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Software licenses for DeFi
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Software licenses for DeFi

Software licenses for DeFi

In DeFi, we regularly observe clashes between ideals and realities; the topic of software licensing models for DeFi protocols being one of the latest and most prominent examples. In DeFi’s early days, the consensus was to use fully open source licenses to align with DeFi’s ideals of openness and transparency. However, DeFi staple protocols such as Uniswap or Aave have recently opted for more restrictive licenses. Others such as EigenLayer or Liquity are following suit.

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The DeFi Collective - July 2024 Report
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The DeFi Collective - July 2024 Report

Welcome to the Collectives’ July impact and treasury report. Following a similar trajectory to the previous months, July saw the Collective maintain healthy revenues and an increased surplus that will be recycled back into supporting mission-critical projects with their liquidity.

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Making the most of Gnosis Safe: toolbox & tips
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Making the most of Gnosis Safe: toolbox & tips

Now is the best time to start using Safe! It has several benefits, whether for personal use or, more obviously, for companies and institutions. For individual users, the main advantage of Safe is the flexibility it brings to the security model: instead of having to migrate all assets to a new wallet to update one’s security model, doing the same thing on a Safe merely means signing a few transactions to add and/or remove signers.

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