Seed-deposit requirement for new market listing
Dolomite's assessment for RD-F-071 — scored green on the v1.7.0 rubric. The evidence below is the curator's reasoning for this score.
Evidence summary #
No mandatory minimum seed deposit requirement for new market listings. Markets are added by admin governance (2-of-3 multisig + PartiallyDelayedMultiSig). The dYdX-Solo-Margin-derived model does not use a cToken factory requiring seed deposits to prevent share-price inflation, because the base accounting (Par/Wei per-account) is not vulnerable to the donation attack that seed deposits prevent. Market parameters are set via admin governance with supply caps, borrow caps, LTV, and isolation mode levels as the primary risk controls. No evidence of a seed-deposit requirement in docs, audits, or governance.
Sources #
- DocsDolomite Admin Privileges DocumentationAdmin privileges docs: ownerSetMarketMaxWei is one of four functions that bypass the timelock; markets are listed by admin action, not by seed depositretrieved 2026-05-16
- Dolomite Risk Management DocumentationDolomite risk management: markets use supply caps (maxWei) and isolation mode levels, not seed deposits; admin-controlled parameter settingretrieved 2026-05-16
Methodology #
Determine whether market-listing governance or code requires a minimum seed deposit before borrow-enabling a new market.
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