According to TechFlow, the proposal 289 recently passed by the decentralized lending protocol Compound Finance has sparked controversy in the community. The proposal will allocate COMP tokens worth approximately $24 million for the income protocol designed by "Golden Boys".

Several community members, including security consultant Michael Lewellen, pointed out that this might be a "governance attack," questioning whether a small group forced the proposal through by purchasing a large number of tokens. Humpy, the initiator of the proposal, denied that the funds would be misappropriated, but failed to completely dispel the community's doubts.