I like that etherum has a use beyond storage, as that makes bitcoin sound like little more than a financial asset and not a currency-. It is irritating me a great deal these days that bitcoin advocates are promoting it as the coin that will bring down the US dollar, and along with that the US government. Sorry not interested in a world without the USA. even though, like everyone and everything else the USA has its problems.

You say "Take Maker for example. Through Maker, users can collateralize Ether into a stablecoin pegged to the U.S. Dollar called Dai." I am not sure what you mean by "pegged" .to the dollar.

Also you did not define "ether". I am guessing it means the etherum platform.