No, I’ve misunderstood nothing. What’s being provided is a shareholder’s self-tally based on a claimed honor system - there’s nothing official nor factual about it.
Fyi, there was indeed a dispute of the SS, a 600M Share Float was supposedly reported by the TA. That claim was and is blatantly false:
07/27/18 per TA:
AS: 12,900,000,000
OS: 5,247,008,401
Restricted: 106,424,852