Audit firm tier
Axelar Network's assessment for RD-F-005 — scored yellow on the v1.7.0 rubric. The evidence below is the curator's reasoning for this score.
Evidence summary #
No Tier-1 firm (Trail of Bits, OpenZeppelin, ConsenSys Diligence, Certora, Sigma Prime, Spearbit, Zellic) confirmed engaging Axelar. Tier-2 firms confirmed: NCC Group (established, public track record), Ackee Blockchain (established), Halborn (established), Ottersec (established), FYEO, Code4rena competitive audits. Yellow (Tier-2 only, no Tier-1 engagement found).
Sources #
- GitHubAxelar Audits - Firm Tier AssessmentAxelar audits README: NCC Group, Ackee, Halborn, Ottersec, FYEO engagements listedretrieved 2026-05-17
Methodology #
Classify each auditing firm into: Tier-1 (Trail of Bits / OpenZeppelin / ConsenSys Diligence / Certora / Sigma Prime / Spearbit / Zellic) / Tier-2 (established, named firm with public track record) / boutique / unknown.
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