DeFi Risk Monitoring, featuring Gauntlet and Getty Hill

In the inaugural episode of I Pledge Allegiance, a podcast about crypto governance, host Derek Hsue chats with Nick Cannon from Gauntlet and Getty Hill from GFX Labs. Nick leads Growth at Gauntlet, and Getty is a long-time Compound contributor and active governance participant. The focus of this episode is Gauntlet's recent "Dynamic Risk Monitoring" proposal for Compound and how they see their role managing and monitoring risk for major DeFi protocols. Additionally, we compare existing approaches to risk management, as well as lessons on creating products and services for DAOs.  Show notes and links included below. ---- Dynamic Risk Monitoring Proposal: https://www.comp.xyz/t/dynamic-risk-parameters/2223/1 ---- Follow us on Twitter: @derek_hsue | @inkymaze | @getty_hill ---- Show Notes: (3:00) - Why is risk monitoring important for DeFi and Compound? What does it entail? (5:45) - What is Gauntlet's "Dynamic Risk Monitoring" proposal? (7:19) - How Gauntlet thinks about its role determining risk levels and preferences.  (10:28) - Getty’s thoughts on the Dynamic Risk Monitoring Proposal, and where he thinks it could improve (19:23)  - On the possibility of Gauntlet as an early warning system for risk monitoring (25:09) - Getty on the difference between risk management Compound, Aave, and Cream (27:12) - How does Gauntlet think about its position working for both Compound and Aave (34:04) - Defining “Value at Risk” For Compound (37:10) - How Gauntlet designed the service fee (46:26) - How does B2DAO sales differ from the traditional B2B sales process? (50:00) - What other things should protocol treasuries spend money on? (55:00) - On the big hurdles and problems in governance-based contribution today.