Governance

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Aave Protocol Governance V2 has been activated!

18 Dec 2020 3 minute read 27 comments Aave

The Aave Protocol V2 launched just over a week ago, and has rapidly grown in market size, now reaching over $98M. The V1 → V2 migration tool has not even been released yet (Soon™), so this growth is particularly Aavesome. Last week, there was a gover...

Uniswap Introduces Sybil, a Governance Tool for Delegation

16 Dec 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Abhimanyu Krishnan

The Uniswap team on Dec. 15 revealed a new tool for governance that helps users discover delegates.  Sybil links on-chain addresses to digital identities to maintain a list of delegates, “allowing delegators to discover and engage with their communi...

Introducing Sybil

16 Dec 2020 2 minute read 0 comments Uniswap

Today we’re excited to introduce Sybil, a governance tool for discovering delegates. Sybil maps on-chain addresses to digital identities to maintain a list of delegates, all while avoiding pesky user signups, on-chain transactions, and manual record...

Understanding the Concepts of DeFi Platforms: Governance Model and DAO

11 Dec 2020 3 minute read 9 comments insidetrader

Greetings Publish0x community. Today I want to introduce you to the main aspects of the DAO (Decentralized Autonomous Organization) and how they aim to change the ecosystem. What is DAO, briefly❓ DAO is the abbreviation of ‘Decentralized Autonomous...

Compound and Uniswap Put Grant Programs to Governance Vote

7 Dec 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Abhimanyu Krishnan

In the first week of December, Compound Finance and Uniswap both began working towards the inclusion of grants programs to support ecosystem development on their respective platforms.  The two platforms are among the DeFi market’s most popular servi...

Aave Introduces Two New Governance Proposals

20 Nov 2020 1 minute read 1 comment Abhimanyu Krishnan

Decentralized lending protocol Aave introduced two new governance proposals on Nov. 18, aimed at funding governance decisions and preparing for the transition into Aave V2. Aave Improvement Proposals (AIPs) 2 and 3 have been officially submitted for...

Ethereum's accidental hard fork: how Tezos' on-chain governance protocol prevents this from happening on Tezos

19 Nov 2020 5 minute read 2 comments Allen Walters

Last week, Ethereum developers inserted an update, which caused an unintentional hard fork, splitting the blockchain in two separate chains. Result: Metamask and several popular DeFi applications like MakerDAO, Uniswap, Compound and other application...

Issue 39 — October 15 — November 16 2020

16 Nov 2020 3 minute read 0 comments Richard Red

Treasury balance: 643,095 DCR (approx +11,982 DCR/month) - $11.8 million (+$221k/month) based on $18.41 DCR price New proposals GoDCR: GoLang Native Desktop Wallet Published Nov 3 by raedah | edited Nov 5 |17 comments This proposal requests a budget...

UNI Farming Won't Be Extended, Incentives End in 4 days

13 Nov 2020 1 minute read 5 comments Abhimanyu Krishnan

The Uniswap exchange concluded its first community call on Nov. 12, where the platform’s users discussed several issues, including those related to its UNI farming incentive programs.  The community call focused on several topics, including the firs...

Is DeFi really decentralized?

5 Nov 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Simplify Crypto

The protocol is decentralized, but what about its governance? A scientific article was published by Monday Capital in conjunction with Dappradar that demonstrates that most Defi projects are highly centralized. "Decentralized Governance in DeFi: Exam...