Aave (AAVE) vs Mantle (MNT)

Aave is one of the leading decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols, initially launched on Ethereum and then on various other blockchains. The platform offers lending and borrowing features across a wide range of cryptocurrencies, providing variable returns based on market conditions.

Mantle is a layer 2 scalability solution for Ethereum, whose technological infrastructure ensures full compatibility with the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM), facilitating the creation of smart contracts and decentralized applications (dApps). Mantle is an atypical Optimistic Rollup as it has a modular architecture: the network only handles transaction execution, while consensus is managed by Ethereum and data is decentralized with EigenDA. It is worth noting that Mantle is the result of an evolution of ByBit's BitDAO ecosystem.