
Aave AAVE
Aave leads with its market ecosystem and team governance, with security and compliance remaining the main focus and currently holding a D+ rating.
Sector Rank #262 · Global Rank #651
Overall Rating
D+ · 36.15 / 100Aave overall rating D+ (total score 37.16), ranking high in market ecosystem, team governance, and technical implementation across six dimensions. The main point of deduction is safety compliance (0 points)—mainly affected by regulatory compliance (0 points), multiple-entry ratio (0 points), and other sub-items.
Rating Team Conclusion: "Aave has relative advantages in market ecosystem, team governance, and technical implementation, but its current shortcomings are focused on security and compliance. " It is recommended to observe cautiously and not use it as a core configuration basis for now.
Six-Dimension Rating Breakdown
Roadmap Delivery
38/100Roadmap On Time Delivery Rate?Lack of public milestone plans and actual delivery data.Weight 35%Insufficient data · 10 / 100
Last 4 upgrades achieved?Recently, V3 deployment and GHO have gone live, with V4 planned.Weight 30%V3 deployment, GHO launch, V4 planned · 70 / 100
Milestones to Deliver?Lack of clear near-term delivery milestones.Weight 20%V4 release plan, ETHLend relaunched · 30 / 100
History Extension Record?There is a lack of publicly available historical delay records.Weight 15%Insufficient data · 50 / 100
Technical Implementation
38/100Consensus Mechanism?Protocol security depends on the consensus mechanism of the underlying public chain.Weight 30%Dependency on the underlying chain (PoS/PoA) · 50 / 100
Main network years of operation?The mainnet has run for a long time, accumulating rich operational experience.Weight 15%About 6.5 years · 90 / 100
Recent upgrades?Although there are major upgrades like V3 and GHO, the code update quality scores are relatively low.Weight 35%V3 deployment, GHO launched · 10 / 100
Client Diversity?As a DeFi protocol, it does not directly have client diversity.Weight 20%Not applicable (DeFi protocol) · 30 / 100
Tokenomics
15/100Deflationary Mechanism?The perpetual buyback program exists, but the risk of additional issuance may offset its effectiveness.Weight 30%Permanent Buyback Program ($50 million per year) · 50 / 100
Inflation rate?The contract carries the risk of issuing additional tokens, which may lead to inflation.Weight 25%There is a risk of additional issuance · 0 / 100
Staking rate/position lock-up rate?Lack of public data on staking or lock-up rates results in weak value capture capability.Weight 25%Insufficient data · 0 / 100
Supply Upper Limit?There is a risk of additional issuance, and the supply ceiling may be breached.Weight 20%16 million (risk of additional issuance) · 0 / 100
Team Governance
53.75/100Core Development Team?Core team members are publicly disclosed, but their execution records score average.Weight 30%Core team members are publicly available and supported by VCs · 50 / 100
Governance mechanisms?It has a mature DAO governance mechanism and high community participation.Weight 25%DAO Governance (Snapshot) · 95 / 100
Financial Transparency?Financing information is public, but there is a lack of transparency data on treasury fund usage.Weight 25%Financing information is public, but transparency data on fund usage is insufficient · 60 / 100
Concentration of key people?Contracts have the authority to hide owners and modify balances, which is extremely risky.Weight 20%There is a hidden owner and centralized permissions · 0 / 100
Market Ecosystem
94/100Active Address?A high score for daily active addresses indicates good user engagement.Weight 30%High activity · 95 / 100
Ecological chain/L2 quantity?The protocol has been deployed on multiple mainstream public blockchains and L2s, with broad ecosystem coverage.Weight 25%14 chains / L2 · 100 / 100
DeFi TVL?As a leading DeFi protocol, it has a massive TVL scale and a solid market position.Weight 25%13.65 billion USD · 98 / 100
Developer community?GitHub activity is good, but recent update frequency is average.Weight 20%Activity level is above average · 80 / 100
Security & Compliance
0/100Historical Major Failure?There are hidden ownership and additional issuance rights, posing significant security risks.Weight 25%There are potential major safety hazards · 0 / 100
Regulatory Attitude?Although the SEC investigation has concluded, core contract authority issues remain a regulatory concern.Weight 30%called “correct sequence of measures”. · 0 / 100
Sec Attitude?Although the SEC investigation has concluded, core contract authority issues remain a potential securities risk.Weight 30%called “correct sequence of measures”. · 0 / 100
Client Bug Frequency?The core contract had permission breaches, resulting in an overall security rating of 0.Weight 15%Not applicable (DeFi protocol) · 0 / 100
D+ Peer Comparison
Export CSV AaveD+ · 36.15 | wojakD+ · 39.93 | Polyhedra NetworkD+ · 39.91 | yesnoerrorD+ · 39.9 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall Score | 36.15 | 39.93 | 39.91 | 39.9 |
| Roadmap Delivery | 37.5 | 0 | 37.5 | 11.25 |
| Technical Implementation | 39.73 | -- | -- | -- |
| Tokenomics | 11.65 | 23.58 | 41.25 | 0 |
| Team Governance | 51 | 30 | 75.16 | 34.4 |
| Market Ecosystem | 90.48 | 70 | 70.72 | 71.33 |
| Security & Compliance | 0 | 50.54 | 0 | 58.05 |



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