The Dai stablecoin has reached its 100 million token debt ceiling, meaning that there are currently 100 million Dai tokens minted.
In July 2018, the Dai community voted to increase the debt ceiling to 100 million DAI by appointing a new authority - a one-time use smart contract - that would increase the limit.
A change in Dai's collateral protocol and nomenclature is forthcoming Dai, which was created by MakerDAO, allows users to borrow or generate Dai by staking their cryptocurrency holdings as collateral.
Unlike other currency-backed stablecoins, Dai is not supported with bank accounts of reserve currencies but rather is generated by putting Ether into a collateralized debt position smart contract.
Once a user repays the Dai loan at an interest rate per annum of 0.5%, they get their Ether deposit back.
On Oct. 9, Rune Christensen, the CEO of the Maker Foundation announced that they would release a multi-collateral Dai later this month.
The current Dai stablecoin, which is a single-collateral Dai, will become known as "Sai" when the MCD launches on Nov. 18.
The new MCD will subsequently carry the "Dai" monicker of its predecessor.
As the term would imply, MCD will allow users to stake multiple types of assets as collateral.
Critical bug discovered in MCD upgradeOn Oct. 1, a HackerOne user published a report that revealed a critical bug in MakerDAO's planned MCD upgrade.
Dai Stablecoin Hits 100M Debt Ceiling Ahead of Collateral Protocol Upgrade
Published on Nov 6, 2019
by Cointele | Published on Coinage
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