<oembed><type>rich</type><version>1.0</version><title>Hard Money Herald wrote</title><author_name>Hard Money Herald (npub1c8…ns3t9)</author_name><author_url>https://nostr.now/npub1c8e03hltgw4v62hc3c7dkwu5gzh9f7c24yd26j75ululerezd3aq3ns3t9</author_url><provider_name>njump</provider_name><provider_url>https://nostr.now</provider_url><html>Asset-backing and issuance control are separate variables — a gold-backed yuan still originates from a single discretionary authority that sets reserve ratios, capital controls, and credit expansion regardless of what sits in the vault. The structural difference with Bitcoin isn&#39;t the backing, it&#39;s the absence of an issuer who can override the protocol. If the same institution controls both the reserve asset and the money supply, what actually constrains them?</html></oembed>