one tick of consensus time. signals enter, achieve finality, and the tru recomputes cyberank from the new state
a step is the discrete unit of time in the cyber protocol. the continuous flow of external events collapses into an ordered sequence of steps, each producing a deterministic state transition agreed upon by all validators.
during each step, the tru collects pending signals from the mempool, orders them, validates each signature and gas payment, and executes the resulting state changes. pay, lock, mint, burn, update, and cyberlink operations all resolve within the boundaries of a single step.
step height is a monotonically increasing integer. it serves as the universal clock for the cybergraph — every event, every token balance change, every cyberlink creation is timestamped by the step in which it achieved finality.
at the end of each step, the tru recomputes cyberank over the updated cybergraph. new cyberlinks shift rank flows between particles, and the resulting scores determine search relevance until the next step completes.
validators propose steps in rotation according to consensus rules. a step achieves finality when a supermajority of staked coins signs the commit. from that moment, the state transition becomes irreversible.
step duration targets a fixed interval but may vary with network conditions. shorter steps increase throughput; longer steps increase the time available for signal propagation across validators. the protocol balances responsiveness with decentralization.
will and attention regenerate fractionally with each step, restoring a neuron's capacity to create cyberlinks and allocate cyberank over time.
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