[ARFC] Orbit Program Renewal - Q2 2025

[ARFC] Orbit Program Renewal - Q2 2025

Author: ACI (Aave Chan Initiative)

Date: 2025-07-03

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Summary

Proposing the renewal of the Orbit program for recognized delegates, compensating them with GHO, associated with their governance activity during Q2 2025 ( From 2025-04-01, last date, until 2025-06-30).

Motivation

Orbit recognizes the added value of the Delegates in the decentralization & diversity of the Aave DAO. This compensation allows them to focus on Aave and keep their contribution efforts to our governance. The ACI proposes the extension of Orbit for a new quarter, Q2 2025, from 2025-04-01 to 2025-06-30.

As a reminder, a new cutoff had been set on previous renewal, starting at AIP 224, to apply again previous rules of a minimum of 20k voting power and 85% vote ratio on all Snapshots and AIP to be considered elegible to Orbit.

Specification

• Period Coverage: Q2 2025 from 2025-04-01 2025 to 2025-06-30

• Eligible Platforms:

  • EzR3al: 0x8659d0bb123da6d16d9394c7838ba286c2207d0e
  • stablelabs: 0xecc2a9240268bc7a26386ecb49e1befca2706ac9
  • IgnasDefi: 0x3DDC7d25c7a1dc381443e491Bbf1Caa8928A05B0

• Budget: 45,000 GHO (aEthLidoGHO)

• Relevant Links:

  • ACI’s Orbit tracker

Additional considerations:

As a reminder, Service Providers will not be considered elegible to Orbit Program.

Funds are distributed based on 90 days, as seen on budget.

Next Steps

1. Gather community feedback on this ARFC.
2. If consensus is achieved, escalate this proposal to the ARFC snapshot stage.
3. If the ARFC snapshot outcome is YAE, proceed to the AIP stage for implementation and funding allocation in cooperation with Aave Finance service providers via an ad-hoc AIP vote or bundled in one of their treasury management AIPs.

Disclosure

The ACI is independent and has not received any form of compensation from related parties for the drafting of this proposal.

Copyright

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