B2DAO: Aave + BGD Labs, featuring Emilio, Ernesto, and Andrey

I Pledge Allegiance

This week Larry and I chat with Bored Ghost Development (BGD) Labs about their Aave development proposal. BGD is a development team composed of the former Aave Genesis core engineering team, and have been working on Aave for the past few years. With this new proposal, they are now working full-time for the DAO over the next 15 months.

The $11m proposal has a large scope, and includes:

• Maintenance of Aave V2 contracts until migration to V3
• Implementation of Aave v3
• Deployment on new chains
• UI upgrades for essential components
• New research, partnerships, etc.
• Many more

This is one of the most impactful proposals we've come across in B2DAO, and recommend checking this one out!

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Resources:

• Proposal: Aave <> Bored Ghosts Developing (BGD)
• BGD Labs

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Twitter: Emilio Frangella | Andrey Ko | @lsukernik | @derek_hsue

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Show Notes

• The history and creation of BGD Labs
• Thoughts on Aave's current market positioning vs. its competition
• The major changes in Aave v3 the BGD will work on
• How working for a DAO is different from working for a centralized dev team
• B2DAO vs working groups vs. individual contributors
• What the governance process has been like for BGD
• The longer-term vision for BGD in the broader crypto ecosystem