Compound Community member accuses the foundation of improperly using v2 DAI reserves; the foundation has not yet responded

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Compound The foundation is accused of improperly using 8420000 tokens DAI reserves

PANews September 28 reported that Compound community member ugurmersin published a post accusing Compound the foundation of improperly using v2 DAI reserves. The post stated that February the proposal 536 would place 8420000 tokens DAI of DAO reserves under the foundation’s management, with the conditions expressly limiting their use to “supporting protocol operations only,” prohibiting “independent trading or speculative activities,” and requiring that they be “entirely owned by DAO all,” and “not used to fund specific foundation operations.” However, on-chain records show that this DAI was sent to an exchange and converted into 344780 tokens COMP, then delegated to the foundation’s own voting address and returned before 580 and 582 the deadline by 58 minutes. The foundation thereby obtained voting power and promoted the transfer of nearly all DAO funds to TMC management, and approved the 52000000 USD V4 plan, while the foundation was TMC one of the signatories. The poster believes that the foundation did not...

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PANews reported that Compound community member ugurmersin published a post accusing Compound the foundation of improperly using v2 DAI reserves.
The post stated that February the proposal 536 would place 8420000 tokens DAI of DAO reserves under the foundation’s management, limiting their use to supporting protocol operations only, prohibiting independent trading or speculation, and requiring that they be entirely DAO owned by DAO holders.
The post stated that on-chain records show that these DAI were sent to an exchange and converted into 344780 tokens COMP, then delegated to the foundation’s own voting address.
The post stated that the relevant funds were returned 580 before 582 the deadline by 58 minutes.
The poster believes that the foundation thereby obtained voting power and promoted the transfer of nearly all DAO funds to TMC management through the 52000000 USD V4 plan.
The evidence text does not provide a response from the foundation or the results of any independent verification of the allegations.

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This is an allegation concerning the use of DAO funds and governance voting: the poster believes that the foundation converted restricted DAI reserves into COMP to obtain voting power on the proposal.

Why it matters to readers

If the allegations are substantiated, they could prompt a review of DAO reserve authorization, the use of voting power, and TMC management arrangements.

It involves two basic concepts:DAO funds should be used in accordance with the proposal rules, and governance tokens can be used to vote on proposals.

Risks and unknowns

The evidence text cannot confirm whether the allegation is consistent with the complete on-chain records and proposal authorization.
The evidence text cannot confirm whether the foundation will respond.
The proposal 580、582 and TMC the final governance outcome of the management arrangements are not specified in the evidence text.

Compound Community member accuses the foundation of improperly using v2 DAI reserves; the foundation has not yet responded

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