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Real-capital social-engineering persona

Aave v3's assessment for RD-F-184 — scored gray on the v1.7.0 rubric. The evidence below is the curator's reasoning for this score.

Evidence summary #

No positive evidence that any Aave team contributor or external integrator persona has deployed ≥$1M of real-capital deposits to Aave or peer protocols as a social-engineering credibility-build. Lazarus Group rsETH deposits were adversarial drain actions, not credibility-building for team infiltration. BGD/ACI departures occurred via open governance, not under social-engineering pressure. M-only curation required; gray is correct absent curator-verified positive signal.

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Methodology #

Determine whether a curator-flagged "team contributor" or "external integrator" persona has ≥$1M of attributed real-capital deposits to the target protocol or peer protocols, potentially used to build credibility ahead of a social-engineering attack.

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rubric_version v1.7.0 protocol aave-v3 factor RD-F-184 score gray collected_at 2026-04-27 23:28:46