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Thousands of Farmers Donate to Aave Wallet, Hope for Airdrop from Hack Case

A unique phenomenon is occurring amid efforts to recover the defaulted debt of the Aave protocol worth $232 million due to the Kelp DAO Bridge exploit. The DeFi United charity donation address (defiunited.eth) is flooded with more than 84,000 wallets, with about 85% of them donating less than 0.001 ETH or approximately Rp35,000. Instead of purely charitable acts, this mass action is strongly suspected to be a Sybil attack by farmers hoping their wallets will be included in the future airdrop snapshot.
​To date, there has been no confirmation or indication from Aave or other DeFi protocols regarding the distribution of airdrops to donors. The farmers seem to continue speculating independently, as every on-chain interaction with major protocols is often seen as an investment opportunity. For these farmers, sending small amounts to the wallet is a low-risk bet; if there is no reward, they feel they have contributed to a good cause.
​This coordinated rescue effort has actually nearly reached its target thanks to the personal funds of Aave founder Stani Kulechov, as well as massive commitments from Mantle, Aave DAO, and many other industry players. The influx of thousands of micro retail donations into that wallet is an interesting anomaly proving that the airdrop narrative remains a primary driver of user activity in the DeFi ecosystem, even in situations of technical emergency and crisis recovery.