# About the Yearn category

**URL:** <https://forum.morpho.org/t/about-the-yearn-category/1723>\
**Category:** Yearn\
**Created:** [April 25, 2025, 3:42pm UTC](https://forum.morpho.org/t/about-the-yearn-category/1723 "2025-04-25T15:42:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![yearn](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.morpho.org/yearn/32/661_2.png) [@yearn](https://forum.morpho.org/u/yearn)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2025, 3:42pm UTC](https://forum.morpho.org/t/about-the-yearn-category/1723/1 "2025-04-25T15:42:54Z")

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**About Yearn**

Founded in 2020, Yearn is one of DeFi’s oldest and most respected projects.

Yearn is new to Morpho, but as a curator Yearn has allocated over **$6 billion** in deposits into various lending strategies through its flagship product **Yearn Vaults**.

[Yearn Site](https://yearn.fi/)  
[Yearn Docs](https://docs.yearn.fi/getting-started/intro)  
[Yearn Security](https://docs.yearn.fi/developers/security)  
[Yearn Twitter](https://x.com/yearnfi)

**Security and Ecosystem Contributions**

- Active whitehat participants in SEAL 911 (hack response bot created by samczsun).
- Creators of **yAcademy** (audit education), **yAudit** (security services), and **Coordinape** (DAO management).
- Yearn’s work has been referenced by Messari and Ark Invest.
- Regular presence at major crypto conferences like ETHCC, ETHDenver, and The Stanford Security Summit.
- Funding support provided to Gitcoin, LexPunk, and Nomic Labs.
- Yearn contributors have helped develop tools such as Ape-Safe, Apeworx, Allowlist (used by MetaMask), Disperse ($1B+ volume), Vyper, Brownie, Safe, Robowoofy, ERC-4626, Weiroll-py, and yPriceMagic.

**Governance**

Yearn is maintained by a global team of full-time and part-time contributors and governed by the YFI token.