Overview
UNIT and Ducat operate as a meta-protocol, enforced by the MPC network and verifiable by anyone running a Ducat Node.
MPC Network: Functions similarly to Bitcoin miners by enforcing protocol rules.
Ducat Node: Acts like a Bitcoin node, enabling anyone to verify transactions and ensure protocol compliance.
Ducat aims to build a protocol that remains closely aligned with Bitcoin, using existing concepts to establish a stablecoin that is:
A stable, dollar-pegged representation of Bitcoin
Secured by Bitcoin, backed by Bitcoin, and operating entirely within Bitcoin
This design involves several trade-offs, particularly in areas such as:
Asset management
Supply control
Liquidations
Trusted Systems
DUCAT relies on two core systems:
Oracles: Maintain the soft peg to the US dollar
MPC Network: Enforces protocol rules and validates transactions
These systems are supported by users running independent validators and reinforced by community consensus. Valid transactions are determined solely by data secured on the Bitcoin network.
Resilience and Recovery
Even in the event of a complete system compromise:
The network could restart independently with a new set of guardians
Invalid transactions could be ignored, restoring protocol integrity without external intervention
This structure ensures Ducat remains robust, transparent, and faithful to Bitcoinβs decentralised ethos.
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