Sovereignty & Control

Owning the keys to financial autonomy


Property Comparison	Bitcoin	Gold	Fiat Currency	Real Estate	Equities (Stocks)	Bonds
Self-Custody	Native key ownership	Physical but custody-heavy	Account-based money	Registry-controlled	Broker-held	Custodian-held
Censorship Resistance	Permissionless transactions	Physical transfer possible	Payments can be blocked	Court-controlled	Broker/regulator control	Issuer/regulator control
Confiscation Resistance	High if self-custodied	Confiscation history	Freezes/seizures common	Expropriation risk	Account freezes	Default/seizure risk
Counterparty Risk	None at protocol level	Custodian/storage risk	Bank & issuer risk	Tenant/lender risk	Company/broker risk	Issuer default risk
Neutrality	Same rules globally	State influence	Political allocation	Jurisdictional	Jurisdictional	Jurisdictional
Scorecard	Bitcoin	Gold	Fiat Currency	Real Estate	Equities (Stocks)	Bonds
Self-Custody	10	6	2	2	2	2
Censorship Resistance	10	6	2	1	2	1
Confiscation Resistance	9	5	2	1	2	1
Counterparty Risk	10	6	2	2	2	2
Neutrality	10	6	2	2	2	2
Total Score Average	9.80	5.80	2.00	1.60	2.00	1.60

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