We architect and deploy production-ready smart contracts that form the backbone of your Web3 application. Our development process ensures security-first design, gas optimization, and full audit readiness from day one.
Institutional DAO Compliance Testing
Smart Contract Development
Secure, audited smart contracts built to your exact specifications and deployed on-chain.
We deliver battle-tested code for tokens, DeFi protocols, NFTs, and DAOs, reducing your time-to-market from months to weeks.
- Token Standards: Custom
ERC-20,ERC-721,ERC-1155, andERC-4626vaults with advanced features like minting, burning, and governance. - DeFi & DApps: Automated Market Makers (AMMs), lending/borrowing pools, staking contracts, and yield aggregators.
- Security & Audits: Development with
OpenZeppelinlibraries, comprehensive unit/integration testing, and preparation for third-party audits from firms like Spearbit or CertiK. - Full Lifecycle: From initial specification and
Solidity 0.8+development to deployment, verification on Etherscan, and ongoing maintenance.
Core Compliance Testing Capabilities
Our institutional-grade testing framework ensures your DAO's governance and treasury operations meet stringent regulatory and security standards, enabling safe, compliant scaling.
Governance Process Stress Testing
Simulate high-stakes voting, proposal disputes, and treasury management under edge-case conditions. We validate the resilience and fairness of your DAO's core decision-making mechanisms.
- Tests: Sybil attack resistance, proposal spam, quorum manipulation
- Tools: Custom fork testing & on-chain simulation environments
- Outcome: A resilience report with actionable hardening recommendations.
Treasury & Fund Flow Audits
End-to-end verification of multi-signature workflows, withdrawal limits, and fund segregation. We ensure treasury operations are transparent, accountable, and resistant to internal exploits.
- Focus: Gnosis Safe setups, streaming vesting (Sablier/Superfluid), reward distribution
- Verification: Transaction trace analysis and permission validation
- Outcome: An operational integrity certificate for DAO members and auditors.
Business Outcomes: Secure Institutional Gateways
Our compliance testing framework delivers measurable security and operational improvements, enabling institutional-grade DAOs to operate with confidence and scale.
Zero-Critical Audit Findings
All smart contract gateways and treasury management modules pass third-party audits with zero critical vulnerabilities, ensuring fund safety and regulatory confidence.
Sub-Second Access Control Enforcement
Real-time, on-chain permission updates for multi-sig signers and role-based governance, preventing unauthorized transactions before they are proposed.
Regulatory-Compliant Transaction Logging
Automated, immutable audit trails for all treasury movements and governance votes, formatted for direct submission to financial authorities (MiCA, FATF Travel Rule).
99.9% Uptime for Governance Interfaces
Enterprise-grade reliability for proposal submission, voting, and execution interfaces, backed by a financially-backed SLA to ensure continuous DAO operations.
Reduced Onboarding Time for Institutional Members
Streamlined KYC/AML integration and automated compliance checks cut the member onboarding process from weeks to days, accelerating capital deployment.
Comprehensive Risk & Exposure Reporting
Automated dashboards provide real-time visibility into treasury composition, counterparty exposure, and protocol risk scores for informed governance decisions.
Compliance Testing: Internal Review vs. Chainscore Audit
A detailed comparison of managing compliance in-house versus partnering with Chainscore Labs for a comprehensive, expert-led audit program.
| Compliance Factor | Internal Team Review | Chainscore Institutional Audit |
|---|---|---|
Expertise & Experience | Limited to in-house knowledge | 15+ years of combined regulatory & blockchain expertise |
Audit Scope & Depth | Basic code review, may miss edge cases | Full-stack audit: smart contracts, governance, treasury ops, legal wrapper |
Regulatory Framework Alignment | Manual research, high risk of oversight | Mapped to SEC, FINMA, MiCA, and FATF Travel Rule standards |
Security & Vulnerability Detection | Relies on public tools (Slither, MythX) | Proprietary tooling + manual review by ex-audit firm leads |
Time to Audit Completion | 3-6 months (part-time, variable) | 4-8 weeks (dedicated sprint, fixed timeline) |
Audit Report & Documentation | Internal notes, not bank-grade | Institutional-grade report with actionable findings & remediation roadmap |
Ongoing Monitoring & Updates | Reactive, manual process | Proactive monitoring for protocol/regulatory changes (optional SLA) |
Stakeholder Confidence | Moderate (self-attested) | High (third-party validation for VCs, partners, regulators) |
Total Resource Cost (First Year) | $150K-$300K+ (FTE, tools, legal) | $50K-$120K (predictable, outcome-based) |
Risk of Regulatory Action | Higher (untested assumptions) | Significantly mitigated (evidence of due diligence) |
Our Four-Phase Audit Methodology
A rigorous, repeatable process designed to provide institutional-grade assurance for your DAO's governance and treasury operations. We deliver actionable findings, not just a report.
Phase 1: Architecture & Governance Review
We map your entire governance stack—from proposal lifecycle and voting mechanisms to treasury management and role-based permissions. This foundational review identifies systemic risks before code analysis begins.
Client Value: Gain a clear, documented understanding of your governance model's attack surfaces and compliance gaps.
Phase 2: Smart Contract Security Audit
In-depth, line-by-line analysis of all on-chain logic, including governance contracts, timelocks, and treasury vaults. We employ both manual review and automated tooling to detect vulnerabilities from reentrancy to logic flaws.
Client Value: Secure your core assets and voting power with findings prioritized by exploit likelihood and potential financial impact.
Phase 3: Operational & Process Testing
We simulate real-world governance actions—proposal creation, voting, execution, and emergency responses—to test for front-running, governance fatigue, and process failures. This phase validates the human-in-the-loop elements.
Client Value: Ensure your DAO's operational playbooks are robust and resilient under stress, preventing costly procedural errors.
Phase 4: Compliance & Reporting
Delivery of a clear, actionable report with severity-ranked findings, remediation guidance, and a formal attestation letter. We provide a follow-up re-audit of critical fixes to ensure vulnerabilities are resolved.
Client Value: Receive an institutional-grade audit artifact to build trust with stakeholders, investors, and regulatory bodies, demonstrating proactive risk management.
DAO Compliance Testing FAQs
Answers to common questions from CTOs and legal teams evaluating our institutional-grade DAO compliance testing services.
We follow a structured, three-phase methodology: 1) Governance Architecture Review – We audit your smart contracts (Governor, Timelock, Token) against legal frameworks. 2) Operational Flow Analysis – We simulate proposal lifecycles, treasury actions, and member permissions to identify regulatory gaps. 3) Risk & Reporting – We deliver a prioritized findings report with actionable remediation steps, mapped to jurisdictions like the US, EU, and Singapore. This process is based on our work with 50+ DAOs securing over $500M in assets.
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