Hello @AaveLabs and thank you for this proposal and the shared vision for the Aave protocol.
The scope and features introduced for this 3 year plan highlight the dedication towards Aave and GHO.
These are needed to stay the no.1 defi protocol in lending and overall if we exclude restaking protocols.
But still I have a a few questions regarding the funding.
When v3 was presented Aave (Aave Labs) was asking for approx.16m in total. Which is less for the whole product compared to now for only one year
(see here ARC: Aave V3 Retroactive Funding)
The scope of this year, compared to the proposal from 2022 looks less.
So what’s the rationale behind it? Could you please provide some information.
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How many team member are there working for Aave Labs?
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How much is Aave Labs going to ask for the second and third year?
Similiar to the operational plan I would assume there is some financial plan.
Could you provide a list with all cost factor in terms of dollar, like audits, hardware, software, infra, employees (R&D, and so on)? -
How are you justfying that the amount is bigger than what all other service provider are asking for?
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As Aave Labs is a technical provider I have to compare you to BGDLabs, who are asking for nearly 4x less the amount but are basically involved in every development, audit, rescue mission and whatever else has happened in the past. What I want to say is, BGD did more in the past 2 years for the protocol and the DAO than Aave Labs did (imho).
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And last but not least a more provocant question that I wanted to ask last time but now I thinks its the right time.
Can you confirm that all funding will only be used to develope around Aave and it’s core products which also involves the Aave token and will NOT be used for other ventures of Avara like Lens.
Because I do represent a few people delegating to me and this is the most asked questions I received in the past and now again.