The Ze framework proposes that proper time is not a geometric parameter but a count of effective information updates, with relativistic kinematics emerging statistically from the dynamics of event processing rather than from assumed spacetime structure. This paper presents a comprehensive experimental programme to test four core Ze postulates across multiple domains. The foundational digital experiment employs identical processors receiving identical input streams operating in maximally sequential versus maximally parallel modes, predicting update count ratios τ_B/τ_A = √(1 - v²) where v represents the proportion of parallel correlations—a functional form identical to the Lorentz factor of special relativity. Physical clock experiments compare internal transition counts in systems with different internal complexity (trapped ions, molecular clocks, optical lattice clocks) under identical relativistic conditions, testing whether proper time correlates with update statistics rather than merely with velocity. Non-inertial experiments subject systems to periodic correlation modulation without changing average velocity, predicting that proper time accumulation depends on causal structure rather than path length alone. Quantum-level experiments leverage programmable quantum computers (IBM, IonQ) to test whether interference corresponds to parallel update distribution and whether the quantum Zeno effect reflects mode switching with measurable update deficits. The Ze framework does no The foundational digital experiment employs identical processors receiving identical input streams operating in maximally sequential versus maximally parallel modes, predicting update count ratios τ_ B/ τ_ A = √(1 - v²) where v represents the proportion of parallel correlations—a functional form identical to the Lorentz factor of special relativity. Physical clock experiments compare internal transition counts in systems with different internal complexity (trapped ions, molecular clocks, optical lattice clocks) under identical relativistic conditions, testing whether proper time correlates with update statistics rather than merely with velocity. All proposed experiments are feasible with current technology, and their falsification conditions are clearly specified, ensuring the Ze framework meets the highest standards of empirical testability. Keywords : Information-Based Time; Emergent Relativity; Causal Structure; Quantum Zeno Effect; Digital Experiment; Update Counting; Lorentz Factor. © Under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International License | Longevity Horizon , 2(4) 1 Introduction The relationship between information processing and physical time has attracted increasing attention across multiple disciplines. This distinction becomes experimentally accessible when we recognize that atomic clocks, despite their extraordinary precision, measure frequency ratios rather than counting internal transitions directly. Standard relativistic time dilation predictions concern the rate of atomic clocks as a whole—given by the ratio τ/ t for a moving clock compared to a stationary reference. The Ze postulates make a stronger claim: time The Ze postulates, by contrast, predict that what dilates is not "time" as a unified quantity but the rate of internal updates, and that this rate depends on how the system processes information internally. If experiments reveal that two different clock systems with identical γ factors accumulate different numbers of internal transitions over the same coordinate interval, this would constitute evidence that proper time is not a universal parameter but rather an emergent property of system-specific update dynamics. Within this framework, acceleration serves as the "special case" that distinguishes inertial from non-inertial worldlines, yet the theory provides no dynamical mechanism for how acceleration produces differential aging—it merely calculates the integrated proper time along each path. The Ze approach offers a fundamentally different perspective. According to postulate P2, motion consists of the redistribution of events between sequential and parallel channels. Within this framework, acceleration corresponds not to a special physical effect but to a change in the class of causal events—a reconfiguration of how information propagates through the system's internal network. Physical clock test : Equal internal transition counts N_int for systems with different internal complexity moving identically (identical γ factors), or transition counts that deviate from √(1 - v²) scaling with measured correlation proportions. 3. Non-inertial test : Equal proper time accumulation for systems following identical worldlines with and without internal correlation modulation. 4. Attract physicists rather than philosophers: The digital experiment transforms Ze from a philosophical speculation about time into an empirically testable—and tested—scientific hypothesis. Physicists, whose training emphasizes empirical validation, will take notice when a purely informational system reproduces relativistic kinematics. © Under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International License | Longevity Horizon , 2(4) 28 Continue experimenting: Success at the digital level justifies investment in more sophisticated experiments—the physical clock comparisons of Section 2, the non-inertial tests of Section 3, the quantum investigations of Section 4. The simplicity and accessibility of this experiment make it the ideal starting point for empirical investigation. Experiments on physical clocks (Section 2) extend the test to actual atomic and molecular systems. By comparing not only clock rates but internal transition counts across systems with © Under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International License | Longevity Horizon , 2(4) 30 different internal complexity—trapped ions, molecular clocks, optical lattice clocks—under identical relativistic conditions, these experiments test whether proper time correlates with update statistics or merely with velocity.