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Icewater builds blockchain technology for the future. Our primary product is H2O, a stable coin that focuses on long-term stability

Icewater Update

Icewater Update

Icewater is a decentralized stablecoin protocol. It does not rely on any external oracle, or peg to any external asset to ensure stability…
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Nov 21, 2023
Beyond the BORG: How to Build Real DAOs

Beyond the BORG: How to Build Real DAOs

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Jun 18, 2023
Why I Don’t Like the Term CDP

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 they hadn’t because it’s…
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May 29, 2023
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May 7, 2023

Two Flavors of Volatility

Recently, here and here, I have talked about the role of Guardians in a stablecoin system.

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Apr 29, 2023

Does the Frax Decision Signal the End of Algorithmic Stablecoins?

Recently, the stablecoin Frax voted to sunset the key innovation of their protocol: partially algorithmic collateralization. Does this mean that the age of experimentation with algorithmic collateral is over?

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Apr 22, 2023

Gordy the Guardian

In my previous post I wrote that every stablecoin depends on the interaction of three groups of people: users, oracles, and…

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Apr 15, 2023

Stablecoins: A People Perspective

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

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Jan 28, 2023

Ordo Ab Chao

Can you create order from chaos? Stability from volatility?

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Jan 16, 2023

Stablecoin Economics

The basic problem of all stablecoins can be broken down into two parts:

  1. How do you define your…
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Dec 24, 2022

A Four Token Stablecoin Model

Icewater has undertaken the challenge of developing a stable cryptocurrency that does not rely on external…

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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
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Aug 26, 2022

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
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Aug 22, 2022

Crypto Bonds

I recently saw the following tweet:

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