THORChain was initiated through an initial DEX offering (IDO) which launched in July 2019. Its single-chain chaosnet was initiated in April 2021, the multi-chain upgrade was initiated in April 2021 and Mainnet was live as of June 2022. The platform has no CEO, no founder, and no directors. Instead, the further development of the protocol is organized via Gitlab with nodes as the ultimate deciders of which codebase to run. Those currently working on the project are largely anonymous, which is stated to protect the project and ensure that it can decentralize. As of June 2022, there are 308.0 million RUNE in circulation out of a total supply of 500 million.