Compound Finance and the COMP governance token (2017–2020)

1. Compound Labs is founded to build crypto money markets

   Jan 1, 2017Labels: Compound Labs, Robert Leshner

   • Compound Medium

2. Compound announces $8.2M seed funding

   May 17, 2018Labels: Seed Funding, Bain Capital

   • Compound Medium
   • VCNewsDaily

3. Compound V1 launches on Ethereum mainnet

   Sep 27, 2018Labels: Compound V1, Ethereum mainnet

   • Compound Medium

4. Compound V2 goes live with upgraded architecture

   May 1, 2019Labels: Compound V2, Protocol upgrade

   • Messari

5. Compound raises $25M Series A led by a16z

   Nov 14, 2019Labels: Series A, Andreessen Horowitz

   • CoinDesk

6. COMP governance testnet is announced

   Feb 26, 2020Labels: COMP testnet, Governance experiment

   • CoinDesk

7. COMP-based governance goes live on mainnet

   Apr 16, 2020Labels: COMP governance, Mainnet launch

   • The Block
   • Compound Docs

8. Plan is published to distribute COMP to users

   May 28, 2020Labels: COMP distribution, Incentive design

   • CoinDesk

9. COMP distribution to users begins (liquidity mining)

   Jun 15, 2020Labels: Liquidity mining, COMP distribution

   • The Block
   • Messari

10. Governance votes to adjust COMP distribution rules

    Jun 30, 2020Labels: Proposal 11, Governance vote

    • Nasdaq

11. COMP distribution becomes a template for DeFi incentives

    Oct 1, 2020Labels: DeFi incentives, COMP template

    • Berenzon Medium

12. End of 2020: COMP establishes Compound’s governance era

    Dec 31, 2020Labels: Governance era, COMP token

    • Compound Docs
    • Messari