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# Y-Foundry

Y-Foundry is a platform connecting community with creators to propose, vote, and build their ideas.

**Developed by the community.**

**Owned by the community.** 

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### What YFD does&#x20;

The DAO structure supports in-depth community involvement and a culture of inclusivity. Y-Foundry encourages its entire community to get involved and contribute to the decision-making and development process of all projects under the Y-Foundry banner.

Y-Foundry DAO enables users to:&#x20;

* **Launch vaults** that automate DeFi strategies such as auto-compounding, arbitrage, or hedging.
* **Fund** other users’ vault **ideas**, claiming a portion of the fees earned.&#x20;
* **Discover and complete** interesting **tasks**, earn reputation, and **build a Web3 portfolio**.&#x20;
* **Work** for projects paid for by the community, with **payments** guaranteed by smart contracts.

### How YFD does it

With in-depth crypto knowledge and a deep understanding of Web3, the Y-Foundry DAO community leverages smart contracts and NFTs in novel ways, enabling:

* Access to talented builders whitelisted by the community.
* Secure mechanisms for project funding, and escrowed payment to developers based on milestones.
* Auditable, trustless completion and deployment of smart contracts, without priveleged access.
* A community with a vested long-term interest in the health of the project.

**Welcome to Y-Foundry DAO !**


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