The question is not whether logic precedes systems but how could logic exist without a system?
They are not separable. Software without hardware is not software. Logic in a vacuum is not logic. Logic must be executed somewhere, across some boundary, through some process that preserves non-contradiction over time.
Truth can certainly be present even when logic exists only symbolically (pre-Bitcoin). But until a logical system exists that can execute those rules across time, that truth cannot be demonstrated or preserved canonically. It can be inferred, approximated, or believed, but not proven in a way that endures. Energy needs logic and logic needs energy, and that is the truth.
Without a substrate that enforces state transitions, logic remains symbolic. A truth that cannot be preserved across time is not a durable truth. The logic is not circular because the timechain progresses always. It’s not a circle it’s a spiral.
