# About Stella Stella core contributors have built in **‘leveraged DeFi’ since 2020**. These developments include building the **first leveraged yield farming protocol**, Alpha Homora, that has a peak **TVL of $1.9B**, coming up and implementing key fundamental concepts such as tokenization and collateralization of LP tokens, and incubating a number of DeFi projects that went on to raise from top-tier VCs and list on tier-1 exchanges. Under the new name (Stella) and the same token (ALPHA), the same core development team aims to double down on the expertise in building an on-chain leveraged product. With Stella’s 0% cost to borrow and Pay-As-You-Earn model, for the first time, align incentives between borrowers (or “leveragoors”) and lenders, presenting a whole new and better way of how leveraged DeFi should be – a way that one party does not lose when the other party gains. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.stellaxyz.io/stella-doc/additional-information/about-stella.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.