The Rise of MakerDAO: A Personal Journey - Ep.167
b'Mariano Conti of MakerDAO, head of smart contracts at MakerDAO, reads from his essay about his personal experience with cryptocurrency, particularly as an Argentine whose family has experienced periods of hyperinflation, and as a freelancer accepting payment from foreign countries. He describes the evolution of Maker from single-collateral Dai (now Sai) to multi-collateral Dai, and also gives his perspective on the events of Black Thursday and the subsequent debt auctions the protocol undertook to right itself.\\xa0\\n Thank you to our sponsors!\\xa0\\n Crypto.com: https://crypto.com/\\n Kraken: https://www.kraken.com\\n Episode links:\\xa0\\n Mariano Conti: https://twitter.com/nanexcool\\n Linda Xie\\u2019s essay about crypto memes on Unchained : https://unchainedpodcast.com/how-memes-can-help-crypto-go-mainstream/\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'