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Mar 13

How Coops can Save Crypto

At the latest ETHDenver Event, Vitalik Buterin emphasized that the next stage in the development of the crypto economy is to improve the user experience (UX) so that we can use crypto for everyday transactions. This led me to ask myself: why don’t I use crypto for everyday transactions? The…

Cooperatives

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Cooperatives

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Published in Icewater

·Jan 29

Ordo Ab Chao

Can you create order from chaos? Stability from volatility? Previously, when talking about achieving stability for stablecoins, I have primarily discussed changing supply in response to changes in demand (or more specifically, in response to your stability measurement, whatever that is). But there are other frameworks that can help in…

Stable Coin

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Ordo Ab Chao
Ordo Ab Chao
Stable Coin

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Published in Icewater

·Jan 16

Stablecoin Economics

The basic problem of all stablecoins can be broken down into two parts: How do you define your stability target? How do you achieve your stability target? Defining Stability (Traditional): Level Targeting Most stablecoins assume the existence of an external unit of account (i.e., …

Economics

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Stablecoin Economics
Stablecoin Economics
Economics

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Jan 7

Moral Debt and Spiritual Equity

This post is a follow-up to my post on Kin Egoism. Consider the following analogy: Altruism is like debt and Egoism is like equity. First, what are debt and equity? For a company, debts are obligations to (typically) external entities (i.e., who the company owes). On the other hand, equity…

Morality

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Morality

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Published in Icewater

·Dec 24, 2022

A Four Token Stablecoin Model

Icewater has undertaken the challenge of developing a stable cryptocurrency that does not rely on external (i.e., non-crypto) assets and oracles to achieve stability. This is a challenging goal, and we have made a lot of progress. The following model achieves stability using four tokens: H2O — a stable token …

Stable Coin

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A Four Token Stablecoin Model
A Four Token Stablecoin Model
Stable Coin

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Dec 11, 2022

Kin Egoism

The object of this post is to introduce something called Kin Egoism. But first, lets discuss Egoism and Altruism. Egoism and Altruism are two important philosophical traditions that have guided the development of moral theory. At the risk of oversimplifying things, let’s define them as: Egoism: you should do what…

Altruism

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Kin Egoism
Kin Egoism
Altruism

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Published in Icewater

·Nov 20, 2022

Icewater Update

What’s up with the Icewater protocol recently? We have made some big changes in the last six months, including: Removing dependency of the protocol on Steam, and Adding ETH as collateral But first, a quick overview of what makes Icewater special. A Decentralized Stablecoin Most stablecoins measure stability by asking an external oracle…

Stable Coin

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Stable Coin

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Nov 3, 2022

Wealth, Income, and Budget

Do you recall how in Pride and Prejudice they are always measuring how wealthy men are in terms of an annual rate? [H]is estate there is a noble one. A clear ten thousand per annum. — Mr. Wickham commenting on Mr. Darcy Consider two ways to measure monetary status: total…

Finance

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Wealth, Income, and Budget
Wealth, Income, and Budget
Finance

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Published in Icewater

·Aug 27, 2022

Icewater Litepaper

Icewater is building the world’s most decentralized stablecoin. This paper will describe why and how. It proceeds in four parts: Decentralization is important Stablecoins are important Stablecoins are not decentralized Decentralized stablecoins are possible Decentralization A new global commons is emerging based on blockchain technology. On the blockchain, people can build…

Cryptocurrency

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Cryptocurrency

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Published in Icewater

·Aug 22, 2022

Crypto Bonds

I recently saw the following tweet: This is a real problem, so let’s talk about it. ICE First, let me describe how ICE works. ICE is like a debt instrument that is part of the icewater stablecoin model. The icewater protocol includes a controller that can adjust the supply of…

Cryptocurrency

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Crypto Bonds
Crypto Bonds
Cryptocurrency

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Patent Attorney, Crypto Enthusiast, Father of two daughters

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