Token Economy (Third Edition)
Volume: DAOs & Purpose-Driven Tokens
Chapter: Stable Tokens: DAI & MakerDAO
Publication Date: 2023
This page lists all the sources used for the research of the chapters and provides a reading list for those who want to learn more about the topics in this chapter. The references are sorted by category, alphabetically, and by date when you select the drop down menu. In the date view, if the full date of a book or academic paper is not known, the last day of the publication year is used. The links on this page will be updated regularly to avoid broken links. Some links, especially those to the Internet Archives, may not be accessible in certain regions due to censorship. Thanks to Quentin Botha for the idea and the manual effort to categorize the references in this database format!
| Category | Full Reference | * |
|---|---|---|
Web Resources | Abel, David. “Maker Foundation Shuts Down, MakerDAO to Take Over”. Altcoin Buzz. Jul 23, 2021. Accessed between October 2022 and February 2023. https://www.altcoinbuzz.io/cryptocurrency-news/product-release/maker-foundation-shuts-down-makerdao-to-take-over/ | * |
Web Resources | Bitmex Research. “A brief history of Stablecoins (Part 1)”. Jul 02, 2018. Accessed between October 2022 and February 2023. https://blog.bitmex.com/a-brief-history-of-stablecoins-part-1/ | * |
Web Resources | Coingecko. “MKR Tokenomics”. Creation date unknown. Accessed between October 2022 and February 2023. https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/maker/tokenomics | * |
Web Resources | Dhaliwal, Eden. “Incentive Analysis: Arbitrage & Market Maker Keepers in MakerDAO”. Outlier Ventures Blog. Apr 18, 2019. Accessed between October 2022 and February 2023. https://medium.com/outlier-ventures-io/incentive-analysis-arbitrage-market-maker-keepers-in-makerdao-20b3e2fd12db | * |
Web Resources | Fernau, Owen. “Maker Foundation Transfers Funds to DAO in Decentralization Push”. The Defiant. May 04, 2021. Accessed between October 2022 and February 2023. https://thedefiant.io/maker-foundation-transfers-funds-to-dao-in-decentralization-push | * |
Web Resources | Gola, Yashu. “Ethereum crashed by 94% in 2018 - Will history repeat with ETH price bottoming at $375?”. Cointelegraph. Jun 14, 2022. Accessed between October 2022 and February 2023. https://cointelegraph.com/news/ethereum-crashed-by-94-in-2018-will-history-repeat-with-eth-price-bottoming-at-375 | * |
Web Resources | Horten. “Trust Deed of the DAI Foundation”. Jun 24, 2019. Accessed between October 2022 and February 2023. https://drive.google.com/file/d/14S-VIKsLtWq9xdVguaIZgNqtXcTkO3Bq/view | * |
Web Resources | MakerDAO. “Active MIP Budget Diagrams”. Accessed between October 2022 and February 2023. https://miro.com/app/board/uXjVOwW_Q3M=/?fromEmbed=1 | * |
Web Resources | MakerDAO. “Awesome MakerDAO”. Creation date unknown. Accessed between October 2022 and February 2023. https://awesome.makerdao.com/#maker-protocol | * |
Web Resources | MakerDAO. “Introducing the New Whitepaper for the Dai Stablecoin System”. MakerDAO Blog. Dec 09, 2017. Accessed between October 2022 and February 2023. https://medium.com/@MakerDAO/introducing-the-new-whitepaper-for-the-dai-stablecoin-system-e7c6caabcfc4 | * |
Web Resources | MakerDAO. “Maker Ecosystem”. Creation date unknown. Accessed between October 2022 and February 2023. https://makerdao.com/en/ecosystem/ | * |
Web Resources | MakerDAO. “MCD Governance Tracker”. Creation date unknown. Accessed between October 2022 and February 2023. https://tracker-gov.makerdao.network/ | * |
Web Resources | MakerDAO. “What is MKR?”. MakerDAO Blog. Sep 10, 2015. Accessed between October 2022 and February 2023. https://medium.com/@MakerDAO/what-is-mkr-e6915d5ca1b3 | * |
Web Resources | MakerDAO. “What is MKR?”. MakerDAO Blog. Sep 10, 2015. Accessed between October 2022 and February 2023. https://medium.com/@MakerDAO/what-is-mkr-e6915d5ca1b3 | * |
Web Resources | Mastropietro, Beatrice. “History of MakerDAO project”. Brightnode. Jun 14, 2021. Accessed between October 2022 and February 2023. https://brightnode.io/history-of-makerdao-project/ | * |
Web Resources | Messari. “MakerDAO”. Creation date unknown. Accessed between October 2022 and February 2023. https://messari.io/asset/maker/profile/launch-and-initial-token-distribution | * |
Web Resources | N.N. “Currency Re-imagined for the World: Multi-Collateral Dai is Live!”. Maker Blog. Nov 18, 2019. Accessed between October 2022 and February 2023. https://blog.makerdao.com/multi-collateral-dai-is-live/#:~:text=On November 8%2C we shared,Launch of Multi-Collateral Dai | * |
Web Resources | N.N. “Dai Foundation Asset Registry”. Creation date unknown. Accessed between October 2022 and February 2023. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1tW2FeaseSb4ExjRajbes9WURrIc416K6kIcrPc5l1zQ/edit#gid=0 | * |
Web Resources | N.N. “Dai Stats”. Creation date unknown. Accessed between October 2022 and February 2023. https://daistats.com/#/ | * |
Web Resources | N.N. “How Dai Addresses Centralization and Counterparty Risk”. Maker Blog. Apr 28, 2018. Accessed between October 2022 and February 2023. https://blog.makerdao.com/how-dai-addresses-centralization-and-counterparty-risk/ | * |
Web Resources | N.N. “Introducing the Maker Ecosystem Growth Group”. Maker Blog. Feb 11, 2019. Accessed between October 2022 and February 2023. https://blog.makerdao.com/introducing-the-maker-ecosystem-growth-group/ | * |
Web Resources | N.N. “Little-Known Facts About MakerDAO”. Maker Blog. Feb 17, 2021. Accessed between October 2022 and February 2023. https://blog.makerdao.com/little-known-facts-about-makerdao/ | * |
Web Resources | N.N. “MakerDAO Governance Risk Framework (Part 1)”. Maker Blog. Jul 31, 2018. Accessed between October 2022 and February 2023. https://blog.makerdao.com/makerdao-governance-risk-framework/ | * |
Web Resources | N.N. “MakerDAO Governance Risk Framework (Part 2)”. Maker Blog. Jul 30, 2018. Accessed between October 2022 and February 2023. https://blog.makerdao.com/makerdao-governance-risk-framework-part-2/ | * |
Web Resources | N.N. “MakerDAO Governance Risk Framework (Part 3)”. Maker Blog. Dec 11, 2018. Accessed between October 2022 and February 2023. https://blog.makerdao.com/makerdao-governance-risk-framework-part-3/ | * |
Web Resources | N.N. “MIP41c4: Facilitator Onboarding”. Maker MIPs Portal. Jan 18, 2021. Accessed between October 2022 and February 2023. https://mips.makerdao.com/mips/details/MIP41#MIP41c4 | * |
Web Resources | N.N. “MIP4c2-SP19: MIP40 Budget Process Amendment”. Maker MIPs Portal. May 23, 2022. Accessed between October 2022 and February 2023. https://mips.makerdao.com/mips/details/MIP4c2SP19#specification | * |
Web Resources | N.N. “MKR token upgrade and Oasis redeployment”. Maker Blog. Dec 14, 2017. Accessed between October 2022 and February 2023. https://blog.makerdao.com/mkr-token-upgrade-and-oasis-redeployment/ | * |
Web Resources | N.N. “Pot - Detailed Documentation”. Maker Protocol Technical Docs. Creation date unknown. Accessed between October 2022 and February 2023. https://docs.makerdao.com/smart-contract-modules/rates-module/pot-detailed-documentation | * |
Web Resources | N.N. “Principles”. The Dai Foundation. Creation date unknown. Accessed between October 2022 and February 2023. https://daifoundation.org/principles/ | * |
Web Resources | N.N. “The Auctions of the Maker Protocol”. Maker Protocol Technical Docs. Creation date unknown. Accessed between October 2022 and February 2023. https://docs.makerdao.com/keepers/the-auctions-of-the-maker-protocol | * |
Web Resources | N.N. “The Dai Savings Rate”. Maker Blog. Aug 31, 2018. Accessed between October 2022 and February 2023. https://blog.makerdao.com/dai-savings-rate/ | * |
Web Resources | N.N. “The Dai Stablecoin System”. MakerDAO. Dec 18, 2017. Accessed between October 2022 and February 2023. https://makerdao.com/en/whitepaper/sai/#overview-of-the-dai-stablecoin-system | * |
Web Resources | N.N. “The Maker Foundation Focuses On Its Dissolution”. Maker Blog. May 13, 2021. Accessed between October 2022 and February 2023. https://blog.makerdao.com/the-maker-foundation-focuses-on-its-dissolution/#:~:text=The Maker Foundation has worked,latest%2C December 31%2C 2021 | * |
Web Resources | N.N. “The Maker Protocol: MakerDAO’s Multi-Collateral Dai (MCD) System”. Feb 13, 2020. MakerDAO. Accessed between October 2022 and February 2023. https://makerdao.com/en/whitepaper/#maker-protocol-auctions | * |
Web Resources | N.N. “The MakerDAO Voting Proxy Contract”. Maker Blog. Sep 11, 2018. Accessed between October 2022 and February 2023. https://blog.makerdao.com/the-makerdao-voting-proxy-contract/ | * |
Web Resources | N.N. “The Market Collapse of March 12-13, 2020: How It Impacted MakerDAO”. Maker Blog. Apr 01, 2020. Accessed between October 2022 and February 2023. https://blog.makerdao.com/the-market-collapse-of-march-12-2020-how-it-impacted-makerdao/ | * |
Web Resources | N.N. “What to Expect With the Launch of Multi-Collateral Dai”. Maker Blog. Nov 08, 2019. https://blog.makerdao.com/what-to-expect-with-the-launch-of-multi-collateral-dai/ | * |
Web Resources | N.N. “What Will Maker Governance Look Like After Complete Decentralization?”. Maker Blog. Apr 03, 2020. Accessed between October 2022 and February 2023. https://blog.makerdao.com/what-will-maker-governance-look-like-after-complete-decentralization/ | * |
Web Resources | Wikipedia Contributors. “Share repurchase”. Wikipedia. Feb 23, 2023. Accessed between October 2022 and February 2023. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Share_repurchase&oldid=1141162129 | * |
Web Resources | Young, Martin. “MakerDAO to Fully Decentralize With Foundation Dissolution”. Beincrypto News. Jul 21, 2021. Accessed between October 2022 and February 2023. https://beincrypto.com/makerdao-fully-decentralize-foundation-dissolution/ | * |
Web Resources | “The DAI Foundation”. CVR API. Creation date unknown. Accessed between October 2022 and February 2023. https://cvrapi.dk/virksomhed/dk/dai-fonden/40645799 | * |
Paper | Kozhan, Roman; Viswanath-Natraj, Ganesh. “Fundamentals of the MakerDAO Governance Token”. Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Blockchain Economics, Security and Protocols (Tokenomics 2021). https://drops.dagstuhl.de/opus/volltexte/2022/15908/pdf/OASIcs-Tokenomics-2021-11.pdf | * |
Paper | The Maker Team. “The Dai Stablecoin System”. https://makerdao.com/whitepaper/Dai-Whitepaper-Dec17-en.pdf | * |
Paper | The Maker Team. “The Maker Protocol: MakerDAO’s Multi-Collateral Dai (MCD) System”. https://makerdao.com/whitepaper/White Paper -The Maker Protocol_ MakerDAO’s Multi-Collateral Dai (MCD) System-FINAL- 021720.pdf | * |
Project | MakerDAO: https://makerdao.com/en/ | * |