Liquidation Bonus vs Penalty: Who Pays Whom in DeFi?
Compound and Aave reward liquidators with a liquidation bonus, while MakerDAO instead charges borrowers a liquidation penalty. The article explains who pays whom under each model, how these liquidation mechanisms work, and the trade-offs between the bonus and penalty approaches.
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