Contributor tenure at admin-permissioned PR

Evidence summary #

V3 core contracts are fully immutable — no admin-permissioned code changes possible post-deploy. All core contributors (Adams since 2018, Zinsmeister since ~2018-2019, Salem since ~2019-2020) are long-tenured (5-7+ years). V2 contracts also fully immutable. Governance changes require full 7-day on-chain vote plus 2-day timelock before execution. No short-tenure contributor with privileged access identified.

Detail #

Combined v2+v3 assessment. V2 contracts (factory, pairs) are fully immutable with feeToSetter renounced; no admin-permissioned changes are possible. V3 core contracts (factory, pool implementations) are also fully immutable. The only surface where contributor tenure matters is periphery and governance, where the long-tenured core team (Adams, Zinsmeister, Salem, Toda) hold influence but even governance changes require the complete Compound Bravo process including public forum discussion, 7-day voting, and 2-day timelock.

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Methodology #

Measure the number of days contributing to the repo of the author of the most recent admin-permissioned code change.

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