Empirical Predictions of The Phantom Metric: Falsifying Dark Matter via High-Redshift Kinematics and Macroscopic Lensing

We present three falsifiable predictions of The Phantom Metric, a parameter-free discrete spacetime framework. The model derives galactic rotation curves and gravitational lensing solely from baryonic mass and a fundamental acceleration scale a₀ = (c · H₀) / 2π, rendering particulate dark matter mathematically redundant. Prediction I: JWST observations of dynamically settled disk galaxies at z > 3 will exhibit strict rotational flattening, deterministically obeying V_calculated = √(V_baryonic² · v) with a universally locked stellar mass-to-light ratio (Y_★ ≈ 0.46). Prediction II: Euclid observations of morphologically relaxed galaxy clusters will yield Einstein ring radii (R_E) strictly dictated by the metric's Bounding Box, precisely defined as R_E = R_BB = √(G · M_baryon / a_0eff) using only the observable ~13% baryonic mass fraction. Prediction III: Next-generation surveys (e.g., Euclid, Roman) discovering uncharted isolated strong gravitational lenses will demonstrate an extreme >99% structural parity (R² > 0.99) between the observed Einstein ring and the baryonic bounding box, perfectly matching the local SLACS observations with zero dark matter. Confirmation of these numerical thresholds would constitute a definitive falsification of the standard ΛCDM dark matter paradigm.