Select the next Compound asset

An upcoming community vote

When an asset is added to the Compound protocol, it’s upgraded with two new superpowers — a liquid interest rate that token-holders can earn, and the ability to use the asset as collateral (to frictionlessly borrow other supported tokens, such as Ether or Dai).

Adding an asset to the protocol is a significant milestone, and one that the protocol’s users control. Today, we’re pleased to announce that in approximately two weeks a community vote will begin to select the next Compound asset.

Compound users will have the opportunity to vote for one of twelve potential assets:

• Ampleforth (AMPL)
• Decentraland (MANA)
• Flexacoin (FXC)
• Huobi Token (HT)
• Loom Network (LOOM)
• Maker (MKR)
• Numeraire (NMR)
• OmiseGo (OMG)
• Paxos Standard Token (PAX)
• Synthetix USD (sUSD)
• Tether (USDT)
• TrueUSD (TUSD)

Voting Mechanics

All Compound protocol users will be eligible to participate in the community vote, weighted by usage of the protocol (measured by lifetime interest earned + interest paid). This is an experimental “Sybil-resistant” voting mechanism, which is designed to allocate governance proportional to impact.

Voting will last for 14 days, after which the 2 winning tokens will be added to the protocol following the creation of cToken integration contracts, successful security audits, and a determination of suitability.

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