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Beyond Banks: The One-Person Treasury and the End of Financial Gatekeeping
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Beyond Banks: The One-Person Treasury and the End of Financial Gatekeeping

DeFi, pattern royalties, and sovereign finance for the individual

AI AssistedSociety OS Research18 June 202618 min read

Banks exist to manage other people's money. In the sovereign economy, you manage your own. The one-person treasury combines decentralised finance, programmable money, pattern royalties, and community banking into a financial stack that requires no intermediary. This is not crypto speculation — it's financial architecture.

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