## The Moat of DeFi: *"Warchests of the Last Cycle."* #### Liquidity Mining: * Liquidity mining during the economic expansion of '21, was an incubator for DeFi 1.0. * Project Treasuries were raised, and stewardship of those treasuries allows contributors, and signals to fundamentals investors that the project has a future. * https://defillama.com/treasuries #### Core Users * Token Holders #### Influencer | Whales * Venerated Community Leaders, who provide an idea of safety, due to their successful buying and selling of tokens. #### Contributors * Core Team Members, with multiple projects under their belt. * Community Contributors #### DAO Tooling * Coordination Tools * Fundraising Tools * Treasury Management Tools * DeFi Protocols #### Partnerships * Composible Integrations * Social Bonds * Economic Bonds #### Grant Distributions * Deal Flow - New projects are coming to these Grant Distribution projects, in order to be selected. * Composability | Integrations * Flow into the treasuries, placing these treasuries in position for next cycle. #### Market Conditions * Survivorship | Exploits | Scams | Brutal Markets * Speculation itself perpetuates the Financial Industry #### Liquidity * Liquidity itself creates credibility as it allows speculation as an activity. #### Public Goods * Open Source Code * Development Education * Financial Education The Moat of DeFi only exists for projects who managed to preserve funds and build treasuries.