Re:Launch HN: Dharma (YC S17) an open protocol for borrowing...
by iMuzz on Tuesday May 22, 2018 @03:58PM
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What stops someone from putting up some collateral, disappearing with the loan and then just creating a new account?
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Re:Launch HN: Dharma (YC S17) an open protocol for borrowing...
by nahollander on Tuesday May 22, 2018 @04:25PM
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The collateral is held in a smart contract -- if the borrower disappears and fails to make a repayment, his collateral becomes eligible for seizure.
Re:Launch HN: Dharma (YC S17) an open protocol for borrowing...
by iMuzz on Tuesday May 22, 2018 @04:32PM
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Are the collaterals always worth equal or more than the amount borrowed?
I asked that assuming people put up 1 eth as collateral to borrow 2 eth.
Re:Launch HN: Dharma (YC S17) an open protocol for borrowing...
by cortesoft on Tuesday May 22, 2018 @04:44PM
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Usually collateral is supposed to be equal or more than the amount borrowed, especially in a situation like this where there is no 'credit score' to use to determine likelihood of default.
Re:Launch HN: Dharma (YC S17) an open protocol for borrowing...
by ghthor on Tuesday May 22, 2018 @05:22PM
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The protocol doesn't have a credit score. That's a concept better suited for the application layer built on top.
Re:Launch HN: Dharma (YC S17) an open protocol for borrowing...
by cortesoft on Tuesday May 22, 2018 @06:48PM
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Right, which was why my point was that the collateral is probably going to be at least equal in value to whatever is borrowed.
Re:Launch HN: Dharma (YC S17) an open protocol for borrowing...
by bpforster24 on Tuesday May 22, 2018 @07:11PM
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Dharma Protocol doesn't require that the value of collateral be greater than the principal of the loan, but we do expect the market will demand full- or over-collateralization.