★ Flash-loanable voting weight

Aave v3's assessment for RD-F-036 — scored green on the v1.7.0 rubric. The evidence below is the curator's reasoning for this score.

Evidence summary #

Aave Governance V3 uses block-hash-based voting power checkpoints. Voting weight is locked at proposal snapshot block. Flash-borrowed AAVE post-snapshot has zero voting power. Standard checkpoint pattern (Compound Governor Bravo lineage) correctly implemented.

Sources #

Governance
BGD Labs - Aave Governance V3 Activation PlanBGD Governance V3 Activation Planretrieved 2026-04-27

Methodology #

Determine whether governance voting power is a function of current token balance of a transferable token with no lock or checkpoint, making it flash-loan susceptible.

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rubric_version v1.7.0 protocol aave-v3 factor RD-F-036 score green collected_at 2026-04-27 23:28:46