DAOs are hard.
I know, I've spent years in @GMX_IO and @Arbitrum governance.
What's happening at Aave publicly right now is actually a sign of something rare: genuinely independent nodes of power and productivity that can challenge the founding entity.
The conflict exists because “Aave”, however you want to define it, worked. It succeeded at something most protocols never do.
A true decentralised and organised contributor ecosystem.
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