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aaveSource: Aave governance v3 · #188

Reserve Factor Updates Mid October

executedOct 22, 2024, 02:15 PM UTCby570x57ab…2922

01Summary

AISummary by Kvorumclaude-haiku-4-5

This proposal adjusts Aave Protocol parameters across multiple chains to encourage migration from v2 to v3 instances: increasing Slope1 by 75bps on Polygon v2 (affecting DAI, USDT, wBTC, wETH, USDC, wPOL), increasing Reserve Factor by 5% on Ethereum v2 and Avalanche v2 across multiple assets, and increasing Reserve Factor by 5% for USDC.e and USDbC on Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon, Base, and Gnosis.

Type
parameter change

Key changes

  • Increase Slope1 by 75 basis points on Polygon v2 for DAI, USDT, wBTC, wETH, USDC, and wPOL to increase borrowing costs and encourage migration to v3(medium)
  • Increase Reserve Factor by 5% on Ethereum v2 for DAI, LINK, USDC, USDT, wBTC, and wETH to redirect more borrower interest to DAO treasury and reduce deposit yields(medium)
  • Increase Reserve Factor by 5% on Avalanche v2 for DAI.e, USDC.e, USDT.e, wAVAX, WBTC.e, and WETH.e to reduce deposit yields and encourage v3 migration(medium)
  • Increase Reserve Factor by 5% for USDC.e on Arbitrum, Optimism, and Polygon, and USDbC on Base and Gnosis to encourage migration from bridged USDC to native USDC(low)

Notable concerns

  • Reduced deposit yields on v2 instances may negatively impact current v2 users
  • Increased borrowing costs on Polygon v2 may reduce protocol utilization
  • Proposal affects multiple chains and numerous asset pairs, creating complex risk surface
ContractsAaveV2EthereumAaveV2PolygonAaveV2AvalancheAaveV3PolygonAaveV3OptimismAaveV3ArbitrumAaveV3BaseAaveV3Gnosis
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02Description

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Simple Summary

This AIP shall implement the following parameter adjustments:

  • Increase Slope1 across Polygon v2 by 75bps;
  • Increase Reserve Factor (RF) on Ethereum v2 and Avalanche v2 by 5.00%; and,
  • Increase USDC.e and USDbC RF by 5.00% on Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon, Base and Gnosis.

Motivation

This AIP will reduce deposit yield for assets on Ethereum v2 and Avalanche v2 instances of Aave Protocol by increasing the RF by 5.00%. By increasing the RF a greater portion of the interest paid by borrowers is directed to the Aave DAO's treasury.

This results in a lower deposit rate for users and encourages migration from v2 instances of the Aave Protocol to v3. User's funds are not at risk of liquidation and the borrowing rate remains unchanged.

The RF across all USDC.e and USDbC reserves will be increased by 5.00% to encourage migration from bridged USDC to native USDC on each respective network.

By increasing the Slope1 parameter by 75bps on Polygon v2, the cost of capital to users increases and further encourages migration to Polygon v3.

Specification

Slope1 Parameter 75bps Increases:

AssetMarketCurrent Slope1Proposed Slope1
DAIPolygon v214.25%15%
USDTPolygon v214.25%15%
wBTCPolygon v29.25%10%
wETHPolygon v29.25%10%
USDCPolygon v214.25%15%
wPOLPolygon v211.25%12%

Reserve Factor 5.00% Increases:

AssetMarketCurrent RFProposed RF
DAI.eAvalanche v275.00%80.00%
USDC.eAvalanche v275.00%80.00%
USDT.eAvalanche v275.00%80.00%
wAVAXAvalanche v275.00%80.00%
WBTC.eAvalanche v280.00%85.00%
WETH.eAvalanche v275.00%80.00%
DAIEthereum v280.00%85.00%
LINKEthereum v285.00%90.00%
USDCEthereum v280.00%85.00%
USDTEthereum v280.00%85.00%
wBTCEthereum v285.00%90.00%
wETHEthereum v280.00%85.00%
USDC.eArbitrum45.00%50.00%
USDC.eOptimism45.00%50.00%
USDC.ePolygon45.00%50.00%
USDbCBase45.00%50.00%
USD//CGnosis20.00%25.00%

References

Copyright

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03Mismatch analysis

AIMismatch analysis by Kvorumlow confidenceclaude-sonnet-5
Consistent

The proposal description lists granular, well-documented parameter changes (Slope1 +75bps on six Polygon v2 assets; Reserve Factor +5% on six Ethereum v2 assets, six Avalanche v2 assets, and USDC.e/USDbC across five additional networks), all linked to specific implementation and test contracts in the BGD Labs aave-proposals-v3 repo. This matches the well-known Aave governance pattern for multi-chain parameter update AIPs. However, the only decoded on-chain action available is a single, non-parameterized execute() call to a contract on Ethereum mainnet. This is typical for Aave AIPs: the top-level DAO proposal calls into a 'Payload' contract whose internal bytecode (not exposed in this decoded calldata) performs the actual PoolConfigurator calls for Ethereum v2 and dispatches cross-chain governance actions to the other listed networks via their respective bridge executors. Because the decoded action contains no arguments or sub-calls, it is not possible to directly verify that the encoded reserve factor and slope1 values match the numbers quoted in the description. No contradiction is evident, but the lack of visibility into the payload's internal logic means confidence in this comparison must be low rather than a positive confirmation of a full match. No value, target, or omission discrepancies can be affirmatively identified from the data provided, so the assessment is reported as consistent, with confidence flagged low due to insufficient calldata granularity to fully verify the numeric claims of the proposal.

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04Actions

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#0fallback()chain 0x1
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