All th stablecoins seem to keep changing value. Atm I think dai was 99 cents when I last checked it (in comparison with usdt). I'm not sure what caused the divergence though since it was over a cent ahead for a while.
Smart contracts are dependent on the ethereum network also at the moment. There are plans to build converters and projects working on it that may allow for currencies to be converted if a chain dies.
When you say plans to build converters and projects that allows currencies to be converted if a chain dies.... Do you mean fiat currencies be converted or stable coins?
You should go read what happened with DAI on the
Black Thursday (a.k.a March 12) where the entire market crashed.
Here is a start:
https://blog.makerdao.com/the-market-collapse-of-march-12-2020-how-it-impacted-makerdao/- If Eth screws up on Eth 2.0 launch or doesn't release Eth 2.0 or gets flipped by BSC or whatever causing Eth price and erc20 coins to crash to 0 then can that cause a protocol failure that can cause Dai to crash to 0 too or corrupt or breach existing running smart contracts at the time?
- If MakerDao coin crashes to 0 then will this drag down Dai to 0 too?
It also uses other crypto as collateral. Most people would need to repay their DAI or add to their loan. If everything crashes to 0, DAI is pretty much gone.
- Does smart contracts have a programmed algorithm in there that automatically protects users from losses if the above happens or can smart contracts detect Eth market collapse like mentioned above? Its called 'Smart' contract for a reason right?
Read the article I linked above. But yes, they do have systems ready to liquidate loans that are underwater or auction them.
- Can buggy code in a running live smart contract be patched up on the fly?
It depends. There are proxy contracts that use the implementation of another contracs and can pointed to another one on the fly. Others that are imutable would require a full migration (so everyone moving to the new contract).
In the last year march 2020 Corona dump I see Dai reaching high as $1.06 however I see Dai going low as 0.92 cents back in late november 2019.
So Dai goes up in price when market crashes however what caused Dai to dump back in Nov 2019?
Hi coming back here.
If the SEC in the upcoming weeks rules out and say MakerDao is a illegal unregistered security then will this collapse Dai to $0 even though its decentralized? The project team that created MakerDao, where are they based?
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