MakerDAO launched new upgraded variations of its DAI stablecoin and the MKR governance token, known as NewStable (NST) and NewGovToken (NGT), respectively.
In response to the Aug. 22 announcement, upgrading to the brand new tokens is non-compulsory, and they won’t make DAI and MKR out of date — each will proceed to be obtainable as earlier than until the protocol’s governance decides in any other case.
Customers will be capable to swap DAI for the brand new NST token 1:1 and can preserve the flexibility to revert their holdings to DAI anytime. Moreover, Maker defined that DAI will concentrate on crypto-native use circumstances, whereas NST is focused at mass adoption.
In the meantime, the swap between MKR and NGT will occur at a ratio of 1:24,000, which signifies that one MKR token shall be equal to 24,000 NGT. The burden disparity is meant to advertise broader engagement in governance. The announcement added:
“It permits extra customers to carry a big variety of NewGovToken and actively affect the way forward for the ecosystem.”
The announcement didn’t disclose dates for the improve.
Push for mass adoption
MakerDAO co-founder Rune Christensen first proposed the idea of a brand new model of the DAI stablecoin on Could 15.
In a weblog submit, Christensen defined that DAI is “straddling two worlds”— one marked by the tradition of pure decentralization and the opposite geared toward fulfilling its unique function, which is delivering utility and worth to actual individuals at scale.
He added that the 2 worlds are incompatible with one another. In response to Christensen:
“Sadly these two worlds are basically in friction with one another, as famous by the Stablecoin Trilemma, which states that attaining a greenback peg, sustaining pure decentralization, and scaling to giant sizes concurrently is just not possible.”
To beat this challenge, NewStable intends to concentrate on mass market adoption and on regulatorily-compliant Actual-World Asset (RWA) backing.
To meet its function of regulatory compliance, NewStable can have an improve mechanism to introduce a freeze operate, which is able to comply with the principles of legislation in jurisdictions the place Maker wants a excessive stage of regulatory certainty.
Nevertheless, the implementation of this operate shall be determined by the venture’s governance and gained’t be obtainable at NST’s launch.
Regardless of remaining energetic after NST’s implementation, DAI will begin shedding its yield providing, as NewStable would be the solely stablecoin in MakerDAO’s ecosystem with value-accruing capabilities.
Endgame
The NST and NGT tokens are a part of MakerDAO’s “Endgame,” and these labels shall be changed as quickly because the protocol executes its rebranding.
In response to Maker’s documentation, the Endgame plan is a complete proposal geared toward enhancing the governance and tokenomics of the MakerDAO ecosystem, main it to a secure and resilient state the place the ecosystem is self-sustainable, with minimal adjustments to its core parts.
Together with the tokenomics adjustments, the plan’s core parts additionally embody the introduction of sub-decentralized autonomous organizations to deal with particular issues, broad focus areas, and teams of aligned voters centered on high-level governance choices.
