Answers

Questions people ask before trusting any protocol — not questions about this one. The answers are general. What each one means for Assetrix is kept apart from the answer: at the end of the page, and on newer pages in a note beside the text.

2026-10-07 · 7 min read

What makes a store of value in crypto

Supply, price swings and custody: what it takes to keep purchasing power, what gives a coin value, and why a fixed supply is not a fixed price.

Tokens and price2026-10-05 · 9 min read

Asset-backed tokens: the kinds, with examples

Stablecoins, Treasury fund tokens, gold tokens, wrapped bitcoin and baskets: what stands behind each kind, who holds it, and who can redeem.

Backing and reserves2026-10-04 · 6 min read

Arbitrum, Arbitrum One, Nova and ARB: what is what

The technology, the networks and the token: how Arbitrum One differs from Arbitrum, from Nova and from ARB.

Networks2026-10-03 · 7 min read

What a bonding curve is, and what happens when it ends

The pricing rule behind many token launches: the formula, the shapes, and what happens when a curve is complete.

Tokens and price2026-09-25 · 5 min read

Writing the protocol twice

The bug class that no test suite catches, and the cheapest way to find it.

Trust and verification2026-09-17 · 5 min read

How to tell whether a team can still change the contract

What to look for, in what order, and what each answer actually means.

Trust and verification2026-09-12 · 5 min read

Can a token only go up?

A design question with a negative answer, and what the answer leaves you.

Tokens and price2026-09-12 · 4 min read

What “backed” means, and how to check it yourself

The difference between backing and a promise of backing, in four questions.

Backing and reserves2026-09-12 · 4 min read

How to prove a document was not rewritten later

Checksums and timestamps, and why a date on a PDF proves nothing.

Trust and verification2026-09-12 · 4 min read

How to read a token’s supply

Circulating, total, fully diluted — three numbers that are routinely confused, and what each one actually tells you.

Tokens and price2026-09-12 · 4 min read

Is a contract really immutable?

A claim that can be checked in a few minutes, and the four places where it usually turns out to be untrue.

Trust and verification

Each page answers the question first. The project is named after the answer or beside it, never in its place. If a page ever reads the other way round, it is written badly and we want to know.