# How AAVE will win

**URL:** <https://governance.aave.com/t/how-aave-will-win/23792>\
**Category:** Governance\
**Created:** [January 2, 2026, 8:00pm UTC](https://governance.aave.com/t/how-aave-will-win/23792 "2026-01-02T20:00:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![MarcZeller](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/governance.aave.com/marczeller/32/7124_2.png) [@MarcZeller](https://governance.aave.com/u/MarcZeller)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 3:38pm UTC](https://governance.aave.com/t/how-aave-will-win/23792/58 "2026-01-28T15:38:07Z")

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Hello,

To be clear, no one on our side has been involved in this process, and to the best of our knowledge that’s the same with other service providers and independent delegates. We’ve had exactly zero discussions with Labs on this topic.

Factually, Stani cleared our communication channel history, unfollowed us on social media, and has shown no concrete commitment to engage in a discussion.

I will publish a longer response on this in the coming days, but the status quo is more than grim for Aave decentralization.

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