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Innovation and Strategy in Fintech – MakerDAO
  • MakerDAO: Navigating Decentralized Decision-Making in the World of DeFi
    • Introduction
    • Background
    • Case Questions
    • Simulation Exercise: Collective Governance Process in MakerDAO
      • Exercise 1: Understand and Choose Stakeholder Roles in MakerDAO
        • Overview of Stakeholders in MakerDAO
        • Group's Role Assignment
        • Deep Dive into Assigned Roles in MakerDAO
      • Exercise 2: Understand RWA in MakerDAO
        • RWA (Real-World Asset) in MakerDAO
      • Exercise 3: Analyze Hypothetical Proposal to Onboard Additional RWA
        • Hypothetical Proposal
        • Similar Proposals from the Past
          • MIP65 (RWA007-A): Monetalis Clydesdale
      • Exercise 4: Predict Voting Outcomes in Collective Governance (if time allows)
    • Conclusion
  • Further Reading and Resources
    • Basic Concepts about DeFi DAOs
    • Additional Information on MakerDAO
    • Data on MakerDAO
    • Understand Voting Power in DAOs
    • Ask a Question
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Data on MakerDAO

Available data sources to support learning

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Data Sources

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API and Scripts

API Tool

  • - Mac

    • Returns data in JSON format

  • RStudio - Mac and Windows

    • Require transforming of openapi.json files into R scripts, can be quickly done via ChatGPT (sample script available below)

    • Easier manipulation of return data (e.g., parse json data into table formats)

    • openapi.json files are available to download via API webpages and the Open API json files tab below

First, try out the API endpoints using web interface or API tools such as RapidAPI.

Then, write R scripts to access specific API endpoints, retrieve data of interest, and parse them into table formats (e.g., csv, xlxs).

Scripts

MCD Governance Tracker

Maker Governance Portal

API for Maker Governance Portal (transformed by ChatGPT)

Note: This script is based on V1, while the V2 has been implemented at .

© 2023 Xule Lin & Ying-Ying Hsieh. This work is licensed under a .

https://vote.makerdao.com/api-docs
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License

MakerDAO Governance Tracker

  • CSV exports available on the tracker's website

  • Comprehensive API endpoints

Maker Burn

Rundown of collaterals and other financial information (e.g., expenses, treasury) via a nice web interface

Maker Governance Portal

  • Website with great UI to explore information on proposals and delegates

  • Limited API endpoints covering key governance metrics

Dune Analytics

  • Crowdsourced, customizable dashboards that retrieve and visualize data on blockchains.

  • Provides powerful analysis with simple SQL queries

Crypto Data Aggregators

Data aggregators can provide data on:

  • distribution of tokens

  • transaction fees on the Ethereum blockchain

  • costs of borrowing governance tokens

RapidAPI

by @SebVentures

Web version
API doc
Web version
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Polls (i.e., proposals)
Delegates
API doc
MakerDAO - Dashboard
CoinGecko
Tokenomics of MKR
API Doc
Etherscan
Ethereum Charts & Statistics
API Doc
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MCD-governance-tracker_openapi.json
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Maker Governance Portal.json
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https://data-api.makerdao.network/docs
https://vote.makerdao.com/api-docs