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Notes on reserves and coverage.
Short notes in plain language. What a coverage record proves, why no balance can be left out of it, and why the check lives on Stellar.
4 notesWritten by the Solva team
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Concepts3 min
Proof of reserves is the easy half
Showing the assets you hold is the part anyone can do. The number that decides whether customers get paid back is the one almost nobody publishes.
Engineering4 min
Why no balance can be left out
Committing to a list of balances is easy. Committing to its total, so that nothing can be dropped, is what matters. Here is how a coverage record does both.
Engineering4 min
Why Solva settles on Stellar
A proof nobody can re-check is only a claim. Choosing where verification lives came down to three plain requirements.
Assurance3 min
Telling an auditor one number
Assurance usually trades away privacy: hand over the ledger so someone can check one figure. Here is how a coverage record changes that trade.
For institutions
Put an asset on the record.
Tell us which asset you issue or hold for customers. We plan a pilot with you and publish your first record together.
For readers
Read a record.
See what a holder, a wallet, a lending pool or an auditor sees, and how one record answers the question each of them asks.