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Quote from: DarkDays on September 04, 2019, 03:23:28 PM

Quote from: figmentofmyass on September 04, 2019, 01:48:30 PM

no oracle system is really "impartial". no matter how you structure it, you're trusting third parties to provide the data that automatically adjusts the target price. that's pretty much the definition of centralization.

it's a cool idea but i don't think it can be done in a 100% decentralized way. i'd prefer to trade back and forth between DAI and ETH etc to hedge against fiat inflation.

Not really sure how using a decentralized network of oracles is in any way the definition of centralized.

Sure, if you're taking information from a single oracle, that would be centralized, prone to censorship and manipulation etc.

you can call the oracles a "decentralized network" but that's a red herring. "centralization" refers to the dynamic between nodes and oracles, not the dynamic among oracles. nodes are vulnerable to collusion among oracles the same way nodes are vulnerable in a federated consensus. they need to trust the authorities to be honest.

Quote from: DarkDays on September 04, 2019, 03:23:28 PM

However, with a sufficiently large network of oracles, including oracle smart contracts that automatically pull data from reliable sources, we wouldn't need to worry about manipulation.

what kind of reliable sources? are we gonna use third party APIs to feed directly into these smart contracts? that sounds impossible to attack.

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No, the coin will forever be pegged to 2019/2020 USD value

Interesting, but how you'll know in year 2025 how much USD the "2019 USD" costs? I mean, yes, there are official numbers published, but aren't they published later than your needs? And are those "official" numbers accurate?

Quote from: SwayStar123 on September 01, 2019, 02:52:46 AM

So i got to thinking, is there a way to have a crypto with a true value, this would obviously be achieved by using a method similar to DAI and not backing the crypto by anything, as the assets have fluctuating prices aswell.

I see the trust issue. I mean, let's say you manage to keep your coin stable for a while. How can one trust you that you'll keep it "stable" forever? Especially if you say it's not backed by anything.
I'm not familiar with DAI and indeed assets are also fluctuating, but if the stable coin has big fluctuation.. that may be end of business...

And there's the usefulness issue.
We have Bitcoin-like coins that should always rise. Good investment.
We have the USD-pegged coins that are good for everyday trades, arbitrage, and maybe interaction with the banking system (pay for goods like with the debit card).
Your coin is somewhere in between. A bit of both, but actually less useful than any of them.

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Quote from: DarkDays on September 04, 2019, 10:07:46 AM

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"my suspicion is this will require centralized elements in order to update the target price algorithm to account for fiat inflation."
If its not possible decentrally, Centralization is not that bad if the company has audits and provides what it promises, a not so great example could be Tether, imagine tether, but better.

Doesn't really need to be centralized.

The automatic adjustment can rely on data fed in by impartial oracles, this would be coded into the core protocol.

How the system ensures this data isn't manipulated would need to be resolved however.

no oracle system is really "impartial". no matter how you structure it, you're trusting third parties to provide the data that automatically adjusts the target price. that's pretty much the definition of centralization.

it's a cool idea but i don't think it can be done in a 100% decentralized way. i'd prefer to trade back and forth between DAI and ETH etc to hedge against fiat inflation.

Not really sure how using a decentralized network of oracles is in any way the definition of centralized.

Sure, if you're taking information from a single oracle, that would be centralized, prone to censorship and manipulation etc.

However, with a sufficiently large network of oracles, including oracle smart contracts that automatically pull data from reliable sources, we wouldn't need to worry about manipulation.

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Quote from: DarkDays on September 04, 2019, 10:07:46 AM

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"my suspicion is this will require centralized elements in order to update the target price algorithm to account for fiat inflation."
If its not possible decentrally, Centralization is not that bad if the company has audits and provides what it promises, a not so great example could be Tether, imagine tether, but better.

Doesn't really need to be centralized.

The automatic adjustment can rely on data fed in by impartial oracles, this would be coded into the core protocol.

How the system ensures this data isn't manipulated would need to be resolved however.

no oracle system is really "impartial". no matter how you structure it, you're trusting third parties to provide the data that automatically adjusts the target price. that's pretty much the definition of centralization.

it's a cool idea but i don't think it can be done in a 100% decentralized way. i'd prefer to trade back and forth between DAI and ETH etc to hedge against fiat inflation.

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Quote from: BrewMaster on September 04, 2019, 12:58:46 AM

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No, the coin will forever be pegged to 2019/2020 USD value,

can you really call that coin "stable" though?
since fiat loses its value (purchasing power) it basically is going down because of inflation.

that's exactly the point the OP is making. Tongue

the point of pegging it to 2020 USD value is that it won't be pegged to a depreciating USD. and i agree with him, that's a lot more attractive than the current stablecoins on the market.

but i'm at a loss for how it could be done. SwayStar123, could you explain how a coin could be designed---particularly a decentralized one like DAI---to be pegged to past equivalent value?

my suspicion is this will require centralized elements in order to update the target price algorithm to account for fiat inflation.

"my suspicion is this will require centralized elements in order to update the target price algorithm to account for fiat inflation."
If its not possible decentrally, Centralization is not that bad if the company has audits and provides what it promises, a not so great example could be Tether, imagine tether, but better.

Doesn't really need to be centralized.

The automatic adjustment can rely on data fed in by impartial oracles, this would be coded into the core protocol.

How the system ensures this data isn't manipulated would need to be resolved however.

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Quote from: shield132 on September 03, 2019, 05:49:33 AM

If you want truly a stable coin, then you have to do this: Take baseline of major currency, for example usd. Then change price of coin once usd gets higher/lower. For example if there is 5% inflation in USD, grow price of coin by 5% and every time try it to be 100% in overall, make it follow every usd fall by rise and opposite, this way we will get really stable coin where inflation of other currency doesn't matter because you know, you invested 100, you'll get 100 and nothing will affect it.

if u had read the thread you would know thats what was the plan in the first place

That plan is stupid. You can't just magically increase the price of your coin for whenever you feel like it. I mean.. How? Burning tokens?
I don't really see any other possibility other than to increase the marketcap, and then dilute the amount of outstanding coins somehow of your stablecoin to inflate the price. Which would really cancel out the "profit".

I feel like this thread wants the best of both worlds, no inflation and general stability in the value of x.

I'm pretty sure this would've been done already if it was possible. You're not the first to come up with such an idea.

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Quote from: BrewMaster on September 04, 2019, 12:58:46 AM

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No, the coin will forever be pegged to 2019/2020 USD value,

can you really call that coin "stable" though?
since fiat loses its value (purchasing power) it basically is going down because of inflation.

that's exactly the point the OP is making. Tongue

the point of pegging it to 2020 USD value is that it won't be pegged to a depreciating USD. and i agree with him, that's a lot more attractive than the current stablecoins on the market.

but i'm at a loss for how it could be done. SwayStar123, could you explain how a coin could be designed---particularly a decentralized one like DAI---to be pegged to past equivalent value?

my suspicion is this will require centralized elements in order to update the target price algorithm to account for fiat inflation.

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No, the coin will forever be pegged to 2019/2020 USD value,

can you really call that coin "stable" though?
since fiat loses its value (purchasing power) it basically is going down because of inflation. so when you peg something to the value of fiat in a certain year you are pegging it to a value that is going down.

in other words the future of that coin looks like this but with a steeper slope down:

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I'm totally not with what the OP said because the reason why bitcoin was created was because of the global economies are on the verge of crisis and stable coins which are pegged to any national currency are still not safe from fluctuations whenever the economic overheated while stable coins back with precious metal just like Digital Gold will become a lifesaving asset and that's a true idea of stablecoin.

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Nothing is ever truly stable, even the most robust fiat currencies experience day to day volatility, as do commodoties, stocks, indices and practically every other financial instrument.

So long as there is supply and demand, there will always be volatility, so all you can do is try your best to minimize this. The US dollar is the least volatile government-backed currency simply because it has basically become the de-facto world standard.

I think that in order to improve on the US dollar in terms of volatility you will need to peg your stablecoin that is highly in demand, but that demand never changes. Alternatively, you could design a coin that has built in anti-volatility mechiansms, changing its value so that it counters the direction of the volatility.

How such a coin would be received remains to be seen however, since volatility enables traders to profit, and most of the market trade volume results from trading.

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If you want truly a stable coin, then you have to do this: Take baseline of major currency, for example usd. Then change price of coin once usd gets higher/lower. For example if there is 5% inflation in USD, grow price of coin by 5% and every time try it to be 100% in overall, make it follow every usd fall by rise and opposite, this way we will get really stable coin where inflation of other currency doesn't matter because you know, you invested 100, you'll get 100 and nothing will affect it.

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Quote from: elda34b on September 01, 2019, 05:33:22 AM

So for each year, you'll update it to the new USD version? What's the difference between pegging it to USD?

Stable coin in an absolute sense won't be possible. It's only relative to pegged value. So, if you want to talk about perfect stability, there's no way you can achieve that. There is always going to be a reference of values that could also change if you compare it to other assets.

No, the coin will forever be pegged to 2019/2020 USD value, perfect stability cant be achieved but we can lower the volatility to approximately 0.1% if theres enough volume, the price will be pegged to one value by creating arbitration opportunities, like how DAI does it

How would you do that? Even those centralized fiat does move out on certain ranges of volatileness it might not be completely stable but i believe those are already on their minimal.Making much more lower or close to 0 movement isnt really that hard to achieve.If you do then its a breakthrough Grin

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Quote from: elda34b on September 01, 2019, 05:33:22 AM

So for each year, you'll update it to the new USD version? What's the difference between pegging it to USD?

Stable coin in an absolute sense won't be possible. It's only relative to pegged value. So, if you want to talk about perfect stability, there's no way you can achieve that. There is always going to be a reference of values that could also change if you compare it to other assets.

No, the coin will forever be pegged to 2019/2020 USD value, perfect stability cant be achieved but we can lower the volatility to approximately 0.1% if theres enough volume, the price will be pegged to one value by creating arbitration opportunities, like how DAI does it

I still don't understand how you will lower the volatility to approximately 0.1%. Anyway, I think more about a stablecoin, that will cover most of the popular currencies (USD, EUR, RUB and etc.) using the same blockchain. But still, don't know how to do that without confusing everyone (something like you will need just one address to receive different stablecoins, with the ability to swap them without commission at any time.).

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So for each year, you'll update it to the new USD version? What's the difference between pegging it to USD?

Stable coin in an absolute sense won't be possible. It's only relative to pegged value. So, if you want to talk about perfect stability, there's no way you can achieve that. There is always going to be a reference of values that could also change if you compare it to other assets.

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