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Guardian/pause-keeper distinct from upgrader

Curve Finance's assessment for RD-F-034 — scored green on the v1.7.0 rubric. The evidence below is the curator's reasoning for this score.

Evidence summary #

Emergency DAO (5-of-9, guardian/pauser role) is entirely separate from the Ownership Agent (protocol upgrade/governance executor). The eDAO cannot execute upgrades; the Ownership DAO cannot directly kill pools without a vote. Role separation is structurally enforced by Aragon's two-DAO architecture.

Sources #

  • Docs
    Curve DAO: Protocol Ownershipcurve.readthedocs.io/dao-ownership.html — three-tier: 'DAO -> Aragon Agent -> Ownership Proxy -> Contracts'; eDAO is a separate committeeretrieved 2026-04-28

Methodology #

Determine whether a pauser/guardian role exists and is held by an address distinct from the upgrader address.

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rubric_version v1.7.0 protocol curve-v2 factor RD-F-034 score green collected_at 2026-04-28 19:48:40