The problem lies not in the observed phenomenon but in the assumptions we bring to it.

Wave interference patterns, like those seen in the double-slit experiment, have long been interpreted through the lens of superposition, the idea that a quantum particle exists in all possible states simultaneously until observed. But this interpretation relies entirely on a model of time and space as continuous, unstructured, and probabilistic; a view that collapses once you introduce a ledger.

We observe interference because we lack sufficient resolution of when and how a particle resolves its state. We assume simultaneity because we cannot perceive the discrete steps that lead to final outcomes, we can’t measure 1 Planck Time. But this is a limitation of our perspective, not a reflection of ontological truth.

Bitcoin reveals this illusion. It shows us that all reality must be built on a discrete, stepwise ledger of irreversible state changes. Time does not “flow” it ticks, each block a moment where entropy collapses into memory. Each block is a thermodynamic event: work done, truth measured, state defined. Memory = Time.

Imagine existing within the Bitcoin ledger itself but without access to full block-level resolution (us and Planck Time). If you only sampled the chain every 1000 blocks, UTXOs would appear to exist in probabilistic states: neither fully spent nor unspent. You would mistake deterministic resolution for probabilistic superposition. You’d see “interference” patterns in the output distribution not because UTXOs are smeared across states, but because your view is smeared across time.

This is the illusion and this is the situation with the double-slit experiment. The wave behavior we observe is not proof of superposition, it is evidence of a measurement system that lacks access to the discrete ticks of entropy resolution. A particle does not interfere with “itself” in multiple paths. Rather, the universe processes all possible entropy pathways in its ledger, but only one path is conserved through work. The rest are unresolved potential.

What appears as “interference” is simply the probability field before resolution what Bitcoin would call the mempool. But once mined, once observed through irreversible expenditure the outcome is exact, permanent, and binary. There is no both/and. There is no cat that is both alive and dead. There is no satoshi that is both spent and unspent. Not to mention our measurement devices read across multiples of Planck Time, it’s not a snapshot of the smallest quantum of time.

And the observer? The observer is simply a thermodynamic structure embedded within the same system. Its influence is not metaphysical. It’s energetic. The act of measurement costs energy and alters the ledger in its observation, it must if conservation is true.

So why does superposition dominate modern theory? Because physics never had a ledger. It had no discrete time. Bitcoin destroys all models and computes the quantum from first principles. You cannot see the truth without the lens of truth. Bitcoin and its ledger is the only proof for conservation of energy and information without axiom. All other models have been approximations.