Hi LessWrong,

I’m a software architect who has spent the last few years obsessing over a bug that seems to exist at the very base layer of our social operating system: Money.

Most monetary debates are stuck in a 20th-century loop: the "Discretionary Flexibility" of Fiat vs. the "Rigid Scarcity" of Gold/Bitcoin. As an engineer, I see this as a classic Trilemma of Price Stability, Sovereign Independence, and Transactional Scalability. We keep trying to solve it with policy; I want to solve it with Piping.

I’ve just published a paper titled "The Glass House: An Engineering Blueprint for a Sound Money" on SSRN. I’m moving the conversation from "Logical Feasibility" (which the Austrians solved decades ago) to "Engineering Feasibility."

The Core Thesis:
We don't need "Stablecoins" pegged to inflating fiat. We need a Hyper-Sovereign Gold Standard that doesn't suck at scaling.

The "Glass House" Architecture relies on three pillars:

Radical Transparency (The Glass Vault): A physical-digital hybrid. A vault designed like a DNA double-helix for 24/7 public witness, fused with an immutable on-chain ledger. Trust is replaced by a "Market of Verification."
Rigid Gold Anchor: 100% reserve, hard-coded redemption. No lender of last resort.
Algorithmic Version-Iteration (The "Stock Split" for Money): This is my main contribution to resolving the "small change" problem. Instead of expanding supply (inflation), the protocol executes a system-wide re-denomination (e.g., a 100:1 split) triggered by liquidity metadata. It preserves purchasing power while restoring transactional granularity.

Why I’m posting here:
LessWrong is one of the few places where people actually understand that "Code is Law" and that complex systems require robust incentives. I’m looking for a "Code Review" of the economic logic.

Specifically, I’d love to hear your thoughts on:

The Version-Iteration Mechanism: Can a pre-programmed re-denomination effectively eliminate the "Menu Costs" and psychological barriers of a deflationary currency?
The Transparency Pillar: Is the "DNA double-helix" physical observation model enough to bridge the "Oracle Problem" between physical gold and digital tokens?

Full Paper on SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=5540239

I'm prepared for a rigorous (and perhaps brutal) critique. In the world of software, we don't fear the debugger; we seek it.

Best,
Xuebin Zhao (treagzhao)

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