GREAT UPDATE!!!
Thank you so very much, it even illuminates some of my own wonderings about the MINTing (& unMINTING) as well as the idea relating to the "a Bitcoin shaped bucket of VIVA." This simple note made me understand that I understood well what was going on in relation to the process and, more importantly, value of the minted asset. From here, I am wondering how to turn these Viva assets (Called "Vx" if I remember well) into the actual currency? I'm not clear on that one yet. Soon though!
Namaste :)