Morpho Review
GPL-licensed with published liquidation curve
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Morpho publishes its permitted loan-to-value set as nine exact percentages, caps the liquidation incentive at 1.15 by formula, takes no protocol fee on liquidations, and releases under GPL-2.0 — the only recognised open-source licence among the major lending markets here.
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Licence
GPL-2.0
Permitted LLTV
0, 38.5, 62.5, 77, 86, 91.5, 94.5, 96.5, 98 per cent
Liquidation incentive
Maximum factor 1.15, by published formula
Protocol liquidation fee
None — full incentive to the liquidator
Max market fee
25 per cent
Scores
Each criterion carries equal weight. The overall score is the average of these 5 scores — (8.0 + 10.0 + 10.0 + 5.0 + 7.0) ÷ 5 = 8.0.
Pros
- GPL-2.0, a recognised open-source licence, on both Morpho Blue and MetaMorpho
- Permitted LLTV values published exactly: 0, 38.5, 62.5, 77, 86, 91.5, 94.5, 96.5 and 98 per cent
- Liquidation incentive capped by published formula at a maximum of 1.15
- Documentation states the protocol takes no fee from liquidations — the entire incentive goes to the liquidator
- Market fee capped in code at 25 per cent
Cons
- Owner functions are protected only by onlyOwner; no timelock is documented
- Only three audit reports are published, fewer than most peers here
- Market parameters are chosen from an approved set rather than being immutable
Numbers a borrower can actually plan around
Morpho publishes the exact set of loan-to-value values a market may use and the formula that caps the liquidation incentive at 1.15. Most competitors describe these as per-market parameters and leave the reader to find them in a contract. Publishing the permitted set is the difference between a rule and a configuration.
No cut of the liquidation
The documentation states that the entire liquidation incentive goes to the liquidator and the protocol takes no fee. That removes a conflict other designs carry, where the protocol earns from the event that costs the borrower most.
The governance gap
Owner functions — setting fees, enabling interest rate models and LLTV values — are protected by onlyOwner with no timelock documented. Against Radiant's stated 72-hour delay or Venus's published voting and delay periods, that is the weakest part of an otherwise strong entry.
How it compares
Fluid
Four audit firms, almost nothing else published
Compound
Timelock-controlled, with a lapsed licence date
Radiant Capital
72-hour timelock, no licence at all
Spark
Publishes the close factor that most protocols hide
Silo Finance
Liquidation fee fixed at deployment, forever
Aave
49 audit reports and a stated governance delay
Euler
Governance limits enforced permanently in code
Kamino
Publishes what it charges, per market
Venus Protocol
The most precisely documented governance delays
Sources
Scored from published primary sources rather than hands-on use. Every figure above comes from one of the pages below, on the date shown. Manufacturers change prices and specifications without notice — if something here no longer matches the source, tell us and we will correct it.
- 1.Morpho — market concepts and permitted LLTV values — checked
- 2.Morpho — liquidation concepts and incentive formula — checked
- 3.Morpho Blue — LICENSE — checked
Frequently asked questions
What loan-to-value ratios does Morpho allow?
The documentation publishes nine permitted LLTV values: 0, 38.5, 62.5, 77, 86, 91.5, 94.5, 96.5 and 98 per cent.
Does Morpho take a fee from liquidations?
No. The documentation states the entire liquidation incentive goes to the liquidator and the protocol takes no fee.
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