DATS Project Competitors

Aave Companies is an early pioneer of decentralized finance and web3 applications. Aave builds smart contract-enabled protocols, applications and tools that incorporate decentralized blockchain technologies and token-based economies. The Aave Companies focuses on developing technology based on blockchain with the purpose of increasing access to financial and social markets, empowering people and creating human connection. Aave is best known for creating the Aave Protocol, one of the most widely used decentralized liquidity protocols in the world. The protocol is fully governed by the Aave Community of AAVE token holders. The protocol allows users to supply and borrow cryptographic assets without third-party intermediaries. In October 2021, the Aave Protocol became one of the largest DeFi protocols with $19.28B in total value locked (TVL), an established metric used in DeFi, and a market size of $31.58B, including both supplied and borrowed assets. In 2022, Aave introduced a blockchain-based social media protocol, Lens Protocol. Lens is an open-source decentralized social media tech stack that enables users to own and manage their data and social profile, and developers to create social media applications and services.

Founded in 2015, OpenZeppelin is the world leader in securing blockchain applications and smart contract systems. Its bedrock open source Contract Libraries are a public good and industry standard for smart contract development. OpenZeppelin’s professional expertise, unified with the Defender developer security platform, integrates through clients’ development lifecycles, so teams can plan, code, audit, deploy and operate projects faster and more safely. OpenZeppelin secures success for over a thousand trusted crypto protocols and organizations, including Coinbase, Ethereum Foundation, Compound, Aave, Uniswap, Matter Labs and ANZ Bank. With the success of our product, our security audits work, and our educational efforts, we have set industry standards for building secure systems in a fast-growing industry, which presents new programming paradigms. We are now excited to offer a development platform that will help the growing number of developers working on top of decentralized protocols build the applications that will reach mass adoption.

Since launching in 2015, Gnosis has evolved from a prediction market platform into a comprehensive Web3 infrastructure provider. Our journey includes developing Safe, an industry-standard multisig wallet securing over $100 billion in assets, and CoW Protocol, offering MEV-protected decentralized trading. Gnosis also created Zodiac, a modular DAO toolset enabling customizable governance systems. In 2021 Gnosis launched the Gnosis Chain through a merger with xDai. This low-cost, reliable L1 supports decentralized applications with high security and uptime. Today, Gnosis focuses on scaling blockchain technology beyond infrastructure, delivering consumer-facing applications that rival traditional systems in user experience. The ecosystem aims to revolutionize key areas like payments, decentralized AI, and the open web. United by the GNO token, Gnosis's aligned projects work towards a decentralized future where users have greater control and privacy. Gnosis Chain serves as the secure, EVM-compatible foundation supporting this growing ecosystem of innovative products. Embrace the future of decentralized technology with Gnosis, and join us as we build the open internet together!