Decentralized governance doesn't have a perfect answer. Aave founder Stani Kulechov recently admitted that the recent voting controversy in DAO actually reflects the inevitable growing pains of on-chain governance — these disputes are not signals of project failure, but rather indicate that the mechanism is working.

However, he also acknowledged a problem: there have been gaps in communication between Aave Labs and AAVE token holders, with insufficient information symmetry leading to some misunderstandings. This is a well-known topic, but it always sparks heated discussions in the DeFi ecosystem.

Looking at the data, Aave's performance this year has been quite solid. The DAO treasury income has already reached $140 million, how impressive is this number? It’s enough to surpass the total of the past three years. More importantly, the control over this money is entirely in the hands of AAVE holders, with no intermediaries — which is the most ideal state of decentralized governance.

Interestingly, after this statement, Stani also put his money where his mouth is: personally buying $15 million worth of AAVE tokens. This move is more convincing than any words — voting for his own project with real money.