Governance Polls: Ratifications
August 9, 2021
The Governance Facilitators and the Maker Foundation Smart Contracts Team have placed an Executive Vote into the voting system which will enable the community to approve the following alterations to the protocol.
As per the weekly Base Rate poll the Base Rate meta-parameter will be increased from -2% to 0% if this proposal passes.
Stability Fees are calculated from the Base Rate and Risk Premiums using the formula Stability Fee = max(Base Rate + Risk Premium, 0%)
. Please note that a negative Base Rate does NOT imply negative Stability Fees.
As per the non-standard weekly poll in combination with this urgent signal request, the new TUSD implementation will be whitelisted on the Maker protocol if this proposal passes. TUSD will be re-enabled with the following parameters, which are a combination of the linked poll and the linked signal request.
Stability Fees are calculated from the Base Rate and Risk Premiums using the formula Stability Fee = max(Base Rate + Risk Premium, 0%)
.
Liquidations will be disabled for TUSD-A.
As per the non-standard weekly poll in combination with this urgent signal request, the Liquidation Ratio parameter on TUSD-A, USDC-A, and PAX-A will be reduced from 103% to 101% if this proposal passes.
As per this urgent signal request, the Debt Ceiling parameter on USDC-A will be increased from 200 million to 400 million if this proposal passes.
As per this forum thread created by the MakerDAO Oracle domain team, the gitcoin feed key will be replaced on the MANAUSD Oracle if this proposal passes.
Therefore, if this Executive proposal passes the following will occur:
TUSD Implementation Whitelisted
Liquidation Ratios
Debt Ceilings
Stability Fees
Oracles
The Executive Vote (FAQ) will continue until the number of votes surpasses the total in favor of the previous Executive Vote. This is a continuous approval vote.
Community debate on this topic can be found on the MakerDAO governance forum. Please review the linked threads to inform your position before voting.
Additionally, these changes may have been discussed further in recent Governance calls. Video and Audio for these calls is available to review.
Voting for this proposal will place your MKR in support of implementing the changes outlined above.
If you are new to voting in the Maker Protocol, please see the voter onboarding guide to learn how to use this dashboard and set up your wallet to vote.
Additional information about the Governance process can be found in the Governance Risk Framework: Governing MakerDAO
To participate in future Governance calls, please join us every Thursday at 16:00 UTC.
To add current and upcoming votes to your calendar, please see the MakerDAO Public Events Calendar.