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Awesome MakerDAO
Awesome-MakerDAO (AMD) is a community-driven project, designed to be a resource people can use to familiarize themselves with Dai and MakerDAO. All are welcome to contribute.
Get Started
Those interested in MakerDAO are invited to explore AMD's collection of resources below. Get to know Maker with the help of beginner guides, official documentation, analysis pieces, tools, partnership announcements, AMAs, podcasts, and third-party apps, and more.
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The Maker Foundation grants program offers bounties to community members who bring attention to compromised third-party apps and services.
Table of Contents
Official
Frequently Asked Questions
Basics
- Onboarding Guides
- Beginner Guides
- Tutorials
- Stablecoins in General
- In-Depth Analysis: 101 | 201
- Maker Protocol
Governance | Risk
- Overview
- Governance Resources
- Key Votes
- Important Forum Threads
- Governance call presentations
- Analytics
- Meetings and Discussions
Voting
Dai
Milestones
Media Coverage
Audits | Security
Developer
Translations
Archive
Official
Properties
- MakerDAO Website
- Whitepaper
- Vault Portal
- Community Portal
- Developer Portal
- Governance Portal
- Maker Documentation Portal
- Oasis
Channels
Meetings
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Community Meetings
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Scientific Governance and Risk Meetings
Join * | Calendar | Video Playlist | Audio Playlist | Transcripts | Minutes (Archive)
* Note: Public meetings are now password protected. Reach out to an admin on the #general channel on Maker's Rocket.Chat to request access.
Upcoming Events
Partnerships
FAQs
- All
- Dai
- Dai Savings Rate
- Emergency Shutdown
- Governance
- Liquidation
- MakerDAO
- MKR Token
- Oracles
- Stability Fees
- Vaults
- Special FAQ: Where does the name "Dai" come from?
Basics
Onboarding Guides
- Dai Onboarding Guide: coming soon
- Vault Onboarding Guide
- Voter Onboarding Guide
Beginner Guides
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What is Pooled ETH (PETH)? The Fuel of the MakerDAO System
Video by Chris Blec (August 2019)
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What is Dai, and how does it work?
Medium Post by Sharon Manrique (February 2019)
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What is MakerDAO? Understanding The Essential Mechanism
Video by Ivan-on-Tech (November 2018)
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What I Learned by Getting a Loan From a Robot (Ethereum, MakerDAO, Stablecoins)
Video by Blockhead Media (September 2018)
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Medium Post by Jordan Randolph (August 2018)
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A Stable Coin to Kill Traditional Secured Loans: Meet Maker Dai
Medium Post by Chelo Cavazzoli (July 2018)
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MakerDAO (MKR): Replacing Federal Reserve With Lines of Code
Article by Londonletter (June 2018)
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Primer on Stablecoins: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
Blog Series by MakerDAO (June 2018)
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Intro to MakerDAO Part 1 | Part 2
Articles by Blockgeeks (May 2018)
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Analysis by Roy Learner (April 2018)
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The Dai Stablecoin is a Game Changer
Medium Post by James Seibel (April 2018)
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What is Maker Dai? | Beginner's Guide
Coin Central Article by Johnny Sessa (February 2018)
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TL:DR; A Snappy Guide to MakerDAO and Dai Tokens
Medium Post by Shaunsuave (December 2017)
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MakerDAO for Dummies: Part 1 | Part 2
Medium Series by Gregory DiPrisco (November 2017 | July 2018)
Tutorials
Written Tutorials
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An Intro To DaiJS: Build Applications on Top of MakerDAO
Medium Post by Gaurav Agrawal (April 2019)
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Get Started with MakerDAO CDPs and Dai.js
Medium Post by Ross Bulat (February 2019)
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Opening a CDP using InstaDapp's CDP Portal
Medium Post by Vishva Dave (December 2018)
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Opening a CDP with the New MakerDAO CDP Portal
Medium Post by Deepit AG (November 2018)
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Seamless Dai Integration in Existing DApps
Blog Post by Kevin Liu (August 2018)
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How to Setup Dai for Local Development
Medium Post by Matthew Black (June 2018)
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Managing CDPs Directly in MyEtherWallet (For Hardware Wallets)
Reddit Post by u/zarigis (April 2018)
Video Tutorials
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Executive Vote Audit Tutorial with Chris Mooney
Video by MakerDAO (April 2020)
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Governance Dashboard Video Walkthroughs: Voting with a Linked Wallet
Video by MakerDAO (May 2019)
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Governance Dashboard Video Walkthroughs: Voting with a Single Wallet
Video by MakerDAO (May 2019)
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Spanish Tutorial on Using the CDP Portal: MakerDAO Step by Step
Video by Marcin Jagodziński. Narrated by Luis Lozada (April 2019)
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Polish Tutorial on Using the CDP Portal: MakerDAO Krok Po Kroku
Video by Marcin Jagodziński (March 2019)
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English Tutorial on Using the CDP Portal: MakerDAO Step by Step
Video by Marcin Jagodziński. Narrated by Kenny Rowe (March 2019)
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MakerDAO CDP Tutorial - What is it and why is it awesome?
Video by Crypto Bobby (February 2019)
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MakerDAO Tutorial - How To Create A Loan CPD
Video by Nuggets News (Novermber 2018)
Stablecoins in General
Media
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Stablecoins in 2019: Reliable, Proliferating, Liquid, and Global
Medium Post by ConsenSys (March 2019)
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Stablecoin Overview: A Condensed Version
Post by the CoinMarketCap Blog (November 2018)
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A Taxonomy of Stablecoins - Token Daily
Post by Cyrus Younessi of Scalar Capital (October 2018)
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A Brief History of Stablecoins (Part 1)
Post by Bitmex Research (July 2018)
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The Instability of Stablecoins
Hackernoon Post by Anthony Xie (May 2018)
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Medium Post by By Victor Hogrefe, Aviv Milner, of Blockspace Solutions (April 2018)
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The Case for Central Bank Electronic Money and The Non-Case for Central Bank Cryptocurrencies
Post by A. Berentsen and F. Schar of The St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank (April 2018)
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Post by Alex T. (April 2018)
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Blockchain After the Gold Rush
Hackernoon Post by Abram Symons (April 2018)
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Satire: Announcing World Trade Francs: The Official Ethereum Stablecoin
Post by Vitalik Buterin (April 2018)
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Race for Stable Cryptos Heats Up as Volatility and Demand Surge
Post by Camila Russo (February 2018)
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Stablecoins: Designing a Price-Stable Cryptocurrency
Hackernoon Post by Haseeb Qureshi (February 2018)
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Stablecoins 101: Why the Crypto Market Needs Fiat Stability
Post by Reuben Jackson (February 2018)
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An Overview of Stablecoins - Multicoin Capital
Post by Myles Snider of MultiCoin Capital (January 2018)
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Can a Blockchain Help Charities?
Post by Leo Bauza (October 2017)
Other Stablecoin Projects
- AMPL: Ampleforth: Algorithmic Stability
- CUSD: Carbon: Algorithmic Stability
- USDC: Coinbase: USD Backed
- GUSD: Gemini: USD Backed
- NUSD: Neutral: Metastable Stablecoin Basket
- PAX: Paxos: USD Backed
- RSV: Reserve: Collateral Backed
- SU: StableUnit: Collateral Backed
- SUSD: Synthetix: Collateral Backed
- TUSD: TrustToken: USD Backed
- USDT: Tether: USD Backed
In-Depth Analysis
MakerDAO 101
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How Dai Addresses Centralization and Counterparty Risk
Blog Post by MakerDAO (April 2018)
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Ether Deflation Caused by MakerDAO Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
Medium Post by Deepit AG (September 2018)
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Post by Santiment (October 2018)
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The Role of Ether in Multi-Collateral Dai
Medium Post by David Hoffman (December 2018)
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MakerDAO Token Economics: An Independent Research Report
Research Report by Lisa JY Tan (September 2019)
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Rise of the Cryptodollar, a look at DeFi Interest Rates Blog Post by Ryan Sean Adams (February 2020)
MakerDAO 201
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Measuring Dai Supply and Demand Price Effects
Post by Primoz Kordez on Santiment (August 2019)
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A Ratings-Based Model for Credit Events in MakerDAO
Paper by Alex Evans (July 2019)
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Maker Network Overview: Placeholder VC
Report by Placeholder VC (March 2019)
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MakerDAO Stability Fee Benchmarking
Medium Post by Primoz Kordez (February 2019)
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Evaluating MKR Buyback and Burn model
Medium Post by David Hoffman (February 2019)
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Blog Post by MakerDAO (February 2019)
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Examining the Supply of Maker Dai: An Analysis into CDP Demand
Medium Post by Jack Purdy (January 2019)
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The Auction Grinding Attack: A Case for a Liquidation Penalty in MCD
Paper by Lev Livnev (June 2018)
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Single Collateral Dai — 9 Months in Review
Medium Post by Mike McDonald (September 2018)
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Blog Post by Ian Macalinao (January 2018)
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Medium Post by Sid Shekhar (March 2018)
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Collateralized Debt Obligations for Issuer-Backed Tokens
Research Post by Vitalik Buterin (January 2018)
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How Stable are the top Stablecoins? A Quantitative Analysis
Medium Post by Wes Levitt (January 2019)
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MakerDAO 2018 Revenue Analysis
Medium Post by Marc-André Dumas (February 2019)
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MakerDAO Q1 2019 Revenue Analysis
Medium Post by Marc-André Dumas (April 2019)
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MakerDAO Tokens Explained: DAI, WETH, PETH, SIN, MKR. Part 1
Medium Post by Aleksey Studnev (May 2019)
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Maker DAO Transactions Illustrated
Medium Post by Aleksey Studnev (May 2019)
Maker Protocol
Documentation Portal
Smart Contract Modules
- Core Module
- Collateral Module
- Dai Module
- System Stabilizer Module
- Oracle Module
- MKR Module
- Governance Module
- Rates Module
- Proxy Module
- Emergency Shutdown Module
- Maker Protocol Shutdown
Other MCD Documentation
Migration
Auctions
Governance and Risk
The Maker Governance Framework is built on rigorously vetted, reproducible, scientific models created by experts with proven track records in the traditional finance space. Maker's risk analysts share research ideas, discuss quantitative models, and perform due diligence on collateral types.
Maker values the opinions of informed members who participate in on-going Governance discussions.
Governance Resources
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MakerDAO Governance Risk Framework Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
Blog Posts by MakerDAO (July 2018 | December 2018)
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Medium Post by Nick Tomaino (February 2018)
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Deep Dive Into MakerDAO Governance: A Look at the Code for Governance in SCD
Medium Post by Banteg (December 2018)
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Blog Post by MakerDAO (August 2018 | June 2018)
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The Importance of Debt Ceilings within MakerDAO’s Collateralized Stable-Coin System
Medium Post by David Utrobin (April 2018)
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Maker Governance: Exploring the Importance of Stability Fees
Article by Fitzner Blockchain Consulting (February 2019)
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Introducing A New Governance On-Boarding Experience
Medium Post by MakerDAO (May 2019)
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FakerDAO: An Exploration Of MakerDAO’s Governance Incentives
Blog Post by Ben DiFrancesco (March 2020)
Key Votes
All Votes below have passed
- Multi-Collateral Dai activation | Executive Vote
- Replace Debt Auction contract in MCD and remove the MKR oracle delay in SCD? | Executive Vote
- Set the Governance Security Module Delay to 24 hours? | Executive Vote
- Poll: Should we suspend monetary policy votes when there are emergency technical changes to be made to the system? Passed | Governance Poll
- Poll: Should we replace the weekly DSR Rate governance poll with a weekly DSR Spread governance poll? | Governance Poll
- Poll: Migration Risk Construct Proposal | Governance Poll
- Poll: DeFi Public Feed Proposal | Governance Poll
- Poll: Responsible Oracle Migration Proposal | Governance Poll
- Poll: Oracles Incentives Restructuring | Governance Poll
- Poll: Ratify the Interim Oracle Team Mandate | Governance Poll
- Poll: Exponential Rate Stepping for Stability Fee Polls | Governance Poll
- Poll: Ratify the Interim Governance Facilitator Mandate | Governance Poll
- Poll: Ratify the Interim Risk Team Mandate | Governance Poll
Important Forum Threads
- An Explanation of Continuous Voting and the Peculiarities of the 7/26 Executive Stability Fee Vote
- Governance Initiatives
- Signaling Guidelines
- Participation in Maker governance
- Vote delegation
- Stablecoins as collateral
- DSR spread
- Validation Teams Proposal
- Interim Governance Facilitators Mandate
- Oracle Team mandate
- Oracle Migration
- Risk Team mandate
- Migration Risk Construct
- Executive bundling in relation to technical changes
- Systemic Risk Directory
- SCD Shutdown Parameters Discussion
- Dark Fix Mechanism: A Proposal for Handling Critical Vulnerabilities
- Ranked Choice Voting
- How to Audit Executive contract code?
- Compensating vault holders that liquidated at 0 bid
- Black Thursday Response Thread
Governance Call Presentations
- May 21, 2020: MIP 15 Dark Spell Mechanism with Wil Barnes
- May 21, 2020: SourceCred and Maker with Dandelion Mane
- Mar 24, 2020: Debt Auction Blocking in the Dai Credit System with Kurt Barry | Written Summary
- Mar 05, 2020: Collateral Risk Model Presentation with Cyrus Younessi | Written Summary
- Feb 27, 2020: Oracles and Governance with Nik Kunkel | Written Summary
- Feb 13, 2020: The Dark Fix (solution for handling bugs with the GSM delay) with Wil Barnes | Written Summary
- Feb 06, 2020: Governance Analystics Dashboard Demo with LFW | Written Summary
- Jan 09, 2020: Intro and Current Governance Development Backlog with Derek Flossman and Charles St. Louis | Written Summary
- Jan 02, 2020: Argument for a DSR Spread Poll Presentation with Sam M | Written Summary
- Nov 28, 2019: Monetary Policy in MCD with Primoz Kordez | Written Summary
- Nov 21, 2020: MKR Authority Transfer with Wouter Kampmann | Written Summary
- Nov 14, 2020: System and Oracle Risk Parameters with Cyrus Younessi | Written Summary
- Nov 07, 2020: Migration Risk Construct Review - part 3 with Cyrus Younessi | Written Summary
- Oct 31, 2020: Migration Risk Construct Review - part 2 with Cyrus Younessi | Written Summary
- Oct 24, 2020: Migration Risk Construct Review - part 1 with Cyrus Younessi | Written Summary
- Sep 19, 2020: Tokenized Asset Portfolios - TAP with Fluidity Team | Written Summary
- Sep 12, 2019: Oracles v2 - part 2 with Nik Kunkel | Written Summary
- Sep 05, 2019: Oracles v2 - part 1 with Nik Kunkel | Written Summary
- Jul 18, 2020: Ratings-Based Model for Credit Events in MakerDAO with Alex Evans | Written Summary
- July 11, 2020: Collateral Risk Quantitative Analysis - part 3 with Cyrus Younessi | Written Summary
- Jun 27, 2020: Collateral Risk Quantitative Analysis - part 2 with Cyrus Younessi | Written Summary
- Jun 20, 2020: Collateral Risk: Quantitative Analysis - part 1 with Cyrus Younessi | Written Summary
Analytics
Meetings and Discussions
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Scientific Governance and Risk Meetings
Join * | Calendar | Video Playlist | Audio Playlist | Transcripts | Minutes (Archive)
* Note: Public meetings are now password protected. Reach out to an admin on the #general channel on Maker's Rocket.Chat to request access.
Voting Basics
MakerDAO relies on its governance community to manage the Maker Protocol. Successful governance grows the system, improves long-term reliability, and encourages the widespread adoption of Dai.
Participate in MakerDAO Governance by staying informed and voting regularly.
Voter Onboarding
Voting Dashboard
Voting Contract
Setup Guides
Notice: The Voting Portal is undergoing an update.
- Maker Governance Voting Setup for Ledger
- Maker Governance Voting Setup for Trezor
- Maker Governance Voting Setup for MetaMask
- Maker Governance Voting Setup for Paper Wallets Using SETH
- Video Voting Tutorial
Dai
- The Dai Universe: Jordan Lyall aggregates all the different technical manifestations of Dai
Generate Dai
- Vault Onboarding Guide: coming soon
- Oasis Vault Portal: Lock Collateral in Maker Vaults to Generate Dai
Third Party Vault Portals
- DeBank: DeBank is a free data-driven all-in-1 DeFi wallet with (portfolio tracker + token swap + project list + stats ranking)
- DeFi Saver: Manage CDPs and Automate Liquidation Protection
- InstaDapp: Alternative CDP UI With Access to Lending and Borrowing
- Shadowlands: TextUI Dapp Platform built on Python3.5+, Web3 and Asciimatics
- Zerion: Interface to manage multiple Vaults and CDPs in a single place
Earn Dai
- Coinbase (Earn Dai): Earn Dai by watching introductory lessons
- Community Meetup Grants: Get funding in Dai to host a Maker meetup
- Development Grants Program: The MakerDAO Community Grants Program
- Hackathons and Bounties: The MakerDAO Hackathons Initiative
- Oasis (DSR): Earn Interest on Dai with the DSR
Hold Dai
Hardware Wallets
Web | Paper Wallets
Browser Extension Wallets
Mobile Wallets
- Argent
- BRD
- Celcius
- DexWallet
- Edge
- Ethos Universal Wallet
- Guarda Wallet
- Freewallet
- MEW wallet
- WiniWallet
Mobile | Browser Wallets
Mobile | Desktop Wallets
Use Dai
Apps | Integrations | Tools
- Atstake: Marketplace and Platform for Contract Enforcement
- Bounty0x: Bounty Hunting Platform
- Bounties Network: Platform to Create Projects, Collaborate, and Freelance
- Chai: ERC-20 wrapper for Dai in DSR
- Gilded Finance: Dai Invoicing
- Gitcoin: Crowdfunding and Freelance Developers Platform
- LNDR: Expense Sharing App
- Liquid Long: Leverage ETH
- PoolTogether: Lossless Lottery
- Pool Dai: Lossless Donation Protocol
- Request: Payment Requests: Request payment in Dai and other cryptos.
- Request: Invoicing: Pay and get paid in cryptocurrency by sending compliant invoices as a freelancer or business.
- Sablier: Stream Money with Dai
- Whisp.Money: Dai Payroll Solution
Merchant Solutions | Payment Processors
- Coingate: Accept payment in Dai and 50 other crypto currencies
- Dexpay: Sell more by accepting Dai, Eth and other cryptocurrencies
- Gilded: Crypto accounting
- Groundhog - Accept recurring and pre-authorized subscription payments from customers
- Ink Protocol: Securely buy & sell anywhere with decentralized reputation & escrow using the XNK token
- Reqify: Accept cryptocurrency payments with Request for Shopify
- WooREQ: Accept cryptocurrency payments with Request for WooCommerce
Spend Dai
- Aave: Use crypto to send fiat payments to anyone
- AdEx Network: Platform for decentralized advertising using Dai as payment method
- Bidali: Buy gift cards with Dai
- Cash2VN: Use Dai to send money to anyone in Vietnam
- CelerX: Play eSports games, win crypto prizes
- Coinevents.io: Event tickets, sell your event's tickets for crypto
- Grid Plus Energy: Pay for electricity with Dai, ETH, or BTC (Texas)
- Living Room of Satoshi: Pay any bill with cryptocurrency (Australia)
- Monolith: Ethereum wallet with debit card options and various security features
- NeedsList: Purchase items that are critically needed and help with disaster preparedness
- OpenSea: Buy and sell digital goods and assets, make offers in Dai
- Swarm: Participate in security token offerings
- Unicef: Donate Dai
- Wirex: Visa debit card that can be top-up with Dai
- Mask Network: red packet of DAI on Twitter
- China Green Development Foundation: Donate Dai for environmental NGO
Lend Dai
- Aave: Open Source and Non-Custodial Lending and Borrowing
- Celcius: Custodial Lending and Borrowing
- Compound.Finance: Decentralized Lending and Borrowing
- Dharma: Pretty Compound UI
- DyDx: Decentralized Trading, Lending, and Borrowing
- Ethichub: P2P Lending to Communities Around the Globe
- Fulcrum: Decentralized Dai Lending and Margin Trading
- Nexo: Custodial Lending and Borrowing
- Nuo: Non-Custodial Lending, Borrowing, and Trading
- RAY: Earn the Highest Yield in DeFi
- Zerion: Simple interface to the protocols of decentralized finance
Trade Dai
Dai and MKR Markets
Token Swaps
- 0xInstant
- 1inch.exchange
- Airswap
- Bancor
- Collateral Swap
- DEX.AG
- KyberSwap
- Liquality
- SimpleSwap
- Swap.online
- Uniswap
- Tokenlon
- Zerion
Non-Custodial Exchanges
- Changelly
- DDex
- DeversiFi
- Dex.Blue
- DyDx
- EtherDelta
- ForkDelta
- Oasis
- Paradex
- RadarRelay
- ShapeShift
- Tokensets
- Totle
Custodial Exchanges
- Ace.io: Taiwan
- Bitfinex: Hong Kong
- Bitkub: Thailand
- Coinbase: USA
- CoinJar: Australia
- Coinone: Korea
- COSS.IO: Singapore
- Exmo: England
- Gate.io: USA
- Hanbitco: South Korea
- HitBTC: EU
- INDODAX: Indonesia
- Korbit: South Korea
- Kraken: USA
- KuCoin: Hong Kong
- OKEx: Malta
- Panda: Latin America
- Probit: Republic of Seychelles
- Tokpie: Hong Kong
- Upbit: South Korea
- Yobit: Russia
Crypto | Fiat - On/Off Ramps
- BitcoinVN: Vietnam
- Buenbit: Argentina | Peru
- Easy Crypto: Australia | New Zealand | South Africa
- Elastum: EU | Global
- Orionx: Mexico | Chile
- PayTrie: Canada
- Ramp: UK | EU
- Ripio: Argentina | Brazil | Mexico
- Wyre: USA | EU | UK | Australia
Watch Dai
Monitor Vaults
- CDP Simulator: Metamask Required
- CDP Simulator: Metamask Not Required
- DeFi Explore: Find info on Maker Vaults
- EthView: View CDP and DeFi Statistics of an Ethereum Address
- Makerscan: MakerDAO System Explorer
- Stability Fee Notifications: Email List for Stability Fee Changes
Analytics and Metrics
- Catflip: Provides current and historical Maker's system parameters
- Daiembassy: MakerDAO System Explorer
- Dai-in-Defi: Supply and Demand Dashboard for Maker Dai
- DaiPeg: Dai USD Price Tracker
- Defi Score: Compare DeFi lending by asset
- Dai.stablecoin.science: Dai USD Price Tracker
- DaiStats: Dai Statistics
- DeFi.ai: Provides Coinbase and Radar pricing data, showing where Dai trades in comparison to its $1 soft peg.
- DeFiTracker: Track Dai Across DeFi Protocols
- Dsr.fyi: Check your DSR Dai balance
- Maker Auctions: Track Maker auctions
- MakerDaiBot: Twitterbot
- MakerVaults.descipher.io: Analytics Dashboard
- MCD Collateral Auctions: View the Collateral Auction process
- MCD State: Data on individual Vaults
- Mkr.tools: MakerDAO System Explorer and Informational Statistics
- Nomics: Dai: Dai Statistics with an API Aggregator
- Santiment: Maker Analytics
- Vishesh's Graphs for Vaults: Data Representations
- Vishesh's Graphs for Dai: Data Representations
- VWAP Breakdown: Dai Price Tracker
Stablecoin Comparisons
- DAppTotal: DeFi Protocol Rankings
- DeFiPrime: Compre DeFi Lending Rates to the Traditional Financial System
- DeFiPulse: DeFi Protocol Rankings and Analytics
- Loanscan: Analytics for Debt Issued on the Ethereum Blockchain
- TokenAnalyst: Stablecoins: Stablecoin Comparisons
Milestones | Achievements
A chronological collection of MakerDAO's major milestones and achievements over the years compiled by Maker's community.
2020
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(May 2020)
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MakerDAO Blog Post (March 2020)
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needs link (March 2020)
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Kenton Prescott Tweet (February 2020)
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MKR Token Authority Transferred | tx
MakerDAO Blog Post (January 2020)
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MKR in the burner address was BURNED for the first time | tx
Mariano's Tweet (January 2020)
2019
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The Maker Foundation Transfers Trademarks and Software IP to Independent Dai Foundation
MakerDAO Blog Post (December 2019)
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Lenka's Tweet (December 2019)
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Multi-Collateral Dai Launched | TX
Andrew Redden Twitter Post (November 2019)
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Ratified Governance Poll (November 2019)
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Migration Risk Construct Proposal
Ratified Governance Poll (November 2019)
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Ratified Governance Poll (October 2019)
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Responsible Oracle Migration Proposal
Ratified Governance Poll (October 2019)
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Oracles Incentives Restructuring
Ratified Governance Poll (October 2019)
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Ratified Governance Poll (October 2019)
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Ratified Governance Poll (September 2019)
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Interim Governance Facilitator Mandate
Ratified Governance Poll (September 2019)
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Collateral Asset Priority Polls | Results
Ratified Governance Polls (August 2019)
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MCD Public Bug Bounty is Announced
MakerDAO Blog Post (July 2019)
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Critical Update to Governance Voting Contract
Reddit Post by Richard Brown (May 2019)
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Oasis Contract Upgrade | Postmortem Update
Reddit (February 2019) | MakerDAO Blog (March 2019)
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Reddit Post by Rune Christensen (February 2019)
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2,000,000 ETH Locked in the CDP Engine
Tweet by Mariano Conti (January 2019)
2018
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Happy BirthDAI: One Year Since Dai's Launch
Blog Post by MakerDAO (December 2018)
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1,000,000 ETH Locked in the CDP Engine
Tweet Post by Mike McDonald (November 2018)
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Introducing the New CDP Portal for Single Collateral Dai
Blog Post by MakerDAO (October 2018)
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Announcing the MakerDAO Core Community Development Initiative
Medium Post by MakerDAO (October 2018)
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Ratified Governance Poll (September 2018)
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Introducing the Governance Voting UI for the Maker Foundational Vote
Blog Post by MakerDAO (September 2018)
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Multi-Collateral Dai Code Open for Review
Blog Post by MakerDAO (September 2018)
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Blog Post by MakerDAO (August 2018)
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Debt Ceiling Raised to $100MM USD
Blog Post by MakerDAO (July 2018)
2017
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Reddit Post by MakerDAO (December 2017)
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Blog Post by MakerDAO (December 2017)
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Blog Post by MakerDAO (December 2017)
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MakerDAO Blog Post by Andy Milenius (June 2017)
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Establishment of the Dai Foundation
MakerDAO Blog Post by Rune Christensen (February 2017)
2016
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MakerDAO Blog Post by Andy Milenius (December 2016)
Media Coverage
Interviews
2019 | Video Interviews
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CoinDesk at DevCon 5: MakerDAO’s Multi-Collateral Dai Token with Rune Christensen
Video Interview by CoinDesk (October 2019)
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Introducing Dai Stablecoin: Interview with Rune Christensen
Video Interview by BROD (July 2019)
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Rune Christiansen, Co-Founder & CEO of MakerDAO, Talks Future of Blockchain
Video Interview by Underscore VC (April 2019)
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Whiteboard Series with NEAR | Ep: 10 David Utrobin from MakerDAO
Video Interview by NEAR Protocol (March 2019)
2019 | Transcribed Interviews
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The Next 10 Years for MakerDao: A Conversation with Rune Christensen
Interview by Jason Choi (November 2019)
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Towards a Second-Generation Tokenization: Interview with Rune Chistensen
Interview by The Tokenizer (February 2019)
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A Conversation with MakerDAO’s “Head of Oracles” - Mariano Conti
Interview by James Ryan Moreau (January 2019)
2018 | Video Interviews
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MakerDAO President Steven Becker on the Boom in 'Stablecoins'
Video Interview by Cheddar (November 2018)
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Niklas Of MakerDAO: Synthetic Tokens, Earning Interest On Dai, What's Next
Video Interview by Crypt0's News (November 2018)
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MakerDAO Chat with Greg Diprisco
Video Interview by Ethex CEO Dan Walton (August 2018)
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A Better Stable Coin Than Tether? Interview with Rune Christensen
Video Interview by Colin Andrews (June 2018)
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Andy Milenius of MakerDAO Talks To ChronoLogic about Scheduling Transactions
Video Interview by ChronoLogic (May 2018)
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MakerDAO Interview with Matt Richards
Video Interview by BQLQ (April 2018)
2018 | Transcribed Interviews
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MakerDAO: The Backbone of the Future Economy? Interview with Rune Christensen
Interview by Coinisseur (November 2018)
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CCN Interview: MakerDAO CEO Rune Christensen Talks Stablecoins
Interview by Jake Sylvestre (August 2018)
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Reddit AMA with Rune Christensen and Michael Dunworth (August 2018)
2017 | Video Interviews
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MakerDAO Interview with Rune Christensen
Video Interview by Nugget's News (November 2017)
2016 | Transcribed Interviews
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Bitcoinist Interview with Rune Christensen
Interview by Tyson O'Ham (July 2016)
Podcasts
2020 | Broadcasts
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The Block Experience: Alex Van de Sande – The MakerDAO Situation & The Ethereum Foundation
The Block Experience Podcast (April 2020)
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The Defiant: MakerDAO Founder Rune Christensen on DeFi’s Biggest Test Yet
The Defiant Podcast (April 2020)
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OKCoin Let’s Chat: Dai’s Secret Sauce Is Decentralization with Greg Diprisco
OKCoin Let’s Chat Podcast (April 2020)
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Ethereal Podcast: Episode 1 - Why MakerDAO's Head of Smart Contracts Dogfoods DAI
Ethereal Podcast (March 2020)
2019 | Broadcasts
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The Blockchain VC podcast with Tomer Federman: Ep. 9: Rune Christensen, Co-Founder and CEO, MakerDAO
The Blockchain VC podcast (December 2019)
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Base Layer Episode 081: Mariano Conti on Dai and Living in Argentina
Base Layer (November 2019)
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Maker DAO: The Central Bank of Web 3.0 w/ Rune Christensen (Episode 298)
Epicenter (July 2019)
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POV Crypto #058: The Frontier of Dai with Mariano Conti
David Hoffman (June 2019)
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Hashing It Out #47: MakerDAO – Nik Kunkel
The Bitcoin Podcast (May 2019)
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Software Engineering Daily: Stablecoins with Rune Christensen
SE Daily (April 2019)
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Digging into Dai with Rune Christensen from Maker (Episode 70)
Zero Knowledge FM (March 2019)
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Maker: Establishing Stability in Crypto with Rune Christensen (Episode 579)
Into The Ether (March 2019)
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POV Crypto #040: Bitcoin vs. MakerDAO II
David Hoffman (March 2019)
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Blockchain Meditations #01: Stablecoins and what’s next for MakerDAO with Ashleigh Schap
Lime Chain Blog (March 2019)
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How Maker Became Ethereum's Biggest Project with Rune Christensen (Episode 47)
BlockCrunch (February 2019)
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Unchained Podcast (February 2019)
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Unchained Podcast (January 2019)
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Wyre Talks Ep. 19: MakerDAO, Novel Paradigms for Risk Management with Steven Becker
Wyre (January 2019)
2018 | Broadcasts
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a16z Podcast Ep. 420: All About Stablecoins with Andy Milenius, Jesse Walden, and Sonal Chokshi
a16z Podcast (December 2018)
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POV Crypto Special Edition: The Role of Ether in Multi-Collateral Dai with David Utrobin
David Hoffman (December 2018)
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POV Crypto #014: Bitcoin vs. MakerDAO
David Hoffman (December 2018)
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BoostVC S3 EP31: Solving for Volatility in Crypto with a Decentralized Stablecoin with Steven Becker
The Boost VC Podcast (October 2018)
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MakerDAO Founder and CEO Rune Christensen: Why Dai Will Displace Stablecoin Tethers (Episode 5)
51 Percent (October 2018)
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Rune Christensen of MakerDAO on $15 Million from Andreessen Horowitz - Ep. 039
Unconfirmed Podcast (September 2018)
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Crypto Basic Podcast (September 2018)
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BlockZero #006 - MakerDAO & The Dai Stable Coin: Founder Rune Christensen
Block Zero (February 2018)
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Vitalik Buterin on Cryptoeconomics and Markets in Everything
Conversations with Tyler Cowen (July 2018)
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Unchained: Why It's so Hard to Keep Stablecoins Stable with Rune Christensen
Unchained Podcast (February 2018)
2017 | Broadcasts
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This Week in Crypto #3: MakerDAO Project CEO Rune Christensen
CCN Podcast (July 2017)
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BlockChannel Episode 7: Meet Your Maker, Ethereum: Andy Milenius & Kenny Rowe
Block Channel (February 2017)
2016 | Broadcasts
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Rune Christensen: MakerDAO Ethereum's Decentralized Central Bank (Episode 124)
Epicenter (March 2016)
Videos
2019 | Videos
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Presentation by Rune Christensen (October 2019)
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OasisDEX: Past, Present, Future and it's Role in the DeFi Ecosystem
Presentation by Bartek Kiepuszewski (September 2019)
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Demand Generation for Dai and Synthetic Assets
Meetup Presentation by Niklas Kunkel at Meterup DeFi (August 2019)
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"Beyond Banks" by Gregory Di Prisco, MakerDAO
Presentation by Gregory Di Prisco at Fluidity (May 2019)
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Michael Elliot Blockchain Engineer at MakerDAO: CDP Portal State Management
Presentation by Michael Elliot at EDCON (May 2019)
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Ashleigh Schap: Biz Dev & Crypto: Breaking Out of the Bubble MakerDAO
Presentation by Ashleigh Schap at ETH Denver (February 2019)
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Mariano Conti: CDPs and MCD: A Look Back with Maker Panel
Presentation by Mariano Conti at ETH Denver (February 2019)
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Mariano Conti: CDPs and MCD: A Look Back with Maker
Presentation by Mariano Conti at ETH Denver (February 2019)
2018 | Videos
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Fall 2018 Summit: The Great Stablecoin Debate with Reserve, USDC, and MakerDAO
Debate Hosted by Multicoin Capital (December 2018)
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Stable Coins: a Volatility Cure-All?
Crypto Summit Discussion by Bloomberg Live (December 2018)
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MakerDAO: A New Hope for Financial Reform
Presentation by Andy Milenius at Devcon 4 (November 2018)
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MakerDAO: Challenges of Asset Backed Stablecoins
Presentation by Niklas and Rune at DeFi Summit Prague (November 2018)
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Mariano Conti: Price Oracles + Signed Messages On & Off-Chain
Presentation by Mariano Conti at ETH Berlin (September 2018)
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What I Learned by Getting a Loan From a Robot (Ethereum, MakerDAO, Stablecoins)
Video by Blockhead Media (September 2018)
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Presentation by Matt Richard at DappCon Berlin (July 2018)
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Meetup Presentation by Chao Pan at Ethereum Shanghai (March 2018)
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What is MakerDAO? with Rune Christensen
Meetup Presentation by Rune Christensen at NYC Ethereum (February 2018)
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Discussion by Milken Institue (February 2018)
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The Psychology Of "Doing Nothing" in Crypto - Weiss Ratings, Korean Exchange, StableCoins - Ep 130
Video by Coin Mastery (January 2018)
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Tether 2.0 – A Look at Dai and Maker Coins
Video by CryptosRUs (January 2018)
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Presentation by Andy Milenius at The World Crypto Economic Forum (January 2018)
2017 | Videos
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Stability Mechanics of the Dai Stablecoin System
Animated Short by MakerDAO (December 2017)
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Dai Stablecoin Presentation with Andy Milenius
Presentation by Andy Milenius at Devcon 3 (November 2017)
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Stablecoins with MakerDAO: Formal Verification Research with Denis Erfurt and Others
Meetup Presentation by Ethereum Madrid at Private Key Berlin (October 2017)
Speculation
2019 | Speculation
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Maker (MKR) Valuation Fundamentals : The Case for Trillion Dollar Maker
Medium Post by Andrew Kang (March 2019)
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Cryptoasset Research: Maker (MKR)
Medium Post by Jack Purdy (February 2019)
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Medium Post by Vision Hill Advisors (February 2019)
2018 | Speculation
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Medium Post by Aviv Milner and Victor Hogrefe (May 2018)
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Thoughts on how the amount of Dai issued affects the valuation of MKR
Reddit Post by u/davidutro (March 2018)
Criticism
2019 | Criticism
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(In)Stability for the Blockchain: Deleveraging Spirals and Stablecoin Attacks
Academic Paper by Ariah Klages-Mundt and Andreea Minca (June 2019)
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“Mad King” Rune Christensen Tries to Burn Down MakerDAO
Satire by Coin Jazeera (May 2019)
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Blog Post by JP Koning (May 2019)
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The $1.00 Stablecoin Worth $0.98
Medium Post by Grapefruit Trading (April 2019)
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Maker Dai: Stable, But Not Scalable: A Lesson in Stablecoin Arbitrage | Reddit Thread
Medium Post by Hasu (January 2019)
2018 | Criticism
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Cryptoasset Collateral Concerns
Medium Post by Kain Warwick (October 2018)
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Reserve’s Analysis of the MakerDAO Protocol
Hakernoon Post by Nevin Freeman (August 2018)
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Can the Powers That Be Shut Down MakerDAO and Dai?
Reddit Post by u/18idlwk1920dc (April 2018)
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Why Should We Trust the MakerDAO Oracle System?
Reddit Post by u/griggah (February 2018)
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4 Questions to Dai and the Future of Stable Cryptocurrency
Article by Esben Vest (January 2018)
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Medium Post by Michael Spain (January 2018)
Dai and MakerDAO Mentions
2019 | Mentions
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It’s 2019. Where the f*ck is Our Global Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System?
Hackernoon Post by Tom Howard (April 2019)
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Introducing DIPOR: LIBOR for Open Finance
Article by Matteo Leibowitz (April 2019)
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The 100+ Projects Pioneering Decentralized Finance
Medium Post by Consensys (March 2019)
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Formal Verification, Virtual Hardware, and Engineering for Blockchains
Medium Post by Richard Burton (March 2019)
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The Year of the DAO Comeback: Ustanding What’s Leading the Charge
Medium Post by Steven McKie (March 2019)
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Open Finance: Loan Origination Snapshot for January and February 2019
Medium Post by Bloqboard (March 2019)
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How to Loan Yourself Money with MakerDAO
Decrypt Post by Ben Munster (February 2019)
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An Elegant Relationship (DAI, ETH, MKR)
Medium Post by Cyrus Younessi (January 2019)
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Stablecoins: Strengths & Weaknesses
MakerDAO Blog Post by Brian D. Colwell (January 2019)
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Placeholder VC Post by Chris Burniske and Joel Monegro (January 2019)
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MakerDAO Blog Post by ProgrammableTX (January 2019)
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Daimonds in the Soles of Her Shoes
Medium Post by Andy Tudhope (January 2019)
2018 | Mentions
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Exploring the Emerging Crypto Debt Markets
Blog Post by Max Bronstein (December 2018)
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MakerDAO: The Decentralized Global Reserve Bank
Medium Post by David Hoffman (December 2018)
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The Rise of Decentralized Finance
Article by Trustnodes (December 2018)
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Stablecoins: Collateralization Types
MakerDAO Blog Post by Brian D. Colwell (December 2018)
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MakerDAO Blog Post by Brian D. Colwell (December 2018)
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DAI Moved Nearly $200 Million Worth of Decentralized Tokenized Dollars
Article by Trustnodes (November 2018)
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Twelve Reasons I’m Bullish About Ethereum Today
Medium Post by Lane Rettig (September 2018)
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Ethereum Projects Start Using DAI as a Bank
Article by Trustnodes (September 2018)
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Do I Own A Shitcoin? Blog Post by Mike and Aaron (September 2018)
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DAI (MakerDAO) is Ethereum’s Crown Jewel
Funnyking Post by Paolo Rebuffo (August 2018)
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Article by Trustnodes (August 2018)
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How Does MakerDAO’s Proposed 20% Charitable Giving Principle Make Sense?
Medium Post by David Utrobin (July 2018)
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Is It Time For Crypto Exchanges to Replace the Dollar?
Article by Trustnodes (April 2018)
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Medium Post by MakerDAO (February 2018)
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MakerDAO and More: The Quest for a Stable Stablecoin Continues
Coindesk Article by Rachel Rose O'Leary (January 2018)
2017 | Mentions
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Keepers — Workers that Maintain Blockchain Networks
Medium Post by Ryan Zurrer of Polychain Capital (August 2017)
Audits | Security
Multi-Collateral Dai
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PeckShield: MCD Smart Contract Audit Report
Audit by PeckShield (October 2019)
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Trail of Bits: MCD Core Smart Contracts Security Assessment Analysis by Trail of Bits (August 2019)
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Trail of Bits: DAI Security Assessment Analysis by Trail of Bits (March 2018)
Single-Collateral Dai
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Analysis by Bok Consulting (July 2018)
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Analysis by Whitehat Group (December 2017)
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Trail of Bits: SAI Security Assessment
Analysis by Trail of Bits (October 2017)
Dappsys
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Trail of Bits: DappHub Security Assessment
Analysis by Trail of Bits (November 2017)
Developer Resources
Notice: Some Single-Collateral and Multi-Collateral Dai resources may overlap.
Github Orgs
Documentation
- Maker Documentation Portal
- Dai.js JavaScript Library Documentation
- Dapp.tools
- Seth
- Klab: Generating and Debugging K-Framework Reachability Proofs
- Multicall
- Dappsys Library
Guides and Tutorials
Multi-Collateral Dai
Contracts
- Changelog: Multi-Collateral DAI Public Releases
Tools
- Testchain: Run MCD Contracts Locally
Documentation
- MCD Core CDP Engine Architecture
- MCD System Variables
- K-DSS Formal Specification and Verification of Multi-Collateral Dai
Guides and Tutorials
- MCD 101
- Auction Keeper Bot Setup Guide
- Auctions and Keepers in Multi-Collateral Dai Explained
- Introduction on How to Use Maker's Custom Test Chain
- Intro to the Rate mechanism
- WIP: Multi Collateral Dai Developer Guide
- Upgrading to Multi-Collateral Dai
Single-Collateral Dai
Contracts
Mainnet
- Dai Token Tracker
- MKR Token Tracker
- Global Settlement Mechanism
- CDP Engine
- CDP Liquidator
- Chief Governance
- MKR Burner
- DSProxy Registry
Kovan Testnet
- Dai Token Tracker
- MKR Token Tracker
- Global Settlement Mechanism
- CDP Engine
- CDP Liquidator
- Chief Governance
- MKR Burner
- DSProxy Registry
Tools
- Testchain: Run SCD Contracts Locally
- Pymaker: Python API for Maker Contracts
- Governance Dashboard
- SCD CDP Portal
Documentation
- Dai Documentation
- Dai Developer Documentation
- Dai Main Repo: All Contracts
- Purple Paper: Reference Implementation (Outdated)
Guides and Tutorials
Data and APIs
- GraphQL API
- Price Feed Documentation
- [MakerDAO SubGraph 1](https://thegraph.com/explorer/subgraph/protofire/makerdao
- MakerDAO SubGraph 2
Examples
- Node-Dai
- CDP Liquidator Devpost
- CDP Saver
- Dai Integration Examples
- Liquid Long CDP Management
- Shadowlands CDP Manager: 100% Python, TextUI Dapp platform for ethereum, built on Python3.5+, web3.py and asciimatics
Translated Resources
Translated Beginner Guides
- 中文 | Tutorial in Chinese: How to Use the Dai Platform Video by Maker 说 (August 2018)
- Elementarz MakerDAO: Primer on MakerDAO in Polish Medium Post by Marcin Jagodziński (March 2019)
Translated FAQs
- SCD FAQs: Spanish
- SCD FAQs: French
- SCD FAQs: Italian
- SCD FAQs: Japanese
- SCD FAQs: Korean
- SCD FAQs: Polish
- SCD FAQs: Zhōngwén
Translated Videos
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MakerDAO 是什么?以太坊上的央行?| What is MakerDAO?
Video by Maker说 (August 2018)
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MakerDAO ve DAI Nedir? | Kripto Para Yatırımı Yaptım (Oasis)
Video by Bitcoin Kraliçesi(January 2020)
Archived Resources
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