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bloodydamnfool@exploding-heads.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

These loans:

  • are permissionless - there is no approval process. You just say you want one
  • you do not need to pledge security i.e. give a second mortgage on your house.
  • they are under collateralized

I was curious so I went and read the whitepaper, and it’s not at all clear to me how this is supposed to work.

“Borrower’s Liquidity Tokens

Liqudity Tokens are sent to the borrower’s specified address and remain in full control by the borrower. The borrower is free to lock the liquidity in any service they wish, transfer or hold them. Liquidity Tokens are not able to re be redeemed for the liquidity while a loan is active.

Default

In the case of a default through any of the terms violated specified on the Initial Liqudiity Loan, the Loan becomes eligible for liquidation.”

So there are no consequences for defaulting on the loan, but you aren’t actually receiving the loan in the form of ETH, but of monopoly money (liquidity tokens) that can only be converted to ETH once the loan is repaid? Why on Earth would anyone accept liquidity tokens as payment for any service?

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