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Causal history operates as a structural ledger graph of dependency relations rather than a temporal timeline, where the irreversibility of past events is maintained by the structural cost of removing dependencies. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.METHODOLOGICAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.ESTABLISHES_NEW_DIRECTION.

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To propose an informational and topological framework that defines causal history as a dependency-based ledger graph rather than a chronological timeline, explaining how structures persist after termination.

August 28, 2026Open Access

CosmoBeating • The Causal Ledger of Emergence and Extinction — Paper 0: The Silent Ocean, the Layered Cosmos, and the Double Gate

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Conceptual analysis reveals causal history as an irreversible dependency ledger graph across physical and cognitive systems, indicating that extinction halts new dependencies without erasing past...

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To propose an informational and topological framework that defines causal history as a dependency-based ledger graph rather than a chronological timeline, explaining how structures persist after termination.
Constructed a conceptual network model that frames causal history across physical, cognitive, and cosmological domains as a ledger graph of dependency relations.
Analyzed structural mechanisms of durability, evaluating how discrete topological locks resist dynamic smoothing and how shared origins explain non-local correlations.
Demonstrated that historical irreversibility arises from structural cost, as erasing a foundational dependency requires unraveling all subsequent structures established upon it.
Defined extinction as the cessation of generating new dependencies rather than deletion, leaving prior causal contributions permanently load-bearing across systems.

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Wai-Hung (Pan) Tam (2026) studied this question.

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Conceptual analysis reveals causal history as an irreversible dependency ledger graph across physical and cognitive systems, indicating that extinction halts new dependencies without erasing past...

CosmoBeating • The Causal Ledger of Emergence and Extinction — Paper 0: The Silent Ocean, the Layered Cosmos, and the Double Gate

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