Real-capital social-engineering persona

Compound V3 (Comet)'s assessment for RD-F-184 — scored gray on the v1.7.0 rubric. The evidence below is the curator's reasoning for this score.

Evidence summary #

No curator-flagged ≥$1M real-capital social-engineering persona identified for Compound V3. Proposal 289 (Golden Boys, $24M COMP accumulation) was overt DAO governance — not a covert insider persona. July 2024 DNS attack was infrastructure-level, not a developer implant. No UNC4736-class long-dwell pattern found.

Sources #

URL
https://www.web3isgoinggreat.com/?id=compound-dao-governance-attackretrieved 2026-04-27
URL
https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2024/07/11/compound-finance-site-compromised-in-phishing-attackretrieved 2026-04-27

Methodology #

Determine whether a curator-flagged "team contributor" or "external integrator" persona has ≥$1M of attributed real-capital deposits to the target protocol or peer protocols, potentially used to build credibility ahead of a social-engineering attack.

See the full factor methodology and distribution across all protocols →

rubric_version v1.7.0 protocol compound-v3 factor RD-F-184 score gray collected_at 2026-04-28 00:20:50