a ~3MB installer for cyb: boot.dat carries a mnemonic and a referrer, fetched by content address (CID) rather than through an app store. Running it is the first sync — and the first sync is also the moment a referral binds: the referrer baked into boot.dat becomes a cyberlink, unprompted and automatic
this is the mechanics behind visibility as growth: every install already carries who sent it, so distribution needs no separate tracking layer — the referral graph is a byproduct of onboarding, not bolted onto it after the fact
wiring: cyb-boot-server serves patched installer artifacts (encrypted wallet data baked in per referrer) behind cybernode's proxy, auto-deployed on push via a GitHub webhook
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