Overview of MakerDAO | Dai ⬙

​Maker is a Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) that manages the Dai Stablecoin System on the Ethereum blockchain.

A decentralized stablecoin is the required component necessary to unlock the next phase of the digital financial revolution. Maker has taken the best parts of earlier stablecoin designs and combined them into the ultimate decentralized currency: Dai (Unicode symbol: ⬙)

The fact that Maker is a DAO means that it is possible for anyone, anywhere to become a part of Maker and help build the backbone of a new economy.

MKR holders are the highest authority in the Maker system. They help govern the system and benefit when they govern it well, but they also must foot the bill if things are mismanaged. As a group they need strong social cooperation and a vigilant attitude towards governance.

The most crucial part of the Dai Stablecoin System is the CDP platform. CDPs are smart contracts that hold the collateral assets that guarantee the value of outstanding Dai, while simultaneously serving as a platform for decentralized margin trading; with lower costs and higher security than what is possible with current solutions.

The Dai stablecoin and the CDP platform combine to offer a global decentralized finance solution that can benefit every community, from unbanked rural populations to Wall Street.

Below is a collection of resources for anyone interested in exploring MakerDAO with official documentation, beginner guides, analysis pieces, tools, partnership announcements, AMAs, podcasts, 3rd party apps, and much more.

Table of Contents

• ​Official Properties​

• ​Official Channels​

• ​Official Meetings​

• ​Beginners Guides​

• ​Tutorials​

• ​FAQs​

• ​Use Your Dai​

• ​Spend Your Dai​

• ​Lend Your Dai​

• ​Watch Your Dai​

• ​Hold Your Dai​

• ​Trade Your Dai​

• ​In Depth Analysis​

• ​Speculation​

• ​Critiques​

• ​Governance​

• ​Voting​

• ​Major Milestones | Events​

• ​Partnerships​

• ​AMAs | Interviews​

• ​Podcasts​

• ​Videos​

• ​Dai | MakerDAO Mentions​

• ​Audits and Security​

• ​Developer Resources​

• ​Stablecoins in General​

Official Properties

• ​MakerDAO Website​

• ​Whitepaper​

• ​CDP Portal​

• ​Governance Dashboard​

• ​Eth2Dai​

Official Channels

• ​Twitter​

• ​Forum​

• ​Reddit​

• ​Medium​

• ​RocketChat​

• ​Telegram​

• ​WeChat: makershequ​

• ​Kakaotalk​

• ​YouTube​

• ​Soundcloud​

Official Meetings

• General Community Meeting: Calendar | Video Playlist​

• Scientific Governance and Risk Meeting: Calendar | Video Playlist | Audio Playlist​

Beginner Guides

• ​What is DAI, and how does it work?: Medium Post by Sharon Manrique

• ​A Primer on Stablecoins by MakerDAO: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3: Medium Series by MakerDAO

• ​MakerDAO for Dummies: Part 1 | Part 2: Medium Series by Gregory DiPrisco

• ​TL:DR; A Snappy Guide to MakerDAO and Dai: Medium Post by Shaunsuave

• ​A Stable Coin to Kill Traditional Secured Loans: Meet Maker Dai: Medium Post by Chelo Cavazzoli

• ​How to Use the DAI Platform: Medium Post by Jordan Randolph

• ​The Dai Stablecoin is a Game Changer: Medium Post by James Seibel

• ​Intro to MakerDAO Part 1 | Part 2: Articles by Blockgeeks(.com)

• ​Replacing Federal Reserve With Lines of Code: Article by Londonletter(.org)

• ​中文 | Tutorial in Chinese: How to Use the Dai Platform: Video by Maker 说

• ​What I Learned by Getting a Loan From a Robot (Ethereum, MakerDAO, Stablecoins): Video by Blockhead Media

• ​Ivan on Tech: What is MakerDAO? Understanding The Essential Mechanism: Video by Ivan-on-Tech

• ​Elementarz MakerDAO: Primer on MakerDAO in Polish: Medium Post by Marcin Jagodziński

• ​The Dai Stablecoin is a Game Changer for Ethereum and the Entire Cryptocurrency Ecosystem: Medium Post by James Seibel

• ​What is Pooled ETH (PETH)? The Fuel of the MakerDAO System: Video by Chris Blec

Tutorials

• ​MakerDAO CDP Tutorial - What is it and why is it awesome?: Youtube Video by Crypto Bobby

• ​Opening a CDP with the New MakerDAO CDP Portal: Medium post by Deepit AG

• ​Managing CDPs directly in MyEtherWallet (for hardware wallets): Reddit post by u/zarigis

• ​MakerDAO Tutorial - How To Create A Loan CPD: Youtube Video by Nuggets News

• ​Opening a CDP using InstaDapp's CDP portal: Medium Post by Vishva Dave

• ​English Tutorial on using the CDP Portal: MakerDAO Step by Step: Youtube video by Marcin Jagodziński, narrated by Kenny Rowe

• ​Spanish Tutorial on using the CDP Portal: MakerDAO Step by Step: Youtube video by Marcin Jagodziński, narrated by Luis Lozada

• ​Polish Tutorial on using the CDP Portal: MakerDAO krok po kroku: Youtube video by Marcin Jagodziński

• ​Tutorial - Seamless Dai Integration in Existing DApps: Blog post by Kevin Liu

• ​How to setup DAI for local development: Medium post by Matthew Black

• ​Get Started with MakerDAO CDPs and Dai.js: Medium post by Ross Bulat

• ​An Intro To DaiJS: Build applications on top of MakerDao: Medium Post by Gaurav Agrawal

• ​Governance Dashboard Video Walkthroughs: Voting with a Linked Wallet: MakerDAO Youtube Video

• ​Governance Dashboard Video Walkthroughs: Voting with a Single Wallet: MakerDAO Youtube

FAQs

• ​FAQ: All​

• ​FAQ: Glossary of Terms​

• ​FAQ: CDP​

• ​FAQ: Dai​

• ​FAQ: Emergency Shutdown​

• ​FAQ: Governance​

• ​FAQ: Liquidation​

• ​FAQ: MakerDAO​

• ​FAQ: Oracles​

• ​FAQ: Risk Management​

• ​FAQ: Stability Fees​

• ​FAQ: Stability fee raise: Reddit post by u/rich_at_makerdao

• ​FAQ: Where does the name "Dai" come from?: Reddit post by u/Rune4444

Translated FAQs

• ​FAQs: Spanish​

• ​FAQs: French​

• ​FAQs: Korean​

• ​FAQs: Japanese​

Use Your Dai

3rd Party Apps, Integrations, and Tools

• ​Bounty0x: Fund or complete bounties with/for Dai, ETH, and other tokens

• ​Bounties Network: Earn Dai, ETH, or other tokens by working on freelance projects or fund your own

• ​DeFi Saver | CDP Marketplace: Web app that helps users protect their CDPs from liquidation + CDP Marketplace

• ​Gilded Finance: Invoicing in Dai

• ​LNDR: Expense sharing app by Blockmason

• ​Liquid Long: Open a leveraged ETH position in a single transaction, choose your leverage

• ​PoolTogether: Lossless Lottery using Dai

• ​Pool Dai: No-loss donation protocol enabling people to pool money together, lend it out, and donate the interest to a cause

• ​Whisp.Money: Dai payroll solution

3rd Party CDP Portals

• ​CDP Station on Settle: Alternative CDP UI inside of the settle.finance app

• ​InstaDapp Borrow: Alternative CDP UI inside of InstaDapp

• ​Shadowlands: CDP Interface: Run local Dapps using Shadowlands

Spend Your Dai

• ​AdEx Network: A protocol and platform for decentralized advertising on blockchain, using DAI as payment method for advertisers on the platform.

• ​Bidali: Buy gift cards with Dai

• ​CelerX: Play eSports games, win crypto prizes

• ​Coinevents.io: Event tickets, sell your event's tickets for crypto (including DAI)

• ​NeedsList: Purchase items that are critically needed and help with disaster preparedness

• ​OpenSea: Buy and sell digital goods and assets, make offers in Dai

• ​Unicef: Donate your Dai

• ​Wirex: Visa debit card that can be top-up with DAI

Lend Your Dai

• ​Compound.Finance: Lending and Borrowing Platform for Crypto

• ​DyDx: Decentralized Dai Lending

• ​Dharma: Earn interest

• ​Nexo: Centralized

• ​Celcius: Centralized

• ​Ethichub: Provide p2p Loans to Communities Around the Globe

• ​Nuo: Lend, borrow, and margin trade your Dai, ETH, and other ERC20 tokens

Watch Your Dai

• ​CDP.FYI: Push notifications for when your CDPs reach dangerous levels

• ​CDP Simulator: Speaks for itself

• ​CDP Simulator: no metamask required: Speaks for itself

• ​Mkr.tools: MakerDAO System Explorer and Informational Statistics

• ​Makerscan: MakerDAO System Explorer

• ​MakerDaiBot: Twitterbot

• ​daiembassy: MakerDAO System Explorer

• ​TokenAnalyst: Stablecoins: Stablecoin Comparison

• ​TRMLabs Insights: Stablecoin Comparison

• ​Supermax: MakerDAO Stats

• ​StableCoin Index: Stats of various stablecoins

• ​Stability Fee Change Notifications: Email list to be notified of Stability Fee changes

• ​Loanscan: Financial information and analytics for debt issued on the Ethereum blockchain

• ​DaiStats: Simple Dai Statistics by Mariano Conti

• ​DefiPulse: Get a sense for the Defi space in general

• ​Nomics: Dai: Dai Statistics through an API aggregator

• ​EthView: Dashboard to view your CDPs and other DeFi stats without connecting to a wallet

• ​Dai-in-Defi: Supply and Demand Dashboard for Maker DAI

• ​Daiprice: Dashboard to view Dai USD price and other metrics

• ​DaiPeg: Interactive Dashboard to view Dai USD price, calculated accross several exchanges

• ​dai.stablecoin.science: Dashboard to view Dai USD price

• ​Dai for sale on Coinbase below $1: Visual & Numerical representation of the orderbook below $1

• ​MakerDAO Stability Fee: Dashboard to view current stability fee and a sign up to be notified when changed

• ​DAppTotal: Defi Rankings

• ​Defitracker: Dashboard to track view Dai across DeFi protocols, including Compound, Dydx, Uniswap Pools and more.

• ​Vishesh's Graphs: Data representations hosted by Vishesh Choudhry

• ​Tracker of 24hr VWAP of Dai: Dai Price Tracker by Vishesh Choudhry

• ​Santiment Maker Analytics​

• ​DeFiprime.com: DeFi stablecoins lending rates compared to traditional finance system

Hold Your Dai

Hardware Wallets

• ​Ledger Nano S​

• ​Trezor​

• ​KeepKey | MakerDAO on KeepKey: Discover DeFi​

Mobile Wallets

• ​DexWallet​

• ​Edge​

• ​BRD​

• ​Freewallet​

• ​Ethex​

• ​Ethos Universal Wallet​

• ​Celcius​

Mobile and Browser Wallets

• ​Coinbase Wallet​

• ​Trust Wallet​

• ​Status.im​

• ​imToken​

• ​AlphaWallet​

Hybrid Wallets: Mobile + Desktop

• ​Atomic Wallet​

• ​Zelcore​

Web Wallets

• ​MyCrypto​

• ​MyEtherWallet​

Extension Wallets

• ​MetaMask​

Paper Wallets

• ​MyEtherWallet​

Trade Your Dai

Dai and MKR Markets

• ​DAI Markets​

• ​MKR Markets​

Token Swaps

• ​Airswap​

• ​0xInstant​

• ​KyberSwap​

• ​SimpleSwap​

• ​Swap.online​

• ​Uniswap​

• ​1inch.exchange​

Noncustodial Exchanges

• ​Eth2Dai​

• ​Radar Relay​

• ​Totle​

• ​DDex​

• ​CoinChangeX​

• ​ForkDelta​

• ​Paradex​

• ​coinected​

• ​Changelly​

• ​ShapeShift​

Custodial Exchanges

• ​KuCoin: Based in Hong Kong

• ​Gate.io: Based in USA

• ​HitBTC: Based in EU

• ​Bibox: Based in China

• ​Ethfinex | Bitfinex: Based in Hong Kong

• ​Yobit: Based in Russia

• ​Coinbase: Based in USA

• ​Exmo: Based in England

• ​Panda: Based in Latin America

• ​Probit: Based in Republic of Seychelles

• ​COSS.IO: Based in Singapore

Merchant Solutions

• ​Ink Protocol​

• ​Savvy/PayBear​

Open-Source payment processors

• ​Dexpay​

On/Off Ramps

• ​Wyre: Withdraw your crypto to Fiat US/Australia/EU(soon™)/UK(soon™)

  • ​Wyre's US Licenses List​

• ​Elastum: Convert crypto to Euros

  • ​Supported Countries List​

• ​Ripio: Argentina, Brazil and, very soon™, Mexico

• ​Buenbit: Argentina and Peru

• ​Orionx: Mexico and Chile

In Depth Analysis

Lighter

• ​How Dai Addresses Centralization and Counterparty Risk: Medium post by MakerDAO

• ​Ether Deflation Caused by MakerDAO Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3: Medium post by Deepit AG

• ​Maker DAO Network Analysis: Post by santiment(.net)

• ​The Role of Ether in Multi-Collateral DAI: Medium post by David Hoffman

• ​MakerDAO Token Economics: An Independent Research Report: Research report by Lisa JY Tan

Heavier

• ​Measuring DAI Supply and Demand Price Effects: Post by Primoz Kordez on santiment(.net)

• ​A Ratings-Based Model for Credit Events in MakerDAO: Paper by Alex Evans

• ​Maker Network Overview: Placeholder VC: Report by Placeholder VC

• ​MakerDAO Stability Fee Benchmarking: Medium Post by Primoz Kordez

• ​Evaluating MKR Buyback and Burn model: Medium Post by David Hoffman

• ​Dai in Numbers: Medium Post by MakerDAO

• ​Examining the Supply of Maker Dai: An Analysis into CDP Demand: Medium Post by Jack Purdy

• ​The Auction Grinding Attack: a case for a liquidation penalty in MCD: Paper by Lev Livnev

• ​Single collateral Dai— 9 months in review: Medium post by Mike McDonald

• ​Maximum Leverage on Maker: Blog post by Ian Macalinao

• ​Measuring Maker-Dai stability: Medium post by Sid Shekhar

• ​Collateralized Debt Obligations for Issuer-Backed Tokens: Research post by Vbuterin

• ​How stable are the top stablecoins? A quantitative analysis: Medium post by Wes Levitt

• ​MakerDAO 2018 Revenue Analysis: Medium post by Marc-André Dumas

• ​MakerDAO Q1 2019 Revenue Analysis: Medium post by Marc-André Dumas

• ​MakerDAO Tokens Explained: DAI, WETH, PETH, SIN, MKR. Part 1: Medium post by Aleksey Studnev

• ​Maker DAO Transactions Illustrated: Medium post by Aleksey Studnev

Speculation

• ​Maker (MKR) Valuation Fundamentals — The case for Trillion Dollar Maker: Medium post by Andrew Kang

• ​A MakerDAO Case Study: Vision Hill Advisors

• ​Thoughts on how the amount of Dai issued affects the valuation of MKR: Reddit post by u/davidutro

• ​Cryptoasset Research: Maker (MKR): Medium post by Jack Purdy

• ​Investment Analysis: MakerDAO: Medium post by Aviv Milner | Victor Hogrefe

Critiques

• ​(In)Stability for the Blockchain: Deleveraging Spirals and Stablecoin Attacks: Academic Paper by Ariah Klages-Mundt and Andreea Minca

• ​Revisiting stablecoins: Blog Post by JP Koning

• ​The $1.00 Stablecoin Worth $0.98: Medium Post by Grapefruit Trading

• ​Maker Dai: Stable, but not scalable: A lesson in stablecoin arbitrage | Reddit Thread: Medium Post by Hasu

• ​Reserve’s Analysis of the MakerDAO Protocol: Blog post by Nevin Freeman

• ​MakerDAO and the Dai: Blog post by Havven

• ​Cryptoasset Collateral Concerns: Blog post by Havven

• ​Why Should We Trust the MakerDAO Oracle System?: Reddit post by u/griggah

• ​4 questions to DAI and the future of stable cryptocurrency: Article by Esben Vest

• ​Can the powers that be shut down MakerDAO and Dai?: Reddit post by u/18idlwk1920dc

Governance

• ​Governance and Risk Meetings: Audio: Soundcloud Playlist

• ​Governance and Risk Meetings: Video: Youtube Playlist

• ​Governance and Risk Meetings: Transcripts​

• ​Governance Forum​

• ​Governance and Risk Meetings: Written recaps (old): Github repo

• ​MakerDAO Governance Risk Framework Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3: Medium Posts by MakerDAO

• ​Lessons from MakerDAO: Medium post by Nick Tomaino

• ​Deep dive into MakerDAO Governance: A look at the code for governance in SCD: Medium post by banteg

• ​Dai Savings Rate Announced: Medium post by MakerDAO

• ​Foundation Proposal v2 | v1: Medium post by MakerDAO

• ​Reaching a Compromise on the 20% Principle and the Foundation Proposal: Medium Post by MakerDAO

• ​The Importance of Debt Ceilings within MakerDAO’s Collateralized Stable-Coin System: Medium Post by David Utrobin

• ​Maker Governance: Unwrapping the Importance of Stability Fees: Article by Fitzner Blockchain Consulting

• ​Introducing DIPOR: LIBOR for Open Finance: Aricle by Matteo Leibowitz

• ​Introducing A New Governance On-boarding Experience: Medium Post by MakerDAO

Voting

• ​Governance Portal​

• ​The MakerDAO Voting Proxy Contract​

• ​Maker Governance voting setup for Ledger Nano S​

• ​Maker Governance voting setup for Trezor​

• ​Maker Governance voting setup for MetaMask​

• ​Maker Governance voting setup for paper wallets using SETH​

• ​Video Voting Tutorial​

Major Milestones | Events

• 09/14/2019: Stability Fee Decrease to 12.5%

• 09/07/2019: Stability Fee Decrease to 14.5%​

• 08/30/2019: Stability Fee Decrease to 16.5%​

• 08/22/2019: Stability Fee Decrease to 18.5%​

• 07/24/2019: MCD Public Bug Bounty is announced​

• 07/13/2019: Stability Fee Increase to 20.5%​

• 07/12/2019: Update: The Road to Multi-Collateral Dai—Kovan Release v0.2.10​

• 07/09/2019: Stability Fee Increase to 18.5%​

• 07/05/2019: Stability Fee Increase to 17.5%​

• 06/14/2019: Update: The Road to Multi-Collateral Dai—Kovan Release v0.2.9​

• 06/14/2019: Update: The Road to Multi-Collateral Dai—Kovan Release v0.2.8​

• 06/05/2019: Stability Fee Decrease to 16.5%​

• 05/31/2019: Update: The Road to Multi-Collateral Dai—Kovan Release v0.2.7​

• 05/28/2019: Stability Fee Decrease to 17.5%​

• 05/17/2019: Update: The Road to Multi-Collateral Dai—Kovan Release v0.2.6​

• 05/06/2019: Critical Update to Governance Voting Contract​

• 05/03/2019: Stability Fee Increase to 19.5%​

• 05/03/2019:Update: The Road to Multi-Collateral Dai—Kovan Release v0.2.5​

• 04/28/2019: Stability Fee Increase to 16.5%​

• 04/24/2019: Update: The Road to Multi-Collateral Dai—Kovan Release v0.2.4​

• 04/19/2019: Stability Fee Increase to 14.5%​

• 04/14/2019: Stability Fee Increase to 11.5%​

• 04/10/2019: Update: The Road to Multi-Collateral Dai—Kovan Release v0.2.3​

• 03/27/2019: Update: The Road to Multi-Collateral Dai​

• 03/22/2019: Stability Fee Increase to 7.5%​

• 03/08/2019: Stability Fee Increase to 3.5%​

• 02/23/2019: Stability Fee Increase to 1.5%​

• 02/20/2019: Updated SCD WhitePaper​

• 02/09/2019: Stability Fee increase to 1%​

• 02/08/2019: Oasis Contract Upgrade | Postmortem: Oasis Contract Upgrade​

• 01/21/2019: 2,000,000 ETH Locked in the CDP Engine​

• 12/18/2018: Happy BirthDAI: 1 year since the launch of Dai​

• 12/14/2018: Decreasing the Stability Fee to 0.5%​

• 11/13/2018: 1,000,000 ETH Locked in the CDP Engine​

• 10/30/2018: Introducing the new CDP Portal for Single Collateral Dai​

• 10/24/2018: Announcing the MakerDAO Core Community Development Initiative​

• 09/15/2018: Foundation Proposal Approved​

• 09/11/2018: Introducing the Governance Voting UI v1​

• 09/17/2018: Multi-collateral Dai Code Open for Review​

• 07/26/2018: Increasing the Dai Stability Fee to 2.5% | FAQs​

• 07/03/2018: Debt Ceiling Raised to $100MM USD​

• 03/29/2018: Oasis.Direct provides instant exchanges​

• 12/22/2017: Sai Globally Settled​

• 12/18/2017: Dai v1 Launched​

• 12/17/2017: Dai v1 Audited​

• 06/05/2017: Introducing Sai​

Partnerships

• 07/30/2019: Argent’s first DeFi launch: Maker CDPs​

• 07/12/2019: Akropolis + Dai: creating safeguards against inflation and economic crises through technology​

• 07/08/2019: Celer Network to Integrate Dai into CelerX Mobile App​

• 07/03/2019: MakerDAO on KeepKey: Discover DeFi​

• 06/26/2019: Coinsource U.S. Bitcoin ATM Operator to Add Dai Stablecoin, Launch Remittance Service​

• 06/21/2019: Oxfam Trials Delivery of Disaster Relief Using Ethereum Stablecoin DAI​

• 05/23/2019: Experimental partners with MakerDAO!​

• 05/08/2019: MakerDAO and Airtm Partner to Empower Financial Stability in South America​

• 04/30/2019: ITAM Games Adopts Dai StableCoin In Its Gaming Ecosystem​

• 04/10/2019: Pay with DAI on Origin — Announcing Our First Stablecoin Integration​

• 04/03/2019: Quantfury: Free Trading of Stocks, Crypto Pairs, ETFs and Commodities Using Dai Stablecoin​

• 04/03/2019: Nitrogen partners with Maker: DAI is available on new Launchpad​

• 03/26/2019: Introducing Streaming Payments for Ujo with Connext Payment Channels and Dai​

• 03/27/2019: Announcing US Stock Index Token, Powered by UMA and Dai​

• 03/21/2019: Swap Euros to Dai with Elastum: supports 33 SEPA Zone countries​

• 03/21/2019: Airwallet integrates CDP system​

• 03/21/2019: $DAI now added as a native payment option on Travala.com​

• 03/14/2019: Ether Capital Invests in MakerDAO​

• 03/12/2019: Introducing the Dai Card: by Connext​

• 03/08/2019: MakerDAO Focuses on Korea: 12 Partners​

• 02/27/2019: Celsius integrates stablecoin Dai into its interest-earning wallet​

• 02/20/2019: FACTOR-805: Introducing Dai into Security Tokens, Fluidity Factora​

• 02/14/2019: Introducing Dexpay and MakerDAO Grant Announcement​

• 02/12/2019: Meridio <3 Maker: Real Estate on the Blockchain​

• 02/06/2019: Borrow Against Dai with EthLend​

• 02/05/2019: Load Dai onto your WireX Card​

• 01/22/2019: Share & Charge platform Decentralized Electric Vehicle Charging​

• 01/21/2019: Introducing Decentralized Bank: InstaDapp​

• 01/14/2019: VANTA to Accept Dai Stablecoin in Presale​

• 12/05/2018: ZelCore integrates MakerDAO’s $DAI Stablecoin​

• 12/04/2018: dYdX Margin Tokens and DAI​

• 11/30/2018: Dai is now available on Compound.Finance​

• 11/28/2018: Cryptocup integrates DAI and Kyber Network to launch a stable prize pool game​

• 11/19/2018: OpenSea Buy and sell crypto collectibles with Dai​

• 11/15/2018: MakerDAO partners with Ripio to bring Dai to South America via fiat on/off ramp​

• 10/26/2018: MedX Partners with MakerDAO​

• 10/18/2018: POA Network partners with MakerDAO on xDai Chain​

• 10/18/2018: Groundhog partners with MakerDAO to integrate Dai stablecoin technology​

• 09/24/2018: a16z crypto purchases 6% of MKR, backing Stablecoin Vanguard MakerDAO | a16z Maker by Jesse Walden and Katie Haun​

• 09/19/2018: Airbus Foundation to Accept Tokenized Donations with DAI, Plasma, and Ethereum's Full Stack​

• 09/11/2018: CanYa releases ‘hedged escrow’ to protect platform users from price volatility​

• 08/14/2018: MakerDAO and Wyre Give Businesses Immediate Access to Dai Stablecoin in Over Thirty Countries, Including U.S.A.​

• 08/07/2018: Introducing MakerDAO and Dai to The Ocean Ecosystem​

• 07/25/2018: Swarm investors will be able to lock in crypto prices with the world’s first Ethereum-based stablecoin​

• 07/23/2018: bZx + MakerDAO​

• 07/06/2018: MakerDAO Partners With Supply Chain Payments Company TradeShift​

• 06/22/2018: Request Network adds Dai as a part of their initial ERC 20 support​

• 06/20/2018: 8x Protocol Integrates with MakerDAO​

• 06/08/2018: [Bounties Network and MakerDAO are embarking on the first social impact bounty project

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• 05/25/2018: Announcing Reloanr: Lendroid + Maker​

• 05/24/2018: MARKET Protocol partners with MakerDAO​

• 05/15/2018: STK Partners with MakerDAO to offer instant cryptocurrency transactions with Dai Stablecoin​

• 05/11/2018: MakerDAO and Blockshipping Collaborate to Transform the Global Container Shipping Industry​

• 05/10/2018: Dai will be included in the Dether App​

• 05/03/2018: MakerDAO and Switchain partner to help users hedge against volatility​

• 05/03/2018: imToken Makes History with MakerDAO​

• 04/26/2018: Grow Open Source: Gitcoin+ MakerDAO​

• 04/13/2018: Kyber Network Lists Its First Stablecoin​

• 04/10/2018: MakerDAO and OmiseGO: Announcing Dai and OMG Collaborations​

• 03/28/2018: MakerDAO to join Auctus Labs​

• 02/22/2018: PayBear announces partnership with MakerDAO​

• 02/21/2018: MakerDAO and CargoX partner to revolutionise logistics, supply chains and shipping​

• 02/17/2018: Introducing The Stable Fund, in partnership with L4 Ventures​

• 01/31/2018: MakerDAO and Digix: DGX gold tokens to play a crucial role in the DAI stablecoin​

• 12/15/2017: Maker sells $12M of MKR to partners, led by Andreessen Horowitz and Polychain Capital​

AMAs | Interviews

• 07/08/2019: BBOD: Introducing DAI Stablecoin. An Interview with Founder & CEO of MakerDAO, Rune Christensen​

• 02/18/2019: Towards a second-generation tokenization, Interview with Rune Chistensen​

• 01/10/2019: A Conversation with MakerDAO’s “Head of Oracles” - Mariano Conti​

• 11/30/2018: MakerDAO President Steven Becker on the Boom in 'Stablecoins'​

• 11/19/2018: MakerDAO—The Backbone of the Future Economy? Interview with Rune Christensen​

• 11/01/2018: Niklas Of MakerDAO - Synthetic Tokens, Earning Interest On DAI, What's Next: Crypt0news​

• 08/22/2018: MakerDAO: The Future of Finance; an interview with Rune Christensen​

• 08/17/2018: Interview: MakerDAO CEO Rune Christensen Talks Stablecoins​

• 08/16/2018: We're Rune Christensen (CEO, MakerDAO) and Michael Dunworth (CEO, Wyre) - we just announced a great partnership. AMA (AUA)​

• 08/09/2018: MakerDAO Chat with Greg Diprisco​

• 06/25/2018: A Better Stable Coin Than Tether? Interview with, Rune Christensen, MakerDAO Co-Founder (VIDEO)

• 04/22/2018: MakerDAO Interview with Matt Richards - BQLQ​

• 01/31/2018: Andy Milenius Of MakerDAO: Crypto Price Volatility Will Hinder Real Economy onto the Blockchain | UNITALKS​

• 11/11/2017: Nugget's News - MakerDAO interview with Rune Christensen​

• 07/10/2016: Bitcoinist.com short Interview with Rune Christensen​

Podcasts

• 07/30/2019: Epicenter: Maker DAO – The Central Bank of Web 3.0 w/ Rune Christensen​

• 06/18/2019: POV Crypto Ep. 58-The Frontier of Dai, With Mariano Conti​

• 05/31/2019: Hashing It Out #47: MakerDAO – Nik Kunkel​

• 04/03/2019: Software Engineering Daily: Stablecoins with Rune Christensen​

• 03/27/2019: ZeroKnowledgefm: Digging into DAI with Rune Christensen from Maker​

• 03/27/2019: NTO THE ETHER Maker: Establishing Stability in Crypto with Rune Christensen​

• 03/26/2019: POV Crypto Podcast Episode 40 — Bitcoin Vs MakerDAO II​

• 03/21/2019: Stablecoins and What’s next for MakerDAO with Ashleigh Schap​

• 03/18/2019: MakerDAO/DAI 101 w/ Rune Christensen​

• 02/11/2019: How Maker Became Ethereum's Biggest Project - Rune Christensen (Founder, MakerDao)​

• 02/05/2019: Unchained: Rune Christensen of MakerDAO Part 2: How Dai Stayed at $1 While ETH Crashed From $1,400 to $85 - Ep.105​

• 01/29/2019: Unchained: Rune Christensen of MakerDAO Part 1: How to Keep a Crypto-Collateralized Stablecoin Afloat - Ep.104​

• 01/22/2018: Ep 19, MakerDAO, Novel Paradigms for Risk Management with Steven Becker, President and COO​

• 12/21/2018: a16z Podcast: All about Stablecoins, with Andy Milenius​

• 12/20/2018: POV Crypto Special Edition: The Role of Ether in Multi-Collateral DAI, with David Utrobin​

• 12/02/2018: POV Crypto — Episode 14: Bitcoin Vs. MakerDAO​

• 10/25/2018: Boost VC S3 EP31: Solving for Volatility in Crypto with a Decentralized Stablecoin—with Steven Becker of MakerDAO​

• 10/17/2018: 51percent: Ep 5: MakerDAO Founder and CEO Rune Christensen​

• 09/28/2018: Unconfirmed: Rune Christensen of MakerDao on Its $15 Million From Andreessen Horowitz - Ep.039​

• 09/22/2018: 101 Series: Stablecoins​

• 02/27/2018: BlockZero #6 - Rune Christensen​

• 02/09/2018: The Cryptoverse - If Tether Crypto Is A Scam, The DAI Token Is An Alternative with Rune Christensen​

• 02/27/2018: Unchained Podcast - Why It's so Hard to Keep Stablecoins Stable with Rune Christensen​

• 07/15/2017: This Week in Crypto - MakerDAO project CEO Rune Christensen​

• 02/02/2017: BlockChannel Episode 7: Meet Your Maker, Ethereum: Andy Milenius & Kenny Rowe​

• 03/28/2016: EB124 – Rune Christensen: MakerDAO Ethereum's Decentralized Central Bank​

Videos

By and With MakerDAO Team Members

• Conference Panel: The Great Stablecoin Debate: with Reserve, USDC, and MakerDAO(Steven Becker) | MultiCoin Summit​

• Conference Panel: Mariano Conti ~ Panel on Oracles @EthDenver​

• Bloomberg Panel: Stable Coins: a Volatility Cure-All?​

• Animated Short: Stability Mechanics of the Dai Stablecoin System​

• Short Interview: Andy Milenius of MakerDAO Talks To ChronoLogic about Scheduling Transactions​

• Conference Presentation: Ashleigh Schap ~ Biz Dev & Crypto: Breaking Out of the Bubble MakerDAO @EthDenver​

• Conference Presentation: Mariano Conti ~ CDPs and MCD: A Look Back with Maker @EthDenver​

• Conference Presentation: Andy Milenius Talk about Dai at Devcon 4​

• Conference Presentation: ETHBerlin - Mariano Conti - Price Oracles + Signed Messages On & Off-Chain​

• Conference Presentation: Dai Stablecoin Presentation with Andy Milenius @ Devcon 3​

• Conference Presentation: Introduction to Dai @ World Crypto Economic Forum with Andy Milenius​

• Conference Presentation: What’s to Come with Matt Richard at Dappcon 2018​

• Conference Presentation: MakerDAO: Challenges of asset backed Stablecoins [Nik and Rune] | DeFi Summit Prague​

• Conference Presentation: EDCON 2019 Michael Elliot Blockchain Engineer at MakerDAO: CDP Portal State Management​

• Conference Presentation: "Beyond Banks" by Gregory Di Prisco, MakerDAO | Fluidity 2019​

• Meetup Presentation: MakerDAO and Dai Stablecoin @ Ethereum Shanghai with Chao Pan​

• Meetup Presentation: What is MakerDAO? with Rune Christensen @ NYC Ethereum​

• Meetup Presentations: Stablecoins with MakerDAO, Formal Verification Research @ Ethereum Madrid Feat. Denis Erfurt & Others​

• Meetup Presentations: Demand Generation for DAI and Synthetic Assets By Niklas Kunkel​

• Video Interview: Rune Christiansen, Co-Founder & CEO of MakerDAO, Talks Future of Blockchain​

• Video Interview: Nugget's News - MakerDAO interview with Rune Christensen​

• Video Interview: MakerDAO Interview with Matt Richards - BQLQ​

• Video Interview: A Better Stable Coin Than Tether? Interview with, Rune Christensen, MakerDAO Co-Founder ​

• Video Interview: MakerDAO Chat with Greg Diprisco​

• Video Interview: Whiteboard Series with NEAR | Ep: 10 David Utrobin from MakerDAO​

By Others ❤

• Mena Summit 2018 Panel, Charles Noyes mentions MakerDAO: Navigating Investments from Cryptocurrencies to Blockchain​

• Youtube Video by Blockhead Media: What I Learned by Getting a Loan From a Robot (Ethereum, MakerDAO, Stablecoins)​

• Youtube Clip by CryptosRUs: Tether 2.0 – A Look at Dai and Maker Coins ​

• Youtube Clip by Coin Mastery: The Psychology Of "Doing Nothing" in Crypto - Weiss Ratings, Korean Exchange, StableCoins - Ep 130 ​

• Youtube Video by CRYPTO: Dai: The Stablecoin From MakerDAO on CRYPTO: Whitepaper Wednesdays​

• Youtube Video by Jackson Palmer: What are Stablecoins?​

• Youtube Video by Maker 说: MakerDAO 是什么？以太坊上的央行？| What is MakerDAO?​

Dai | MakerDAO Mentions

• 04/15/2019: It’s 2019. Where the f*ck is Our Global Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System?​

• 03/28/2019: The 100+ Projects Pioneering Decentralized Finance: Medium Post by Consensys

• 03/28/2019: Formal verification, Virtual Hardware, and Engineering for Blockchains: Medium Post by Richard Burton

• 03/23/2019: The Year of the DAO Comeback: Ustanding What’s Leading the Charge: Medium Post by Steven McKie

• 03/06/2019: Open Finance: Loan Origination Snapshot for January and February 2019: Medium Post by Bloqboard

• 02/25/2019: How to loan yourself money with MakerDAO: Decrypt post by Ben Munster

• 01/31/2019: An Elegant Relationship (DAI, ETH, MKR): Medium Post by Cyrus Younessi

• 01/24/2019: Stablecoins: Strengths & Weaknesses: Guest post by Brian D. Colwell on MakerDAO's medium

• 01/23/2019: Placeholder VC: Maker Investment Thesis: Post by Chris Burniske and Joel Monegro

• 01/17/2019: Lender of First Resort: MakerDAO Guest Medium Post by @ProgrammableTX

• 01/11/2019: Daimonds in the Soles of Her Shoes: Medium Post by Andy Tudhope

• 12/19/2018: Exploring the Emerging Crypto Debt Markets: Medium Post by Max Bronstein

• 12/12/2018: MakerDAO: The Decentralized Global Reserve Bank: Medium Post by David Hoffman

• 12/10/2018: The Rise of Decentralized Finance: Article by Trustnodes(.com)

• 12/03/2018: Stablecoins: Use Cases | Stablecoins: Collateralization Types: Medium Post by Brian Colwell

• 11/21/2018: DAI Moved Nearly $200 Million worth of decentralized tokenized dollars: Article by Trustnodes(.com)

• 09/23/2018: Twelve reasons I’m bullish about Ethereum today: Post by Lane Rettig

• 09/17/2018: Ethereum Projects Start Using DAI as a Bank: Article by Trustnodes(.com)

• 09/10/2018: MakerDAO - Shitcoin Review: Post by Mike and Aaron

• 08/25/2018: DAI (MakerDAO) is Ethereum’s Crown Jewel: Post by Paolo Rebuffo

• 08/15/2018: Amid Chaos, DAI Stays Stable: Article by Trustnodes(.com)

• 08/07/2018: Mapping The Decentralized Financial System: Post by Max Bronstein

• 07/18/2018: Vitalik Buterin on Cryptoeconomics and Markets in Everything by Conversations with Tyler: Podcast by Tyler Cowen

• 07/18/2018 How Does MakerDAO’s Proposed 20% Charitable Giving Principle Make Sense?: Post by David Utrobin

• 06/13/218: The Four Major Things Missing in The Blockchain Industry: Post by Wesley Graham and Robert Greenfield | Blockchain at Berkeley

• 04/11/2018: Is It Time For Crypto Exchanges to Replace the Dollar?: Article by Trustnodes(.com)

• 02/07/2018: Dai CDP User Stories: Post by MakerDAO

• 01/24/2018: MakerDAO and More: The Quest for a Stable Stablecoin Continues - CoinDesk: Article by Coindesk

• 08/05/2017: Keepers — Workers that Maintain Blockchain Networks: Post by Ryan Zurrer of Polychain Capital

Audits and Security

Multi Collateral Dai

• ​Trail of Bits (October 2018)​

Single Collateral Dai

• ​Whitehat Group ([email protected])​

• ​Trail of Bits (September 2017)​

• ​Bok Consulting ([email protected]​

Dappsys

• ​Trail of Bits (November 2017)​

Developer Resources

General

These are resources that overlap between Single-Collateral Dai and Multi-Collateral Dai.

Github Orgs

• ​MakerDAO​

• ​DappHub​

• ​OasisDEX​

Documentation

• ​Dai.js JavaScript library Documentation​

• ​Dapp.tools​

• ​Seth​

• ​Klab: generating and debugging K-framework reachability proofs​

• ​Multicall​

• ​Dappsys library​

  • ​ds-token​

  • ​ds-auth​

  • ​ds-value​

  • ​ds-math​

  • ​ds-note​

  • ​ds-proxy​

Guides & Tutorials

• ​Developer Guides​

  • ​Introduction to Seth​

  • ​Working with DSProxy​

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

• ​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​

• ​SCD Variables Glossary​

• ​Purple Paper: Reference Implementation (Outdated)​

Guides & Tutorials

• ​Developer Guides​

  • ​Dai Token Guide​

  • ​Using Dai in smart contracts​

  • ​Keepers Guide​

  • ​Testchain Guide to deploy contracts locally​

  • ​How to setup DAI for local development​

  • ​Deep dive into MakerDAO Governance: A look at the code for governance in SCD​

  • ​VoteProxy Setup Guide​

• ​Dai.js​

  • ​Get Started with MakerDAO CDPs and Dai.js​

  • ​An Intro To DaiJS: Build applications on top of MakerDao​

Data and APIs

• ​GraphQL API​

• ​Price Feed Documentation​

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​

Multi-Collateral Dai

Contracts

While MCD is on a TestNet, contract addresses are subject to change. Visit changelog.makerdao.com for up-to-date information.

Tools

• ​Testchain - Run MCD contracts locally​

Documentation

• ​MCD Core CDP Engine Architecture​

• ​MCD System Variables​

• ​Executable K specification of the smart contracts of Multi-Collateral Dai​

• ​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​

• ​How to use mcd-cli to interact with Kovan deployment of MCD​

• ​Introduction on how to use Maker’s custom test chain​

• ​WIP: Multi Collateral Dai Developer Guide​

• ​Upgrading to Multi-Collateral Dai​

Stablecoins in General

Media