The DeFi platform MakerDAO will implement AI tools that will form the basis for creating a new blockchain. This follows from overview of a five-stage roadmap titled Endgame.
A beta version will be released in the coming months.
«The update will increase efficiency, resilience and community engagement by applying AI in open, scalable processes. As a result, there will be unlimited growth of the subDAO and parallel product development in a community-governed ecosystem», — according to the description.
In the short term, MakerDAO aims to make DAI the largest and most widely used stablecoin; in the long term, to create conditions for growth to any level of scalability without risking stability in governance.
«Endgame will optimise and unfold the Maker ecosystem in parallel, launching a unified brand identity and six new sub-DAOs. The latter will lead to unrestricted innovation and the distribution of collateral», — said co‑founder Rune Christensen.
According to him, the update will ultimately lead to the deployment of a new, Ethereum-linked blockchain. At the same time, governance security will be enhanced and a full suite of advanced features and tokenomics will be implemented.
The first step in Endgame, in the coming months, will be to create a single brand for the ecosystem.
The stablecoin DAI and the utility token MKR may receive new names (currently working names are NewStable and NewGovToken). Their upgrade to new versions will be planned.
NewStable will become an ERC-20 wrapper around the same base stablecoin as DAI, NewGovToken — “a renamed version of MKR with a larger supply”.
Christensen explained that the need for asset rebranding stems from the absence of a single coherent concept. He said the shift to Endgame is the ideal time to address this fundamental issue.
On the second stage, six sub-DAOs will be launched, functioning as “decentralised specialised units within MakerDAO”. The aim is to remove and delegate the costs and complexities of day-to-day operations.
On the third stage, developers will integrate AI tools to monitor and improve governance; on the fourth — launch a governance incentives program.
On the final stage, a new blockchain will be deployed, currently named New Chain.
As governance mechanisms, New Chain will use hard forks.
In the blockchain, there will be built-in features to optimise “as a backend for DAO governance processes with AI support. Artificial intelligence will also be used to generate smart contracts, rent state and capture MEV.”
«The launch of NewChain will be the final step in the Endgame rollout. Once this happens, MakerDAO will enter a state where further major changes are no longer possible, and its core processes and balance of power will remain forever decentralised, self-sustaining and unaltered», — said Christensen.
In May, MakerDAO developers launched Spark Protocol — a liquidity market built on the DAI stablecoin and the platform’s collateral assets.