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Conviction v2 (PR #2658)

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Last reviewed 2026-09-15

For the complete explainer — perpetual and decaying locks, the numbers, worked examples, subnet-owner locks, the subnet king mechanism, and the technical reference — see:

Conviction in Concepts → Chain & runtime.

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