Cryptocurrency

Icewater Update

Icewater is a decentralized stablecoin protocol. It does not rely on any external oracle, or peg to any external asset to ensure…

Why I Don’t Like the Term CDP

When MakerDAO created the DAI stablecoin, they introduced the term “CDP” to describe how it worked. I wish…

Stablecoins: A People Perspective

An important thing to remember about crypto protocols is that they are simply mechanisms for…

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

Icewater Litepaper

Icewater is building the world’s most decentralized stablecoin. This paper will describe why and how. It proceeds in four parts:

1. Decentralization is important
2. Stablecoins are important
3. Stablecoins are not decentralized

Crypto Bonds

I recently saw the following tweet:

Crypto vs. Western Civilization

I recently had a conversation with someone who made a case against crypto. I am paraphrasing here, but…

Stable Native Currencies

The objective of this post is to describe 1) why blockchain networks should have a stable native currency, 2) why being a native currency is good for a stable currency, and 3) different categories of stable currencies. This post is not meant to be exhaustive, but to lay out a…