★ Low-threshold multisig vs TVL
Wormhole's assessment for RD-F-028 — scored gray on the v1.7.0 rubric. The evidence below is the curator's reasoning for this score.
Evidence summary #
Low-threshold multisig vs TVL | 13/19 guardian threshold is formally sound (68%), but guardians have no bonded stake (no slashing). Jump Crypto is one of 19 guardians with significant market influence. The 13/19 requirement means a 7-guardian coalition CANNOT forge VAAs; still requires supermajority. For peak TVL of $2.4B, the 13/19 un-bonded structure is weaker than a well-structured Gnosis Safe with known, publicly accountable signers. | Wormhole security docs; Disruption Banking guardian l...
Sources #
- Curator noteExtracted from 02-governance-admin.md — RD-F-028; no URL citedretrieved 2026-04-28
Methodology #
Determine whether the multisig threshold is abnormally low relative to TVL peer cohort (e.g., 2-of-3 for a protocol with >$100M TVL where peer norm is 5-of-8).
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