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Aave Grants DAO - Event Recap

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Mile High DeFi: Proliferating the GHOst at ETHDenver

March 2nd - 5th 2023

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OVERVIEW

Summary

ETHDenver was the first event since AGD’s fourth renewal in January 2023 and marks one year since AGD’s first sponsored event at ETHDenver 2022. ETHDenver was included in our latest governance proposal and was the first opportunity to engage the community at an in person event since Devcon in October 2022.

AGD had two main activities during ETHDenver: hosting a booth at the main conference and sponsoring one of the premiere events of the conference with Boys Club.

Personnel

Representing AGD at the booth were Cree, Migi & Bill. Aave Co also had a delegation attend ETHDenver dedicated to supporting the Aave booth, including founder Stani Kulechov.

Aave Co arranged local support to help with operations during the event. This helped reduce the operational burden on the core people working the booth and allowed them to focus on engaging with the community.

There were also multiple reviewers (Andrew, Omni, Fig, and Corbin) who attended ETHDenver and supported the booth.

ACTIVATIONS

ETHDenver

In total over the week:

• 2,600 different addresses minted Goerli GHO - see Appendix 4 for some of the Goerli GHO minters we met. Attendees could receive Aave merch based on minting or holding Goerli GHO.
• 607 booth visitors collected the Aave @ ETH Denver POAP, one of the highest at an AGD-sponsored event
• 19 grantees engaged in-person

Aave and AGD received several shoutouts after ETHDenver (see Appendix 1) acknowledging our presence. In particular:

• The Aave merch continued to be a must-have. The Aave ghost was designed through the lens of American collegiate sports for distribution on hoodies, sweatpants, t-shirts and socks, along with the term “Mile High Defi”, a little homage to Denver (the Mile High city!).
• The Boys Club x Aave Grants event was one of the top events in terms of interest and feedback from the whole conference.