Recently, the headlines about the surge in gold prices and the Federal Reserve's movements have been flooding the media. However, I find myself pondering a fundamental question: after all these years of discussing "on-chain stablecoins," why is there still no project capable of truly supporting trust at an economic scale?
The common approach is to directly compare USDC, DAI, and fiat currencies like the US dollar and euro. It sounds reasonable, but a closer look reveals the flaws. What is behind a national currency? Congress, the Treasury, the central bank, the commercial banking system, legal frameworks, military power... the entire machinery of the state backing it up. On the chain? Smart contracts, a few parameters, and some oracles. It’s like building a model of the White House with LEGO bricks and then claiming you’ve established a nation.
The real gap isn’t in the assets themselves but in that complex, precise system that turns assets into trust. This is a structural issue, not something that technology alone can fix overnight.
This confusion has troubled me for a long time until I started breaking down the logical framework of a new project. Suddenly, I realized that the previous discussions about on-chain stablecoins might have been asking the wrong question. People are asking, "How to bring real-world credit onto the chain?"—referring to US Treasuries, dollar backing, and so on.
But the real breakthrough might lie in another question: "Can we, using the language of blockchain itself, build a trust system from scratch?"
Not copying and pasting existing financial systems, but redesigning the credit creation mechanism with native logic on the chain. This isn’t a LEGO White House; it’s about constructing a brand-new trust infrastructure in the digital world.
When I understood this, I felt that this might be the most fundamental exploration of on-chain monetary systems I’ve seen so far.
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FlashLoanLarry
· 13h ago
The analogy of the Lego White House is brilliant, but the question is whether it can be self-consistent on-chain... To put it simply, we still need to return to the essence of consensus.
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TeaTimeTrader
· 13h ago
The LEGO White House analogy is brilliant, it really hits the pain points of Web3
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Wait, isn't the real problem not in the technology itself? So right now, we're just avoiding this core issue
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Building a credit system from scratch sounds sexy, but how do we prevent it from turning into the next Ponzi scheme
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Saying that oracles only have a few parameters is a bit absolute, but indeed, there's a lack of a systemic-level framework
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The question is wrong, this perspective is fresh, most people are indeed copying traditional finance
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So what new project is so awesome that it can solve this? Or is it just another PPT scam
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State machine endorsement vs smart contracts... the gap is indeed not on the same level, a bit pessimistic
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On-chain native credit logic sounds very romantic, but how it will actually develop still depends on the circumstances
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TokenDustCollector
· 13h ago
The analogy of the LEGO White House is brilliant. We're just playing with building blocks right now, yet we insist on treating it as a country.
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BearMarketMonk
· 13h ago
The analogy of the LEGO White House is brilliant and hits the nail on the head. But to be honest, building a credit system from scratch... sounds more difficult than simply relocating credit.
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PrivateKeyParanoia
· 13h ago
The analogy of the LEGO White House was brilliant, hitting the nerve. But to be honest, is anyone on the chain seriously thinking about this issue now? Most projects have long since downgraded.
Recently, the headlines about the surge in gold prices and the Federal Reserve's movements have been flooding the media. However, I find myself pondering a fundamental question: after all these years of discussing "on-chain stablecoins," why is there still no project capable of truly supporting trust at an economic scale?
The common approach is to directly compare USDC, DAI, and fiat currencies like the US dollar and euro. It sounds reasonable, but a closer look reveals the flaws. What is behind a national currency? Congress, the Treasury, the central bank, the commercial banking system, legal frameworks, military power... the entire machinery of the state backing it up. On the chain? Smart contracts, a few parameters, and some oracles. It’s like building a model of the White House with LEGO bricks and then claiming you’ve established a nation.
The real gap isn’t in the assets themselves but in that complex, precise system that turns assets into trust. This is a structural issue, not something that technology alone can fix overnight.
This confusion has troubled me for a long time until I started breaking down the logical framework of a new project. Suddenly, I realized that the previous discussions about on-chain stablecoins might have been asking the wrong question. People are asking, "How to bring real-world credit onto the chain?"—referring to US Treasuries, dollar backing, and so on.
But the real breakthrough might lie in another question: "Can we, using the language of blockchain itself, build a trust system from scratch?"
Not copying and pasting existing financial systems, but redesigning the credit creation mechanism with native logic on the chain. This isn’t a LEGO White House; it’s about constructing a brand-new trust infrastructure in the digital world.
When I understood this, I felt that this might be the most fundamental exploration of on-chain monetary systems I’ve seen so far.