MakerDAO Abandons Decentraliztion And DeFi?

Unless something changes post-publishing, $MKR‘s decision to block US-based users and all VPNs from accessing their lending protocol (Spark Protocol) means they’re probably up for a name change with DAO. 😤

DAO stands for Decentralized Autonomous Organization. If Maker wants to keep DAO in its name, then here are some alternative uses for DAO: 😆

  • Definitely About Oversight
  • Ditching Actual Openness
  • Decentralization? Actually Overrated!
  • Directly Administered Operation
  • Disguised As Open-source
  • Definitely All Organized (by them)
  • DeFi Abandoned Officially
  • Decisions Are Ours (not yours)
  • Ditching Anonymity Often

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