AbstractWithin the framework of the Unified Wave Cosmological Model (UWCM), spacetime (theStratum) is a discrete quantized network, and its active boundary (the SGW) is the carrier ofinformation and the source of energy. In previous works (Slavutsky, 2026e, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19516683; Slavutsky, 2026f, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19518042), it was shown that the massof black holes is quantized: M = N · mP, and the energy transfer between the SGW and theStratum occurs in portions that are multiples of the Planck energy EP.In the present work, these results are extended to time. It is shown that the quantization ofenergy transfer and the discreteness of the Stratum entail the quantization of time: any changesin the system occur in discrete “ticks” with a minimal interval tP = ℏG/c5 ≈ 5.4 × 10−44s. This means that all physical processes, including the evolution of quantum states, occur insteps rather than continuously.On this basis, a new explanation is proposed for key quantum paradoxes:• Wave function collapse is not an instantaneous process but a sequence of Planck “ticks”during which the system transitions from a superposition to a definite state.• Entanglement is a synchronization of Stratum nodes occurring in its proper time; to anexternal observer, the effect appears instantaneous but actually has a minimal delay tP.• Schr¨odinger’s cat — the transition from superposition to a definite state takes a finitenumber of “ticks,” during which the system is in a transitional state.• The observer problem — “measurement” is recognized as a process in which the numberof coordinated “ticks” between the observer-node and the object-node exceeds a thresholdM, providing an objective criterion without invoking consciousness.The work demonstrates that time quantization not only does not contradict quantum mechanics but also resolves its fundamental paradoxes, offering a physically grounded alternativeto “instantaneous” and “nonlocal” interpretations.
Gleb Slavutskiy (Fri,) studied this question.