Back to collectionWhat Is Trading If the Keys Cannot Move?
Beyond the lawsuit, node holders still faced a more immediate question. Today someone in the group asked it differently: if the supply of keys was fixed and all had already been minted, while holders could not sell them, what exactly was still circulating on the market? The issue shifted from whether a key could change hands to what the traded item actually was.
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Beyond the lawsuit, node holders still faced a more immediate question. Sentry Keys could not be transferred, yet the original decision to split a key into 100 parts was meant to let more people participate. Taken together, those points could make newcomers assume the key itself was freely tradable.
Today someone in the group asked it differently: if the supply of keys was fixed and all had already been minted, while holders could not sell them, what exactly was still circulating on the market? Several people tried to distinguish original keys from other rights associated with them, but no one could provide a clear, reliable mapping. The questioner wanted names and rights clarified before discussing any way out.
The issue shifted from whether a key could change hands to what the traded item actually was. Ambiguous wording could mislead holders. The Night Watchman planned to set the competing explanations side by side and check them point by point next time; until then, he would not tell anyone that the circulating item was the key itself.