Founders & Builders
Andre Cronje quotes
Creator of Yearn Finance
DeFi's most prolific and most contrarian builder, known for shipping unaudited code and for the phrase that defined a cycle.
3 epic quotes by Andre Cronje
“I test in prod.”
— Andre Cronje
“I build things I want to use. If you use them, that's on you.”
— Andre Cronje
“DeFi is not a get rich quick scheme, it is infrastructure.”
— Andre Cronje
Why Andre Cronje is quoted so often
Andre Cronje is one of the most cited voices in the digital asset industry. As creator of yearn finance, every public statement is read by traders, founders and regulators looking for signal, which is why these lines keep resurfacing years after they were first said.
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