase-2 operational spine for Bit-Collapse Theory (BCT) — DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19108778 Dedicated operational spine for the record-threshold / falsifiability architecture. - BCT Exploratory Package (Level-3): White-Rabbit Suppression, Predictor Rigidity, Open Proof Obligations, and the Selection Problem — DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19648856 Exploratory Level-3 package addressing selection, stability, and open proof obligations beyond the core Phase-2 package. - Bit-Collapse Theory (BCT): Informational Identity, Born Measure, and the Arrow of Time (with Booklet, Objections, Glossary) — DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18253728 Earlier consolidation package, especially relevant for the informational-identity line, Born-measure framing, and arrow-of-time development. - BCT Gravity: An Exploratory Technical Note — DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18504537 Exploratory technical note on the gravity side of the project. Related philosophical deposits - Against Unpriced Worlds: Observer-Equivalence and Ontological Economy in Everettian Branching — DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19650215 Focused philosophical note against Everettian overcounting and in favor of observer-equivalence discipline. - BCT Philosophical Working Papers I: Record-Based Subjectivity, Quantum Definiteness, and Everettian Subject-Individuation — DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19649860 Philosophical working-paper set developing the subjectivity / definiteness side of BCT in greater detail. Publication context Reviewed publication:Quantum Speculations (IJQF), Vol. 8(1), 20–24 (2026) Bit-Collapse Theory: Temperature, Memory Loss, and a Thermal Route to Falsifiability Versioning policy Phase 2 is treated as stable. Future updates are intended to be limited to errata and clarifications unless a correction alters a load-bearing definition, a core scope claim, or a refutation criterion. Collaboration / critique Critical objections, replication attempts, and negative results are welcome. Readers interested in sharpening the falsifiability program, testing the retention-driven bridge, or developing short theory / experimental notes are invited to get in touch:batoritranslation@gmail.com AI-use note These materials were developed with the assistance of OpenAI’s GPT models. Conceptual proposals, selection of claims, final judgments, and responsibility for the contents remain the author’s.