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DeFi Protocol Invariant Verification
We mathematically prove the core invariants of your lending, AMM, or stablecoin protocol are unbreakable, eliminating insolvency, arbitrage manipulation, and peg deviation risks.
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CORE SERVICE
Smart Contract Development
Secure, production-ready smart contracts built for scale and compliance.
- Security-First Design: Built on
Solidity 0.8+withOpenZeppelinlibraries and custom security patterns. - Comprehensive Coverage:
ERC-20,ERC-721,ERC-1155, custom DeFi logic, DAO governance, and multi-sig wallets. - Full Audit Trail: Includes unit/integration testing, formal verification reports, and documentation for leading auditors like CertiK or Quantstamp.
We guarantee contracts that are secure by design, reducing post-launch vulnerabilities and protecting user assets.
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PRODUCTION-GRADE SECURITY
Comprehensive Invariant Verification Framework
Our systematic framework identifies and verifies the core mathematical and logical properties that must always hold true for your DeFi protocol, preventing catastrophic failures before deployment.
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Continuous Monitoring & Alerts
Deploy on-chain monitors that track your live protocol's state against verified invariants in real-time, triggering instant alerts for any deviation to enable rapid incident response.
< 60 sec
Alert Latency
24/7
Coverage
04
Audit-Ready Compliance Reports
Receive detailed, human-readable verification reports and proof certificates that demonstrate due diligence to auditors, security teams, and stakeholders, streamlining the audit process.
100%
Traceability
Certora
Integration
05
Custom Oracle & MEV Resilience
Specialized invariant suites to protect against oracle manipulation, MEV extraction, and economic attacks, ensuring protocol logic remains sound under adversarial market conditions.
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DELIVERABLES
Business Outcomes: Trust, Capital, and Speed
Our DeFi protocol invariant verification service delivers concrete, measurable results that directly impact your protocol's security, investor confidence, and market competitiveness.
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Unshakable Security & Investor Trust
We deliver a formal verification report, certified by our team of PhDs in formal methods, proving your protocol's core invariants hold under all conditions. This is the highest standard of security assurance, required by top-tier VCs and institutional investors for capital deployment.
100%
Invariant Coverage
Formal Proof
Verification Method
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Accelerated Fundraising & Due Diligence
Cut due diligence timelines from months to weeks. Our verification certificate acts as a pre-audit, giving investors and security firms immediate confidence in your protocol's mathematical soundness, accelerating funding rounds and partnership deals.
> 60%
Faster Diligence
VC-Ready
Deliverable
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Risk Mitigation & Capital Preservation
Prevent catastrophic financial losses by mathematically eliminating entire classes of bugs (reentrancy, integer overflow, logic flaws) before mainnet deployment. Protect user funds and protocol treasury from exploits that have cost the industry billions.
$0
Exploit Cost Target
Pre-Production
Bug Detection
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Competitive Edge & Faster Time-to-Market
Deploy with supreme confidence, bypassing lengthy iterative audit cycles for core logic. We integrate verification into your development workflow, enabling rapid iteration on verified code and getting your secure protocol to market ahead of competitors.
< 4 weeks
Verification Sprint
CI/CD Integrated
Workflow
05
Regulatory & Compliance Readiness
Build a verifiable compliance trail. Our work provides documented, reproducible proof of security properties, supporting engagements with regulators and demonstrating a commitment to operational integrity that exceeds industry standards.
Audit-Ready
Documentation
Reproducible Proof
Evidence Standard
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Enhanced Protocol Design & Architecture
Our verification process often uncovers subtle design flaws and optimization opportunities. We deliver actionable architectural feedback, helping you build a more efficient, resilient, and future-proof protocol foundation from the ground up.
Architecture Review
Included
Gas Optimization
Identified
Choosing the Right Security Methodology for Your DeFi Protocol
Formal Verification vs. Traditional Security Audits
A detailed comparison of two critical security approaches for DeFi protocols. Formal verification mathematically proves your code's correctness, while traditional audits rely on expert review to find bugs. The right choice depends on your protocol's complexity, risk profile, and budget.
| Security Aspect | Traditional Security Audit | Formal Verification (Invariant-Based) | Chainscore's Integrated Approach |
|---|---|---|---|
Core Methodology | Manual & Automated Review | Mathematical Proof | Formal Verification + Expert Audit |
Guarantee Provided | Bug Detection (Probabilistic) | Logical Correctness (Deterministic) | Highest Assurance (Deterministic + Probabilistic) |
Ideal For | Standard DApps, MVP Launches | Complex DeFi, High-Value Protocols | Mission-Critical, TVL-Sensitive Protocols |
Time to Completion | 2-4 Weeks | 3-6 Weeks | 4-8 Weeks |
Key Deliverable | Audit Report with Findings | Mathematical Proof of Invariants | Verification Certificate + Audit Report |
Cost Range (Typical) | $15K - $50K | $30K - $100K+ | $50K - $150K+ |
Prevents Logic Bugs | Partially | Yes | Yes |
Prevents Runtime Exploits | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Ongoing Code Change Support | New Audit Required | Proof Regeneration Required | Included in Retainer SLA |
Example Use Case | Standard ERC-20 Token, NFT Mint | AMM DEX, Lending Protocol, Derivatives | Cross-Chain Bridge, Institutional DeFi Platform |
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A METHODICAL APPROACH
Our Verification Process: From Specification to Proof
Our structured, four-phase methodology transforms your protocol's security requirements into a mathematically rigorous proof, ensuring every critical invariant is validated before deployment.
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1. Formal Specification
We translate your protocol's intended behavior and critical invariants (e.g., "total supply is constant", "no unauthorized minting") into a precise, machine-readable specification using frameworks like Certora Prover or Halmos. This creates the single source of truth for verification.
100%
Requirement Coverage
2-5 days
Initial Draft
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2. Property Formulation
Our experts define formal verification properties and rules based on the specification. This includes safety properties ("nothing bad happens"), liveness properties ("something good eventually happens"), and complex economic invariants specific to DeFi (e.g., pool solvency, fee accrual).
50+
Property Templates
Solidity, Vyper
Language Support
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3. Automated Verification & Counterexample Analysis
We run the formal verification tools against your codebase. When violations are found, we provide detailed counterexamples and trace reports, pinpointing the exact line and transaction sequence that breaks the invariant, enabling rapid remediation.
< 24 hours
Initial Run
100%
Path Exploration
Choose Your Verification Rigor
DeFi Protocol Invariant Verification: Service Tiers
A detailed comparison of our verification service levels, from foundational audits to comprehensive, ongoing protection for your protocol's core logic.
| Verification Scope & Support | Starter Audit | Professional Verification | Enterprise Guardian |
|---|---|---|---|
Core Invariant Analysis (e.g., Solvency, Fees) | |||
Advanced Economic Model Stress Testing | |||
Formal Verification of Critical Functions | |||
Integration & Deployment Support | |||
Post-Deployment Monitoring & Alerting | |||
Priority Response SLA for Issues | 48h | 24h | 4h |
Comprehensive Report & Remediation Guide | |||
Re-audit of Critical Fixes | |||
Quarterly Security Review | |||
Estimated Project Timeline | 2-3 weeks | 4-6 weeks | 8+ weeks |
Starting Investment | $15,000 | $45,000 | Custom Quote |
DeFi Protocol Invariant Verification
Frequently Asked Questions on Formal Verification
Get clear answers on how formal verification secures your protocol's core logic against exploits.
We formally verify the core invariants of your smart contract system. This includes proving that critical properties like asset conservation (no tokens are created or destroyed), access control (only authorized roles can execute sensitive functions), and liquidity safety (e.g., constant product formula in a DEX) hold true under all possible transaction sequences and states. We translate your protocol's intended behavior into mathematical specifications and use automated theorem provers to check them against the code.
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Protocols Shipped
$20M+
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