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# 4. qAsset Certificate

qAsset Certificate is the core account primitive of ValueQube. It is designed to make each investable exposure readable by users, wallets, products, protocols, and AI agents.

A qAsset should record:

| Field                      | Meaning                                                                  |
| -------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Underlying Exposure        | The asset, strategy, or portfolio represented                            |
| Subscription Record        | Amount, time, and confirmation batch                                     |
| Unit Record                | Confirmed qAsset units or share record                                   |
| Reference Value            | Account reference price or valuation basis                               |
| Risk Label                 | Duration, volatility, credit, liquidity, compliance, or strategy risk    |
| Fee and Distribution State | Fee deductions, confirmed distributions, claimable or reinvestment state |
| Redemption Window          | Redemption window, queue, confirmation, and settlement rules             |
| Authorization Boundary     | Which actions AI may prepare and which actions require user confirmation |

Examples may include qSTRC, qT30Y, qNVDA, qETF54, qQuant, and qUSD state. These are used to describe how different exposures can be recorded, not to imply that all products share the same risk, valuation, or redemption path.

qAsset is not a stablecoin. It is not a generic wrapped asset. It is not a promise that account reference value only moves upward. It is a certificate layer for making account state legible.

#### How A qAsset Behaves Over Time

A qAsset should not be static. It starts as a confirmed account certificate, then accumulates state as market, strategy, fee, distribution, and user-action events occur. A mature qAsset record should allow a user or AI agent to reconstruct the account story: initial entry, confirmation batch, current reference value, event history, claimable state, and exit options.

The account object should therefore support at least four reading modes:

| Reading Mode  | Question Answered                                               |
| ------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Position View | What do I currently hold?                                       |
| Value View    | How is the reference value calculated or sourced?               |
| Event View    | What changed since confirmation?                                |
| Action View   | What can be prepared, claimed, reinvested, redeemed, or signed? |

This is why ValueQube starts from the certificate, not from a trading ticker. A ticker is useful for market expression. A certificate is required for account truth.


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