Answers and articles — Assetrix DAONew answers and articles from Assetrix DAO, newest first.https://assetrix.org/reading.xml2026-10-05T00:00:00ZAssetrix DAOAsset-backed tokens: the kinds, with exampleshttps://assetrix.org/answers/asset-backed-tokens/2026-10-05T00:00:00Z2026-10-05T00:00:00ZStablecoins, Treasury fund tokens, gold tokens, wrapped bitcoin and baskets: what stands behind each kind, who holds it, and who can redeem.Arbitrum, Arbitrum One, Nova and ARB: what is whathttps://assetrix.org/answers/arbitrum-and-arbitrum-one/2026-10-04T00:00:00Z2026-10-04T00:00:00ZThe technology, the networks and the token: how Arbitrum One differs from Arbitrum, from Nova and from ARB.What a bonding curve is, and what happens when it endshttps://assetrix.org/answers/what-is-a-bonding-curve/2026-10-03T00:00:00Z2026-10-03T00:00:00ZThe pricing rule behind many token launches: the formula, the shapes, and what happens when a curve is complete.Writing the protocol twicehttps://assetrix.org/answers/writing-a-protocol-twice/2026-09-25T00:00:00Z2026-09-25T00:00:00ZThe bug class that no test suite catches, and the cheapest way to find it.How to tell whether a team can still change the contracthttps://assetrix.org/answers/can-a-team-change-the-contract/2026-09-17T00:00:00Z2026-09-17T00:00:00ZWhat to look for, in what order, and what each answer actually means.Can a token only go up?https://assetrix.org/answers/can-a-token-only-go-up/2026-09-12T00:00:00Z2026-09-12T00:00:00ZA design question with a negative answer, and what the answer leaves you.What “backed” means, and how to check it yourselfhttps://assetrix.org/answers/what-backed-means/2026-09-12T00:00:00Z2026-09-12T00:00:00ZThe difference between backing and a promise of backing, in four questions.How to prove a document was not rewritten laterhttps://assetrix.org/answers/proving-a-document-was-not-rewritten/2026-09-12T00:00:00Z2026-09-12T00:00:00ZChecksums and timestamps, and why a date on a PDF proves nothing.How to read a token’s supplyhttps://assetrix.org/answers/reading-token-supply/2026-09-12T00:00:00Z2026-09-12T00:00:00ZCirculating, total, fully diluted — three numbers that are routinely confused, and what each one actually tells you.Is a contract really immutable?https://assetrix.org/answers/is-a-contract-really-immutable/2026-09-12T00:00:00Z2026-09-12T00:00:00ZA claim that can be checked in a few minutes, and the four places where it usually turns out to be untrue.Phase 2: what happens when the curve runs outhttps://assetrix.org/articles/phase-two-when-the-curve-runs-out/2026-09-11T00:00:00Z2026-09-11T00:00:00ZThe mint curve covers the first hundred million tokens. After that the cost of entry stops depending on how many were issued and depends on the clock.Why a rising issue price is not a pyramidhttps://assetrix.org/articles/rising-issue-price-is-not-a-pyramid/2026-09-11T00:00:00Z2026-09-11T00:00:00ZA price that only goes up is the first thing people associate with a pyramid. Here are the five features that define one, applied to this design.Why the backing is external, and what happens when it is nothttps://assetrix.org/articles/exogenous-collateral/2026-09-06T00:00:00Z2026-09-06T00:00:00ZA reserve made of the protocol’s own token looks like backing and behaves like a mirror. What external collateral costs, and what it buys.What happens when someone leaves, and why it does not dilute anyonehttps://assetrix.org/articles/how-redemption-works/2026-09-06T00:00:00Z2026-09-06T00:00:00ZRedemption looks like the moment a shared pool should suffer. In a proportional design it is the moment nothing happens to anyone else.How the cost of entry grows: a curve, then a ratehttps://assetrix.org/articles/how-the-cost-of-entry-grows/2026-09-06T00:00:00Z2026-09-06T00:00:00ZPhase 1 follows a published curve to two hundred dollars. Phase 2 follows a rate chosen from a fixed ladder. Both are ceilings, and neither is a forecast.How to check a protocol before you trust ithttps://assetrix.org/articles/checking-a-protocol-before-trusting-it/2026-09-06T00:00:00Z2026-09-06T00:00:00ZA practical order of checks that works on any protocol, including this one, and the specific things worth being suspicious about.A ratchet is not a stablecoin — and not its oppositehttps://assetrix.org/articles/ratchet-vs-stablecoin/2026-09-05T00:00:00Z2026-09-05T00:00:00ZA stablecoin fixes the level; a ratchet fixes the direction of the cost of entry. What that changes for a saver, a payer and a trader — and what it leaves exactly as it was.How to verify a document with a checksum and OpenTimestampshttps://assetrix.org/articles/verify-a-document/2026-09-05T00:00:00Z2026-09-05T00:00:00ZTwo checks that need no trust in the publisher: that the file you hold is the one released, and that it existed on the date claimed. Commands for macOS, Linux and Windows.The price corridor, explained with two numbershttps://assetrix.org/articles/price-corridor-explained/2026-09-05T00:00:00Z2026-09-05T00:00:00ZWhy ASTRX has no target price and does not need one: two numbers the contract sets, the arbitrage that holds them, and what “the price can fall” actually means.Why backing is protected by a drawdown limit, not a fixed floorhttps://assetrix.org/articles/drawdown-limit-not-floor/2026-09-05T00:00:00Z2026-09-05T00:00:00ZThe protection level is not a price the reserve must hold. It is a limit on how far backing per token may fall from its record — and a rule that turns any cliff into a staircase.