Audit firm tier

Spiko's assessment for RD-F-005 — scored green on the v1.7.0 rubric. The evidence below is the curator's reasoning for this score.

Evidence summary #

Trail of Bits is Tier-1. Nethermind Security is Tier-2 (established firm with large public audit portfolio). Halborn is Tier-2 (established, known for Stellar/Soroban work). At least one Tier-1 firm covers the EVM substrate.

Sources #

Audit
Trail of Bits publications indexTrail of Bits is Tier-1 firm per curator registryretrieved 2026-05-16
Audit
Halborn Spiko Stellar auditHalborn audit portfolio for Stellar/Soroban workretrieved 2026-05-16

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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rubric_version v1.7.0 protocol spiko factor RD-F-005 score green collected_at 2026-05-15 22:52:13