★ Public initialize() without initializer modifier

Evidence summary #

The public initialize() without initializer modifier pattern is specific to OpenZeppelin upgradeable Solidity contracts. dYdX v4 uses InitGenesis() protected by Cosmos consensus rules. No Solidity proxies in the core chain binary. Not applicable.

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Methodology #

Determine whether any implementation contract exposes `initialize(…)` without the OpenZeppelin `initializer` modifier or equivalent initialization lock.

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