Zachary Folkman and Chase Herro – listed in the white paper as World Liberty Financial’s head of operations and its data and strategies lead, respectively – built Dough Finance, a person familiar with the matter said. (Herro used to link to Dough Finance’s Telegram group in his bio on the messaging app, according to a screenshot reviewed by CoinDesk.) Octavian Lojnita, the project’s smart contracts lead, also previously worked on Dough Finance, according to his online resume. Boga, World Liberty Financial’s pseudonymous front-end developer, is listed as an author (under 0xboga) in Dough Finance’s source code.