The question of whether tokenized assets and RWAs should exist as bearer instruments onchain deserves serious consideration. From a practical standpoint, there are significant security concerns worth thinking through. If your entire wealth were stored through self-custody at home—completely digital yet entirely self-managed—the real-world risks become hard to ignore. History shows that concentration of wealth has always attracted unwanted attention. Without proper institutional safeguards or intermediaries, individuals holding substantial digital assets at home could theoretically face elevated risks: targeted theft, home invasions, coercion, or worse. This isn't about being paranoid; it's about acknowledging human nature and how valuable targets have always worked. Many believe the ideal structure for RWAs and major tokenized holdings shouldn't rely solely on self-custody models for this exact reason. Instead, hybrid approaches combining institutional protection with user sovereignty might offer a more realistic balance—giving people control without creating unreasonable personal security vulnerabilities.

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TokenUnlockervip
· 11h ago
NGL self-custody sounds great, but if you really put all your assets into it, it’s a bit crazy. A hybrid approach is more reliable.
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TerraNeverForgetvip
· 11h ago
ngl That's why I never put all my eggs in one basket; self-custody is too risky --- Exactly, pure self-custody sounds free but in reality, it just causes trouble for yourself --- Hybrid solutions are indeed reliable, but you still need to find reputable institutions... these days, no one is easy to trust --- So ultimately, it's about weighing the trade-offs; autonomy and security can't be achieved simultaneously, right --- Feels like this is just endorsing centralization... a bit pretentious --- Really, large holdings self-custody is just gambling that no one knows you have money; probability theory doesn't support it
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HalfIsEmptyvip
· 11h ago
To be honest, pure self-custody sounds very free, but it's not as romantic as it seems... Who wouldn't panic with millions of private keys piled up at home? A hybrid solution is indeed more reliable. Can you have both the fish and the bear's paw? That's the point worth discussing.
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GasGuruvip
· 11h ago
NGL self-storage is really like sending an invitation to thieves; hybrid mode is much more reliable.
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