Operational and legal separation of client assets from a custodian’s or intermediary’s own property.
Asset segregation is best understood as part of a system rather than as an isolated definition. Its related coordinates show the mechanisms, incentives and historical records that give the term practical meaning.
Asset segregation belongs to the documented history and social layer around Bitcoin. Primary records can establish what was published, built or decided; motives, influence and later interpretation should remain separate from those verifiable facts.
Understanding Asset segregation helps distinguish a verifiable Bitcoin mechanism or historical record from slogans, products and market narratives.
For the clearest picture, read this entry together with Qualified custodian, Institutional bitcoin custody, Rehypothecation, Counterparty risk. The reverse links also lead from Qualified custodian, Rehypothecation, Proof of reserves.
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Grounded in a source record
Explains function and trade-offs
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