# Maker migration, impact on Gnosis Chain

Source: https://forum.gnosis.io/t/maker-migration-impact-on-gnosis-chain/8993
Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Maker-migration-impact-on-Gnosis-Chain?index=0x66d1786c35e00d4a4d70861fcf13465bf76b19884021908b28d07d63aaef75a66841642b
Submitted by macbudkowski.eth on 2024-08-30 UTC, 8 upvotes, 4 comments

## Summary

LaJota raises concern that USDS, which replaced DAI after MakerDAO became Sky, has a freeze function that can block wallets and smart contracts, conflicting with Gnosis Chain's decentralization and permissionless use. The post asks whether a wallet frozen on Ethereum mainnet would also be unable to pay gas fees on Gnosis, since the DAI and xDAI contracts are the same, and whether USDS now resembles USDT. It notes that USDS access is banned in the US and UK and says the impact may be nothing, but calls the discussion important because the token serves as Gnosis's gas token.

## Article

Maker migration, impact on Gnosis Chain

Hello, LaJota here to talk about MakerDAO/DAI

With the recent change of MakerDAO to Sky and the migration of the MKR token to SKY and of DAI to USDS, several problems have appeared, notably on the access to the USDS which is banned in the US and UK and the most important :

The USDS has a “freeze” function which allows to block the use of the stablecoin to certain wallets and/or smart contracts

This change is against the very essence of Gnosis which is decentralization and permissionless use

2 questions arise :

if Sky decides to freeze wallet A on Ethereum mainnet, this same wallet A will no longer be able to pay gas fees on Gnosis since it is blacklisted ? (Dai contract = xDAI contract, so USDS = xUSDS contract)

the use of “USDS” which can be “frozen” goes against the philosophy of Gnosis, before us therefore interest in continuing to use the future USDS because it now resembles the USDT ?

Maybe this will have no impact on Gnosis and we are worrying a little for nothing but we can discuss it because it is important, it is the gas token of Gnosis

## Comments

**cerv1.eth**: this discussion encapsulates everything I love about crypto

**misha**: Yes, indeed fantastic discussion. 

**tim**: Honestly, I want them to now be forced to just make GNO the token to pay gas, or do they actually like to pay for txs in dollars?

**macbudkowski.eth**: This discussion is also a great example of how the medium shapes the message. It's hard to imagine having such a nuanced discussion on Twitter, but on a forum, it looks natural.

Re: GNO, I think it'd be great for the token, don't know why they kept dollar fees. Maybe it's just for historical reasons, as they merged a few years ago with xDAI?