Crypto's Third Primitive

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A cryptocurrency with an elastic daily rebase that increases or decreases supply proportionally to all holders based on a Chainlink 24h VWAP feed, targeting the 2019 USD as its price anchor. Live on Ethereum since summer 2019 and aiming for Akala/Polkadot via an Ethereum bridge, the protocol mints or burns tokens daily, giving supply gains to holders rather than lenders, claiming a non-dilutive unit-of-account useful for long-duration contracts and DeFi fees.

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1. 0:00Intro
2. 0:35What is Ample
3. 3:18Stable Contract
4. 5:38Stable Coins
5. 7:32How it Works
6. 8:03Why Not Build a Blockchain
7. 9:12Polkadot Ecosystem
8. 10:25Ampleforth QA

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