Ok, I guess I'm not using the proper terminology. It would be listed on the "Asset" section of the company's balance sheet, is what I meant. On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 4:06 PM, Mark Friedenbach wrote: > Flavien, capital is wealth or resources available for the stated purpose > of the company. These bitcoins represent nothing more than a speculative > floor owned by the investors, not the company. > > On 04/07/2014 07:00 AM, Flavien Charlon wrote: > > Jorge, they'd have to be. Otherwise, assuming the price of the share > > goes low enough, you could buy a share of the company, melt the gold > > plate, and sell it for a profit. If the gold is part of the capital of > > the company, the cheapest a share can be is the price of the gold on > > which the stock certificate is printed. > > > > This is why I think the importance of padding with colored coins is > > overblown. > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 1:12 PM, Jorge Timón > > wrote: > > > > On 4/7/14, Flavien Charlon > > wrote: > > > Also those 54 BTC (actually 5.4 BTC if the dust is now 540 > > satoshis) become > > > part of the capital of the company, and can always be recovered by > > > uncoloring the shares. It's an investment, not an expense, so I > > think it is > > > acceptable. > > > > This doesn't make much sense to me. > > If you print shares on gold plates instead of paper, is that gold > > "part of the capital of the company"? I don't think so. > > > > >