# \[ARFC\] $AAVE token alignment. Phase 1 - Ownership

**URL:** <https://governance.aave.com/t/arfc-aave-token-alignment-phase-1-ownership/23616>\
**Category:** Governance\
**Created:** [December 16, 2025, 4:42pm UTC](https://governance.aave.com/t/arfc-aave-token-alignment-phase-1-ownership/23616 "2025-12-16T16:42:54Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 22, 2025, 8:39am UTC](https://governance.aave.com/t/arfc-aave-token-alignment-phase-1-ownership/23616/132 "2025-12-22T08:39:46Z")

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> [@Aave Cowswap Integration- Tokenholder Questions](https://governance.aave.com/t/aave-cowswap-integration-tokenholder-questions/23530/71):
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> @EzR3aL, to answer your questions directly. No. “If the AIP is approved by the DAO, the Aave team will receive $16,280,000 million in retroactive funding for the development of Aave Protocol V3.” As this sentence, taken from the Compensation Model section of the retro funding proposal, clearly states, the V3 retroactive funding scope did not cover the front-end development costs. Protocol and frontend are two separate codebases, in two separate repositories, with two separate licensing scheme…

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