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Venus Protocol

Venus Protocol is a community-driven, decentralized finance (DeFi) money market protocol operating on the BNB Chain and other EVM-compatible chains. It enables users to lend, borrow, and earn interest on a variety of digital assets. The platform is governed by its community, emphasizes security through extensive audits, and offers features like the Venus Prime rewards program for loyal users.
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9 current maintainers7 active leads1 new active lead2 lead step-downs1 early lead departure

Maintainer signals as of Aug 10, 2026


Maintainer Intelligence

This view starts from the canonical internal-employee model. A maintainer is an internal employee who merged at least one pull request in a non-fork repository; external contributors, bots, and PR authors are not treated as causal. Active leads have merged within the last three months.

9

Current maintainers

7

Active leads

1

New active leads

2

Lead step-downs

0

Lead movements

1

Early lead departures

Signals as of Aug 10, 2026github.com/venusprotocol

Maintainers (24)

@YY8282-aiCurrent employee
PRs merged
0
Internal authors supported
0
Currently active authors
0
First merge
Aug 4, 2026
Last merge
Aug 4, 2026
Active lead
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@Venus-ZDCurrent employee
PRs merged
0
Internal authors supported
0
Currently active authors
0
First merge
Feb 14, 2026
Last merge
Feb 26, 2026
Early maintainer
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Maintainer Movements (4)

@coreyar moved lead merge authority to Golem Foundation.

Confirmed May 25, 2025 · Observed · Early maintainer

Last source merge Feb 25, 2025 · First destination merge Mar 28, 2025

@defistar moved lead merge authority to =nil; Foundation.

Confirmed Mar 5, 2025 · Observed

Last source merge Sep 12, 2022 · First destination merge Mar 5, 2025

@0xlucian moved lead merge authority to Boson Protocol.

Confirmed Sep 26, 2024 · Observed · Early maintainer

Last source merge May 9, 2024 · First destination merge Sep 26, 2024

@UrAvgDeveloper moved lead merge authority to Fetch.ai.

Confirmed Jun 16, 2023 · Observed

Last source merge Mar 16, 2023 · First destination merge Apr 27, 2023