There is growing tension inside the $AAVE ecosystem over how fees from a trade routing feature are being handled. A portion of the community is pushing back, asking why these earnings are captured by the operating company rather than being sent to the DAO’s treasury.
The disagreement goes beyond numbers. It touches on deeper questions about revenue ownership, contribution, and whether shared infrastructure should primarily reward the protocol as a whole or the teams that develop and maintain it.
This debate is a clear reminder that decentralized governance is not simple in practice. As protocols scale, balancing incentives, authority, and collective ownership becomes increasingly complex, especially when both the DAO and the builders feel responsible for the project’s success.
