Aerodrome is Base's dominant decentralized exchange — a ve(3,3) Velodrome fork combining a Solidly-style AMM (v1) with a Uniswap-v3-style concentrated liquidity AMM (Slipstream), governed by veAERO voting that directs weekly emissions.
Lock AERO into veAERO, then split your weekly vote across pool gauges to direct AERO emissions — and claim the fees and bribes that flow back.
Voting power scales with lock length — a 4-year lock gives 1.0 veAERO per AERO; a shorter lock decays it.
100% of a voted pool's trading fees flow back to its voters by vote weight, plus any external bribes deposited by protocols.
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Base needed a deep, capital-efficient liquidity hub. Generic Uniswap-v2 forks bleed liquidity to mercenary farms and lack a mechanism for protocols to bid for sticky LP capital.
ve(3,3) voting routes AERO emissions to pools chosen weekly by veAERO voters, while 100% of those pools' trading fees flow back to the same voters — aligning LPs, traders, voters, and partner protocols.
Dominant DEX on Base by TVL, volume, and fees. Combines a classic Solidly AMM with the Slipstream concentrated-liquidity engine, and is the largest source of veNFT-aligned bribe markets on the network.
Aerodrome is a DEX protocol operating on Base. Aerodrome is Base's dominant decentralized exchange — a ve(3,3) Velodrome fork combining a Solidly-style AMM (v1) with a Uniswap-v3-style concentrated liquidity AMM (Slipstream), governed by veAERO voting that directs weekly emissions.
DeFi Sentinel rates Aerodrome AAA with a safety score of 90/100, indicating highest safety tier. The score reflects five risk dimensions: smart contract & technical risk, economic design & market risk, governance & centralization, sustainability & competitive position, and reputation & social trust. Aerodrome has 3 audits on record. As with all DeFi protocols, residual risk remains and users should review the full risk breakdown before depositing.
Aerodrome has a DeFi Sentinel safety score of 90/100 (rating AAA), last updated May 21, 2026. The score is computed across smart contract & technical risk (30%), economic design & market risk (25%), governance & centralization (20%), sustainability & competitive position (15%), and reputation & social trust (10%).
Aerodrome is deployed on Base.
Yes. Aerodrome has 3 audit reports on record from firms including Spearbit, ChainSecurity, ChainSecurity. Audit reports and dates are linked under the Resources tab on this page.
