{"id":134100,"date":"2020-05-22T11:00:49","date_gmt":"2020-05-22T10:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/?p=134100"},"modified":"2022-02-20T14:37:23","modified_gmt":"2022-02-20T14:37:23","slug":"makerdao-founder-ethereum-is-a-vacuum-that-will-suck-in-almost-all-value-in-crypto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/makerdao-founder-ethereum-is-a-vacuum-that-will-suck-in-almost-all-value-in-crypto\/","title":{"rendered":"MakerDAO founder: Ethereum is a vacuum that will suck in almost &#8220;all value&#8221; in crypto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week, millions of dollars worth of Wrapped Bitcoin \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wrapped-bitcoin-bitcoin-backed-erc20-token-coming-early-2019\/\">the leading representation of BTC on the Ethereum blockchain<\/a> \u2014 were deposited into decentralized stablecoin protocol MakerDAO to generate $4 million worth of the DAI stablecoin.<\/p>\n<p>According to MakerDAO founder <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/people\/rune-christensen\/\">Rune Christensen<\/a>, this sole transaction is extremely bullish for Ethereum's long-term value proposition, not just the protocol he helped to create.<\/p>\n<h2>The importance of the 4 million DAI mint<\/h2>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/products\/makerdao\/\">MakerDAO<\/a> founder \u2014 one of the forefathers of the decentralized finance movement \u2014 argued that the mint of four million DAI shows the <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/ceo-defi-gives-ethereum-a-higher-ceiling-to-rally-towards-than-2017s-bull-run\/\">massive total addressable market that DeFi \u2014 and Ethereum by extension \u2014 has.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;4 million Dai was just minted with WBTC in a single transaction. This really showcases the latent demand for non-ETH assets, and it's the beginning of a broader trend of DeFi acting as an economic vacuum that will eventually attract almost all value to the Ethereum blockchain,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RuneKek\/status\/1263109889347461121\">Christensen wrote in a comment<\/a> that went crypto-viral among ETH supporters.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">4 million Dai was just minted with WBTC in a single transaction. This really showcases the latent demand for non-ETH assets, and it&#39;s the beginning of a broader trend of DeFi acting as an economic vacuum that will eventually attract almost all value to the Ethereum blockchain.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rune Christensen (@RuneKek) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RuneKek\/status\/1263109889347461121?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 20, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This is a similar assertion to one made by Andrew Keys, managing partner of Digital Asset Risk Management Advisors.<\/p>\n<p>Keys wrote in a <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/companies\/consensys\/\">ConsenSys<\/a> blog post <a href=\"https:\/\/consensys.net\/blog\/news\/andrew-keys-20-blockchain-predictions-for-2020\/\">published<\/a> at the start of this year that Ethereum has a &#8220;market opportunity estimated at well over $80 trillion&#8221; because the blockchain basically has &#8220;infinite use cases.&#8221; The investor, formerly an executive at ConsenSys, added:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;We will be able to trustlesstly and digitally represent fiat, gold, software licenses, equity, debt, derivatives, loyalty points, reputation ratings, and much much more that we can\u2019t even conceive of yet.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2><strong>Dependent on ETH 2.0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Although Christensen is convinced Ethereum will capture billions (maybe trillions) of dollars worth of economic value over time, as it stands, the blockchain will have trouble doing that.<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ceterispar1bus\/status\/1261242250312462336\">noted<\/a> by the analyst &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ceterispar1bus\">Ceteris Paribus<\/a>&#8221; on May 15, the cost to send Ethereum has effectively quadrupled since the end of April, rising to 41 Gwei as of the time of his post from the 10 Gwei baseline where the metric normally sits. This equates to around $0.20 to send ETH from address to address. (<a href=\"http:\/\/ethgasstation.info\/\">According to ETHGasStation<\/a>, fees remain around the levels indicated in Paribus' post.)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Gas prices on Ethereum have been skyrocketing over the past month. Average gas price is now 41 Gwei, up 4x since end of April.<\/p>\n<p>It uses oscillates between 10-15 outside of high periods of stress (i.e. Black Thursday). <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RJmdquQNdC\">pic.twitter.com\/RJmdquQNdC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ceteris Paribus (@ceterispar1bus) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ceterispar1bus\/status\/1261242250312462336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 15, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>While the fees are still not ludicrous per se, they highlight that even at pre-bull run transaction levels, Ethereum is running into potential scalability problems.<\/p>\n<p>What we tend to forget is that the ability to send and receive value is not exactly the primary function of ETH. Instead, the primary function of the cryptocurrency is to interact with smart contracts, meaning high fees can make certain decentralized applications basically unusable, say, if you're spending $1.00 on a $5.00 function.<\/p>\n<p>Hence why the ETH 2.0 upgrade is so important.<\/p>\n<p>For those unaware, <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/research-ethereum-2-0-will-be-extremely-complicated-making-delays-likely\/\">Ethereum 2.0<\/a> is basically an overhaul of the blockchain that will implement technologies like\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/cryptos\/proof-of-stake\/\">Proof of Stake<\/a>, sharding, and more to exponentially increase the speed, transaction throughput, and decentralization of the network.<\/p>\n<p>While the jury is still out on how exactly this upgrade will help Ethereum's usability, it's slated to remove at least two of the many crucial barriers preventing mainstream adoption: high fees and low transaction throughput.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>It's begun<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/analyst-ethereum-2-0-will-be-a-bigger-market-catalyst-than-the-bitcoin-halving\/\">Ethereum may have a large reliance on the success of 2.0<\/a>, though that's not to say that the blockchain has not captured vast amounts of value as it stands.<\/p>\n<p>Already, the blockchain hosts over $7 billion worth of stablecoins, namely USDT.\u00a0Furthermore, <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/is-reddit-really-launching-ethereum-tokens-for-millions-community-points-explained\/\">Reddit has begun to work with Ethereum technology<\/a> while <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/ethereum-saw-three-bullish-fundamental-news-events-last-week\/\">Visa has purportedly hinted at using the blockchain to digitize certain fiat currencies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That's the thing, compared to other smart contract-focused blockchains, ETH is winning hands down.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/top-vc-ethereum-is-miles-ahead-of-eth-killers-in-this-key-category\/\">As reported by CryptoSlate<\/a>, Placeholder Capital partner\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/people\/chris-burniske\/\">Chris Burniske<\/a> noted that Ethereum is &#8220;orders of magnitudes ahead of any of its competitors in terms of people willing to pay for its utility.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He illustrated this point with the chart below from Dec. 2019, which shows the aggregate mining fees paid by Ethereum against Tezos, Waves, and Lisk.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/EXmh3CyUwAEfumm.jpg\" alt=\"Mining Fees Paid (Ethereum vs. Tezos, Waves & Lisk Combined)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"693\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mining Fees Paid Ethereum vs. Tezos, Waves & Lisk Combined (via Chris Burniske)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, millions of dollars worth of Wrapped Bitcoin \u2014 the leading representation of BTC on the Ethereum blockchain \u2014 were deposited into decentralized stablecoin protocol MakerDAO to generate $4 million worth of the DAI stablecoin. 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