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    Aave

    Also appeared as Aave Grants DAO

    Prizes on Devfolio and ETHGlobal

    Decentralized, non-custodial lending and liquidity protocol, with the GHO stablecoin.

    Prize money awarded
    $99,000
    Prizes
    68
    Winning projects
    67
    Hackathons
    14
    Largest prize
    $10,000
    Active
    2021–2024

    What they reward

    Tech their winners favour

    Share of Aave's winners using it, against all entries at the same hackathons.

    Recurring prizes

    Tracks offered at more than one hackathon.

    • Aave Grants DAO4 hackathons · about $8,750 · last 2023

    Hackathons

    1. LFGHO Jan 12–24, 2024$50KGold16$50K
    2. Istanbul Nov 17–19, 2023$10KPillar4$10K
    3. New York Sep 22–24, 2023$10KPillar4$10K
    4. ETHPrague 2023 Jun 9–11, 2023$10K–4$7K
    5. Lisbon May 12–14, 2023$10K–7$11K
    6. Tokyo Apr 14–16, 2023$10K–3$6K
    7. ETHforAll Feb 4–19, 2023$5K–2$5K
    8. ETHOnline 2022 Sep 2–28, 2022––10–
    9. ETHMexico Aug 19–21, 2022––3–
    10. ETHAmsterdam Apr 22–24, 2022––4–
    11. Web3Jam Nov 12–24, 2021––3–
    12. ETHOnline 2021 Sep 17 – Oct 14, 2021––3–
    13. HackFS 2021 Jul 30 – Aug 20, 2021––4–
    14. ETHDenver & ColoradoJam 2021 Feb 5–12, 2021$0–0–

    Non-custodial real world NFC card peer to peer payments based on PoS terminals.

    $15,997 · Aave Grants DAO · 🥇 Aave — Best Use of GHO · +8 more

    Instant, tradeable, automated catastrophe bonds to help protect the world from natural disasters

    $11,037 · UMA · 🥇 UMA — Best Use · +7 more

    Empowering Local Communities: Share, Invest, Thrive. Peer Up: Decentralized resource sharing, P2P tools & equipment lending, yield farming, activism, and governance.

    $10,833 · zkSync ∎ · Bounties · +4 more

    An iOS app created to address shortcomings in expense splitting apps by enabling decentralised direct in-app settlements of payments using credit delegation, token swapping and cross-network transactions. Secured by biometric authentication and EIP 4337 smart accounts.

    $10,000 + 1,667 LINK · Aave · Payments · +2 more

    Brian simplifies complex concepts and builds transactions in plain English. Empowering users with accessible Web3 knowledge.

    $10,000 · Aave Grants DAO · Best GHO Hack · +4 more

    A peer-to-peer mobile payments app inspired by Pepe's vision of a world without payment related middlemen.

    $8,000 · Aave Grants DAO · Best GHO stablecoin integration · +3 more

    Send and receive payments fast and easy with GHO, gas-free and with a great focus in User Experience

    $7,078 · Aave · Payments · +1 more

    Demystifying account abstraction – Get ya wallet, all you need is a fingerprint or a face and get access to true Account Abstraction ERC 4337. Enables you to automate complex actions based on triggers and conditions in a safe way by remaining in custody.

    $7,056 · UNLIMIT · Best use of Unlimit · +2 more

    Spectre Protocol is a p2p platform for collateralised loans using NFTs. Another user can give you the supply needed to borrow GHO through AAVE 👻, if you have no debt at the end of the loan,the supplier will receive the supply plus the APY earn in AAVE and a GHO reward!🤑

    $7,000 · Aave · Vaults

    FRAGOLA is a framework to create cross-chain GHO facilitators, allowing for the secure minting/burning of GHO on Ethereum while depositing the collateral on a different chain.

    $7,000 · Aave · Facilitators

    Decentralized forex trading with up to 30x leveraging built with Aave and 1inch.

    $6,128 · Aave Grants DAO · 🥇 Aave Grants DAO — Best Use of Aave/GHO · +2 more

    Where Social meets Finance. 1️⃣ Invest: Buy fragments in your fave creators' success. 📈 2️⃣ Support: Fund their innovative ideas and proposals.💡3️⃣ Earn: Share the rewards from their content's success. 💰 It's a win-win for creators and supporters alike! 💪🚀 Upper.social

    $5,571 · Lens Protocol · 👩🏻‍💻 Lens — Best SocialFi App · +3 more