cyberlinks with infinite time-horizon conviction — a premium mechanism where a neuron locks tokens permanently into a link, forfeiting the ability to ever withdraw
standard cyberlinks allow conviction withdrawal: the neuron can spend the conviction UTXO back to its wallet, closing the economic position while leaving the structural record in the cybergraph. eternal cyberlinks remove this option. the conviction is permanently bound to the link, and the tokens locked into it are effectively burned from circulation
the economic consequence is a permanent claim on the target particle's focus yield. the yield formula $R_\ell(T) = \int_0^T w(t) \cdot \Delta\pi^*(q, t)\, dt$ runs to $T = \infty$ — the link earns as long as the cybergraph exists. early eternal links to particles that later become central earn disproportionately, because conviction weight accumulated before consensus carries more influence in the tri-kernel
eternal cyberlinks serve as the strongest costly signal in the protocol. a neuron that permanently commits tokens to a link is declaring irreversible conviction about the relationship between two particles. the cost of being wrong is total — the tokens are gone. this makes eternal links the most credible assertions in the knowledge economy
the card generated by an eternal cyberlink is itself transferable. ownership of the yield stream can change hands even though the underlying conviction cannot be withdrawn. this creates a secondary market for permanent epistemic positions — trading the right to earn from an assertion without altering the assertion itself
see cyber/link for the full cyberlink specification. see conviction for the economic mechanics. see knowledge economy for the epistemic asset taxonomy
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