Episode: #11
May 11, 2020
Your savings account, your high-yield bank deposits, a CD. Can we replace these bank functions with a protocol?
Compound seems to think so. Compound is a two-sized money robot that provides borrowing and lending to create something new: interest. Learn what it does, why it's powerful, and how it's evolving as we talk with Robert Leshner. We even ask if there's a way for the community to get its hand on some Comp tokens and start shaping the future of the protocol.
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We cover:
- What you can do w/ Compound
- Power of programmable interest
- How Compound's different than:
- WellsFargo (traditional banks)
- Maker (other protocols)
- BlockFi (crypto banks)
- If crypto banks will out-compete DeFi
- How you can get COMP tokens
- Future of protocol politicians
- The protocol sink thesis
- Robert's biggest fear for DeFi
- How the Bankless community can help
This is our final of three episodes in the "King Money Protocols Series" where we talk through the three most important DeFi protocols. Catch up on Episode 10 and Episode 9 if you missed them.
Before the episode begins we also talk about:
- Tron stealing our tax money
- What wBTC backing means for DAI
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EPISODE RESOURCES:
Compound protocol - interface
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Dharma - build on Compound
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Compound governance - interface
compound.finance/governance
Ryan's voting record - two votes!
compound.finance/governance/address/0xfdaae0c5a7a56c8265b9f86cf8cd934a494e3733
Read:
How to get a Dai savings Rate - include Compound
bankless.substack.com/p/how-to-get-a-dai-saving-account
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