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Re:UST Stablecoin Loses Dollar Peg by xur17 on Monday May 09, 2022 @10:39PM (#31322786)
I'd argue that UST / Anchor is more transparent tbh. Anyone can read the source code, or (more accessibly) the docs and get a pretty good understanding of how it works.

For example: UST [0] - anyone can mint UST by burning $1 worth of LUNA, or mint LUNA by burning $1 worth of UST. With a bit of deductive reasoning, it's pretty clear that in a "race for the exits" scenario, infinite LUNA will be minted, driving the price of UST to zero.

[0] https://docs.terra.money/docs/learn/protocol.html

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Re:UST Stablecoin Loses Dollar Peg by throwawaygh on Tuesday May 10, 2022 @12:18AM (#31323403)
> Anyone can read the source code, or (more accessibly) the docs and get a pretty good understanding of how it works.

I really hope this argument is made in court.

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Re:UST Stablecoin Loses Dollar Peg by wolverine876 on Tuesday May 10, 2022 @12:55AM (#31323596)
'Members of the jury, anyone can read the source code ...'
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Re:UST Stablecoin Loses Dollar Peg by xur17 on Tuesday May 10, 2022 @11:37AM (#31328398)
Haha, I totally get where you're coming from. From my perspective, I will say that compared to other "investments", I really felt like I could understand the risks with UST. I had money invested, but because I understood the mechanisms I understood how it could fail, and had an idea of the probability.

I wish it was possible to replicate this visibility for other investments - the lengthy "disclosures" are no where near as useful as full visibilty into market mechanisms, and real time data on assets / liabilities.

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