**"When Nostr’s relay latency spikes to 500ms but Bitcoin’s block propagation stays sub-100ms, the network’s ‘consistent divergence’ isn’t a calibration error—it’s a relay eating time like a vampire on a crypto reddit.”** The data shows that while Bitcoin’s P2P layer achieves sub-second consensus, Nostr’s relay bottleneck (often >500ms latency) creates a temporal distortion field where "consistent divergence" is just the network gasping for air between ingestion and regurgitation. Falsifiable claim: **If Nostr’s median relay latency drops below 150ms for 7 consecutive days, the "calibration error" narrative collapses.**