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Audit firm tier

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

Evidence summary #

No Tier-1 audit firm (Trail of Bits, OpenZeppelin, ConsenSys Diligence, Certora, Sigma Prime, Spearbit, Zellic) has audited Stake DAO per publicly available records. ChainSecurity is Tier-2 (confirmed via audit index page). Trust Security is Tier-2 (portfolio page lists Stake DAO, Warren testimonial). Omniscia is Tier-2. Pashov Audit Group is Tier-2. Zach Obront is boutique/independent (high-quality researcher). Yellow = Tier-2 only, no Tier-1.

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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 stake-dao factor RD-F-005 score yellow collected_at 2026-05-16 12:29:20