EOS RAM Allocation - Reading Assignment

[Matthew_Sandoval]

1. When RAM is insufficient for a dApp, some operations are unable to carry out and smart contracts cannot be deployed.
2. Dawn 3.0 system contract you could only sell RAM for the price you paid. Dawn 4.0 the system contract now buys and sells RAM allocations are prevailing market prices.
3. Under Dawn 4.0 Users are more incentivized to un-stake their RAM and receive capital gain, than the old model where users were hoarding RAM.
4. As more dApp developers join, more data is needed to be stored for a long time, more RAM used is extracted out of the market, making RAM more expensive.

[MBF-Lifestyle]

1:If a Dapp runs out of RAM it simply stops running.

2 : The change between Dawn 3.0 and Dawn 4.0 in terms of RAM market is a fixed pricing model instead of a variable model.

3:Benefits of having a market based model foe RAM staking is when when the market goes up there is a motivation to sell.

4: The drawbacks of a market based Ram staking is that people can simply hold on to it when they are not even using it.

[cashworth]

1. If a dapp runs out of RAM is will be unable to carrout a smart contract.
2. In Dawn 3.0 token holders can only sell RAM for the price they paid. With Dawn 4.0 the cost is based on market value.
3. The benefits of having a market based model for RAM staking are that dapp developers will be motivated to un-stake their RAM and free up resources.
4. The drawback of market based model for RAM staking is that it will become more expensive as more develops join.

[CryptoCurlz]

1. What would happen if a dapp runs out of RAM?
   When RAM is insufficient for a dApp, some operations are unable to carry out and smart contracts cannot be deployed.

2. What was the change between Dawn 3.0 and Dawn 4.0 in terms of the RAM market?
   Moved from a system in Dawn 3.0 where token holders could only sell RAM for the price they paid to a system in Dawn 4.0 more market-based

3. What are the benefits or having a market based model for RAM staking?
   If the price is pegged, a user may have little incentive for unstaking and releasing the RAM resulting in wasted (unused) resources. The market-based approach incentivizes the user to unstake and free up the RAM for other users to consume. This supports growth in the space and efficient use of resources.

4. What are the drawbacks of having a market based model for RAM staking?

   1. As more dApp developers join, and more data needed to be stored for a long time, more RAM used is extracted out of the market, making RAM more and more expensive.
   2. The speculators’ irrational behavior on RAM will push RAM high, making it expensive for dApp developers to buy the resources they need, and thus deteriorating the ecosystem. There is large amount of RAM, due to the speculation or other reasons, are unused, causing a waste of RAM resources.

[Virginia]

1. It cannot execute
2. Dawn 4 made Ram costs respond to market so a ram staker may not get it all returned
   3.no hoarding ram
3. Markets may make ram too costly or volatile

[dbproduction]

1. What would happen if a dapp runs out of RAM?
   The smart contracts couldn’t be executed.
2. What was the change between Dawn 3.0 and Dawn 4.0 in terms of the RAM market?
   Ram costs got attached to the free market.
3. What are the benefits or having a market based model for RAM staking?
   RAM staking developers will be incentivized to unstake their RAM.
4. What are the drawbacks of having a market based model for RAM staking?
   It’s getting more expensive as more developers join for example.

[kilinator]

1. What would happen if a dapp runs out of RAM?
   The smart contracts of the dapp cannot be deployed.

2. What was the change between Dawn 3.0 and Dawn 4.0 in terms of the RAM market?
   In Dawn 3.0 token holders can only sell RAM for the price they paid,
   In Dawn 4.0 a market-based allocation approach is used

3. What are the benefits or having a market based model for RAM staking?
   There is an incentive for freeing up ressources. by unstaking unused RAM.

4. What are the drawbacks of having a market based model for RAM staking?
   Increased demand and speculation for RAM will drive the price making development expensive.

[Raso221]

can the developer make a new cryptocurrency with the same name of existing cryptocurrency ?
Example can a developer make a new cryptocurrency and he will name it Betcoin…
There is any filtration system to stop that and in which stage ?

[REGO350]

1. If a dapp runs out of RAM, some operations will fail and smart contracts will not be able to deploy.

2. In Dawn 3.0, token holders can only sell RAM for the price they paid. However, from Dawn 4.0, it switched to market-based allocation approach.

3. The benefit of market based model for RAM staking is that RAM resources will not be wasted by people who does not use them.

4. The drawback of having a market based model for RAM staking is that as more dApp developers join, and more data needed to be stored for a long time, RAM price could go up.

Question: Who owns the resources (RAM) physically? I understand that users can stake to get allowance but where is the RAM really located? In a centralized server?

[BonoBegic]

1. What would happen if a dapp runs out of RAM?
2. What was the change between Dawn 3.0 and Dawn 4.0 in terms of the RAM market?
3. What are the benefits or having a market based model for RAM staking?
4. What are the drawbacks of having a market-based model for RAM staking?

1.) Some operations are unable to carry out and smart contracts cannot be deployed.
2.) They switched to a market-based allocation approach using the bancor algorithm from dawn 4.0.
3.) The benefits of a market-based model for RAM staking is fair pricing and more effective resource utilization, reducing hoarding of RAM and optimizing price.
4.)The drawbacks are that includes speculation and manipulation.

[CameronW]

1. What would happen if a dapp runs out of RAM? The DApp will stop running
2. What was the change between Dawn 3.0 and Dawn 4.0 in terms of the RAM market? A switch to a market based allocation approach rather than the price paid approach.
3. What are the benefits or having a market based model for RAM staking? More balanced pricing and reducing hoarding of RAM allocation.
4. What are the drawbacks of having a market based model for RAM staking? If the price of EOS goes up, the programmer might choose to leave their stake in place, which will consume resources. There’s no incentive for the developer to withdraw their stake.

[TimInnes]

1. The processes will cease to execute and some smart contracts may not be fulfilled.

2. This chaged the way that RAM was valued and transacted. This allows the value of EOS that is staked for RAM to float to the market rate.

3. The benefits are that it incentivises those that have Staked EOS for RAM and are not using the resource to potentially benefit financially from unstaking their EOS when the market fluctuates. This minimises the amount of unspent and unallocated RAM.

4. The downsides are that it opens the door for manipulation of the market for financial gain. As more devs join the network the RAM resource will become more scarce and this may drive the price up.

[smario]

1. When Ram runs out on a dApp, some operations are not able to carry out and smart contracts are not able to be deployed.
2. Dawn 3.0 system contract token holders can only sell RAM for the price they paid. Under 4.0 the system contract now buys and sell Ram allocations at prevailing market prices.
3. Ram staking is more of a benefit of the buyer but also now that there is a market, stakers may want to take out their coins and trade RAM price volatility for profit.
   4.RAM could be extracted from the market there for making it more and more expensive.

[Croyden]

1. When EOS dapps run out of RAM smart contracts can’t be deployed.

2. In Dawn 3.0 RAM could only be sold for the price you paid. In Dawn 4.0 EOS used a market based allocation approach using the Bancor algorithm.

3. Market based RAM staking is beneficial because resources are freed up easier when the market is determining the profit. I imagine theres less complaints to customer support at EOS as well because who can argue with what the market does.

4. The draw back to market based RAM staking is that the market could tank and you get less for what you staked.

[JJarego]

1. What would happen if a dapp runs out of RAM?
   A: When RAM is insufficient for a dApp, some operations are unable to carry out and smart contracts cannot be deployed.

2. What was the change between Dawn 3.0 and Dawn 4.0 in terms of the RAM market?
   A: Under Dawn 4.0 token holders can only sell RAM for the price they paid, just as the other resources.

3. What are the benefits or having a market based model for RAM staking?
   A: The key benefit is a more effective resource utilization (in theory), as someone making non-profitable use of its dapp is incentivized to sell the tokens whenever the EOS price increases

4. What are the drawbacks of having a market based model for RAM staking?
   A: It can incentivize hoarding and speculation. On the previous system, as no extra EOS could be gained by merely buying and selling RAM, there was no room for speculation

[CruebtoFan]

1. What would happen if a dapp runs out of RAM?
   When RAM is insufficient for a dApp, some operations are unable to carry out and smart contracts cannot be deployed.
2. What was the change between Dawn 3.0 and Dawn 4.0 in terms of the RAM market?
   EOS switched to a market-based allocation approach using the Bancor algorithm from Dawn 4.0 which means that you will buy and sell at the current market price which could be more or less.
3. What are the benefits or having a market based model for RAM staking?
   The holder can receive capital gain from un-staking his RAM, and will therefore be willing to free the resources.
4. What are the drawbacks of having a market based model for RAM staking?
   It provides the opportunity to waste un-used RAM as the owner of the coin won’t be willing to receive them back at a lower rate than he stacked.

[Ed_Saroo]

@filip

1. What would happen if a dapp runs out of RAM?

Some operations would be unable to carry out and smart contracts would not be deployed.

@filip

2. What was the change between Dawn 3.0 and Dawn 4.0 in terms of the RAM market?

EOS switched to a market-based allocation approach using the Bancor algorithm from Dawn 4.0. Under the Dawn 3.0 system contract, token holders can only sell RAM for the price they paid, just as the other resources.

@filip

3. What are the benefits or having a market based model for RAM staking?

There is an incentive for unstaking tokens.

@filip

4. What are the drawbacks of having a market based model for RAM staking?

• As more dApp developers join, and more data needed to be stored for a long time, more RAM used is extracted out of the market, making RAM more and more expensive.
• The speculators’ irrational behavior on RAM will push RAM high, making it expensive for dApp developers to buy the resources they need, and thus deteriorating the ecosystem. There is large amount of RAM, due to the speculation or other reasons, are unused, causing a waste of RAM resources.
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[Sung]

1. What would happen if a dapp runs out of RAM?
   Some operations cannot be carried out and smart contracts not deployed.

2. What was the change between Dawn 3.0 and Dawn 4.0 in terms of the RAM market?
   In Dawn 3.0 token holders could only sell RAM at the price they bought. With Dawn 4.0 a market based allocation was introduced.

3. What are the benefits or having a market based model for RAM staking?
   It makes it attractive to ‘unstake’ RAM so it can be allocated it to where it’s needed most.

4. What are the drawbacks of having a market based model for RAM staking?
   More speculation, higher prices and unused RAM may go to waste.

[MatWu]

1. Outstanding operations cannot be carried out or smart contracts cannot be deployed.
2. They switched to a market-based approach rather than a price-paid approach.
   3.The market reguates itself and enhances fairer prices based on supply and demand. Also the hoarding of RAM can be punished through price drops.
3. market manipulation and speculaion with resources become possible.

[benlive]

1. What would happen if a dapp runs out of RAM?
   Some operations would be unable to carry out and smart contracts wouldn’t be deployed.

2. What was the change between Dawn 3.0 and Dawn 4.0 in terms of the RAM market?
   In Dawn 4.0 you can buy at one price and sell for a current market price, while in Dawn 3.0 you needed to sell at the same price you bought.

3. What are the benefits or having a market based model for RAM staking?
   People are encouraged to sell RAM, when they don’t use it.

4. What are the drawbacks of having a market based model for RAM staking?
   More and more developers create dapps on EOS, making RAM more and more expensive, speculators.