u/Any-Actuator4118

Let’s say I own a gold treasury. I have 100 tons of gold locked away in a vault. I make loans based on these holdings and lend money as well. One day I lose my keys to the vault. Unfortunately the keys cannot be replicated and the vault cannot be accessed by anyone or anything. How does my business go on if no one can verify what I hold and I can never access it to sell?

Not sure how this wasn’t obvious in hindsight.