★ Admin has mint() with unlimited max
USDD (Decentralized USD)'s assessment for RD-F-042 — scored red on the v1.7.0 rubric. The evidence below is the curator's reasoning for this score.
Evidence summary #
[STAR CRITICAL] Canonical Ethereum ERC-20 (0x4f8e5de400de08b164e7421b3ee387f461becd1a, source-verified Exact Match, 5,863 holders) uses wards-based mint() with no supply cap beyond 10B theoretical maximum; callable by any ward in a single tx. TRON TRC-20 minting by TDR-whitelisted entities; no verified on-chain supply cap. The Aug-2024 unilateral BTC reserve removal demonstrates unconstrained admin powers in practice. Red is supported by the correct canonical contract evidence, not the wrong-contract 84-holder address.
Sources #
- DocsUSDD Issuance | USDD Legacy DocsUSDD issuance docs — minting by TDR whitelisted entitiesretrieved 2026-05-17
- USDD canonical ERC-20 verified source — unlimited mint by wardsEtherscan verified source 0x4f8e5de400de08b164e7421b3ee387f461becd1a (canonical, Exact Match, 5,863 holders) — wards-based mint() with 10B max supply, no real-time cap enforcedretrieved 2026-05-17
Methodology #
Determine whether an admin-callable `mint` on a protocol token has no supply cap or an unlimited maximum supply.
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