G04-AX: Yes
Rationale
Each NET/ROM node maintains local routes and exchanges updates with neighbors. Additional branches and crosslinks can carry separate circuits and distribute forwarding, without a mandatory central directory or coordinator. Destination-table growth, shared radio airtime and bottleneck links still constrain this architecture. Global-table and quantitative-scale results are unchanged.
Assessment method
Primary protocol and pinned source analysis; no execution
Source context
NET/ROM routing, crosslinks and neighbor updates, pp. 4–9
Outstanding qualification
Build two independent traffic branches with multiple crosslinks; inventory local tables, shared airtime and forwarded load. Demonstrate no obligatory common controller. Do not infer linear scaling or ten-billion-node capacity.