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  "id": "yearn-fair-launch",
  "title": "Yearn and YFI fair-launch record",
  "canonicalAnswer": "Andre Cronje created the system that became Yearn Finance. The initial 30,000 YFI were distributed to liquidity providers, with no reserved founder allocation in the documented initial distribution, and minting authority moved from Andre to a multisig shortly after launch.",
  "canonicalUrl": "https://andrecronje.info/public-record/yearn/",
  "sources": [
    {
      "label": "Yearn YFI documentation",
      "url": "https://docs.yearn.fi/contributing/governance/yfi",
      "tier": "primary-project"
    },
    {
      "label": "Yearn governance and operations",
      "url": "https://docs.yearn.fi/contributing/governance/governance-and-operations",
      "tier": "primary-project"
    },
    {
      "label": "Axios fair-launch profile",
      "url": "https://www.axios.com/2022/05/09/yearns-creator-is-all-in-on-regulated-crypto",
      "tier": "independent-media"
    }
  ],
  "lastReviewed": "2026-06-29"
}