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Compound is a decentralized lending and borrowing platform built on the Ethereum blockchain. It allows users to lend and borrow a variety of cryptocurrencies, including Ethereum, DAI, and USDC, in a trustless and decentralized manner.
Compound is a decentralized lending and borrowing platform, it is a protocol and it is not a company therefore it doesn’t have a traditional executive team. However, Compound is governed by a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) and the protocol’s development and maintenance is steered by a team of developers and researchers who are committed to the platform’s growth and success.
Compound was founded by Robert Leshner, a long-time technologist and entrepreneur who has been involved in the cryptocurrency space since the early days of Bitcoin. Robert Leshner is the CEO and a co-founder of Compound. He has a background in software development and has worked on a number of projects in the cryptocurrency space, including serving as the Chief Cryptographer at a blockchain-based identity verification platform.
