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That’s one approach to profit, called “fractional reserve”.

Typically, people who want a 1-1 backed coin are uncomfortable with that model… so you instead take profit on the issuance: you charge $1.05 to issue $1 in tokens (while keeping $1 in the vault) — a process called seigniorage.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seigniorage



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