How is my fixed rate actually achieved on a variable-rate market?
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Your account borrows at Aave’s variable rate as usual. The difference between the variable rate and your fixed rate is prepaid into your own account when you accept the quote. A permissionless crank continuously pays accrued interest from that prepayment — so your net cost is the fixed rate, without changing anything about Aave itself.
What happens if variable rates spike above my fixed rate?
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First, your prepayment absorbs the difference. If a sustained spike outpaces the prepayment, the RateStabilizer — a reserve fund — tops up your account so the crank can keep paying. Your fixed rate holds either way.
Can I repay early?
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Yes, anytime. Settlement is detection-based: repay through the account or directly on Aave, and the system simply observes the debt reaching zero. Any remaining prepayment is the protocol’s realized spread.
Can I still be liquidated?
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Yes. Liquidation is Aave’s own, unchanged — standard health-factor rules apply to your account in isolation. A fixed rate locks your interest cost; it does not remove collateral risk.
Who can touch my funds?
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Funds leave your account exactly two ways: repayment to the Aave pool, or realized spread to the multisig after maturity or payoff. The crank can only reduce your debt; the stability manager can only add coverage; the quote signer holds nothing.
What collateral can I use?
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Any Aave V3-listed asset on the direct path. On the Babylon path, BTC vault collateral is routed through an adapter to the Aave V4 spoke.