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# 6 Small Steps for the DAO, 1 Giant Leap For DeFi

1. We Broke [1 Billion Dai!](https://daistats.com/#/) This was a huge step for the community in terms of our methods, as well as proving the interest/demand within DeFi, for our stablecoin. With the DeFi market holding around $17 billion, we are a large portion of our greater community, and clearly helping lead our industry.

2. Our [MIP23](https://forum.makerdao.com/t/mip23-domain-structure-and-roles/4021) created a framework launchpad for defining the structure of Domain teams and their roles. We created multiple new Domain teams in 2020, which are aimed at increasing our decentralization, as well as ensuring payment for some of our immediately necessary teams. Some of these teams are the [Risk Team,](https://forum.makerdao.com/t/mip7c3-sp2-domain-team-onboarding-risk-domain-team/2702) [Smart Contracts Team,](https://forum.makerdao.com/t/mip7c3-sp1-domain-team-onboarding-smart-contracts-domain-team/2134) [Onboarding and Offboarding for Domain Teams (MIP7),](https://forum.makerdao.com/t/mip7-onboarding-and-offboarding-domain-teams-for-collateral-onboarding/1909) and [MIP28: Operational Support Domain Team](https://forum.makerdao.com/t/mip28-operational-support-domain-definition/4627)

3. We updated our [Governance Portal](https://vote.makerdao.com/) to allow for comments to be shared on votes, as well as showing more specific information about the votes and their current/past standings. This new portal has also has a smoother interface that makes it even simpler to obtain the information you need on votes currently up for judgment.

4. Our Governance tactics are ever-evolving in strategy and and technology. Our [DsCheif update,](https://forum.makerdao.com/t/dschief-1-2-flash-loan-protection-for-maker-governance/5115) which is mainly intended to stop flash loans of MKR from being aloud to vote, is adding a new layer of security and certainty to our governance system.

5. Our new [Community Portal](https://community-development.makerdao.com/en/) is providing new methods of communication within the DAO, as well as information for people interested in the DAO. We are so happy to see the culmination of so many people's work into this v1 of a portal for communications, both within and without, the MakerDAO community.

6. Our [Liquidations 2.0 Update](https://forum.makerdao.com/t/liquidations-2-0-technical-summary/4632) has been aimed at both improving the liquidations process, as well as incentivizing the users providing liquidity.