★ Sudden admin-rescue/ACL change without discussion
Save (formerly Solend)'s assessment for RD-F-123 — scored yellow on the v1.7.0 rubric. The evidence below is the curator's reasoning for this score.
Evidence summary #
SLND1 emergency proposal (2022-06-19): authored by Rooter (team founder), opened for ~6h vote window with zero preceding governance-forum discussion. 88% of voting power from single address per CoinTelegraph. ~1.13% effective community participation. Granted team emergency admin power to seize a whale's wallet — a non-routine ACL-class action with no corresponding GitHub PR, issue, or governance-forum precedent discussion. Reversed by SLND2 within 24h; no funds taken. Yellow per §7-rule-5: documented insider-governance overreach, not malicious theft. The single-key EOA upgrade authority is disclosed structural centralization, not concealment — F123 scored on conduct evidence only.
Sources #
- URLDecrypt: DAO overturns SLND1 votehttps://decrypt.co/103330/solana-lending-dao-overturns-vote-to-take-over-at-risk-whale-walletretrieved 2026-05-17
- SLND1: Mitigate Risk From Whale - authored by Rooter, 2022-06-19https://blog.solend.fi/slnd1-mitigate-risk-from-whale-1504285ab4d2retrieved 2026-05-17
- Fortune: Solend SLND2 reversal within 24hhttps://fortune.com/2022/06/20/solana-defi-platform-solend-votes-to-reverse-emergency-powers-to-take-over-whale-account/retrieved 2026-05-17
- CoinTelegraph: 88% voting power from single address; SLND2 invalidationhttps://cointelegraph.com/news/solend-invalidates-solana-whale-wallet-takeover-plan-with-second-governance-voteretrieved 2026-05-17
- Fortune: Solend emergency powers vote June 2022https://fortune.com/2022/06/19/solana-defi-platform-votes-to-control-whale-account-via-emergency-powers-in-bid-to-avoid-liquidation-chaos/retrieved 2026-05-17
Methodology #
Determine whether any admin-rescue function or ACL change was committed to the repo or executed on-chain without corresponding public discussion in issues, PRs, or governance forum.
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