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Staking Pool Smart Contract Testing & Formal Verification

Eliminate critical vulnerabilities before mainnet deployment. Our security engineering team uses property-based testing (Foundry), formal verification (Certora, Halmos), and advanced simulation (Tenderly) to mathematically prove the correctness of your staking or restaking contracts.
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CORE SERVICE

Smart Contract Development

Secure, production-ready smart contracts built for scale and compliance.

We architect and deploy custom smart contracts on EVM and Solana that power your core business logic. Our development process includes:

  • Formal verification and multi-audit security review.
  • Gas optimization for up to 40% lower transaction costs.
  • Upgradeability patterns using OpenZeppelin and Proxy standards.
  • Comprehensive testing with 95%+ coverage before mainnet deployment.

Deliver a market-ready, audited contract suite in as little as 3 weeks, from specification to final security sign-off.

Our engineers specialize in complex DeFi primitives (AMMs, lending pools, staking), NFT collections (ERC-721A, ERC-1155), and enterprise-grade ERC-20 tokens with embedded compliance (e.g., ERC-1400). We ensure your contracts are secure by design and built for your specific regulatory environment.

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MULTI-LAYER DEFENSE

Our Comprehensive Security Stack

We combine automated analysis, mathematical proof, and adversarial simulation to deliver staking pool contracts you can deploy with confidence. Our stack is trusted by protocols securing over $500M in TVL.

01

Automated Vulnerability Scanning

Proactive detection of common vulnerabilities (reentrancy, overflow) and gas inefficiencies using industry-standard tools like Slither and MythX before formal verification begins.

100+
Rule Checks
< 24 hrs
Initial Report
03

Manual Expert Review

Deep, line-by-line audit by senior engineers specializing in consensus and DeFi economics. We focus on architectural risks, economic incentives, and integration attack vectors.

15+ years
Collective XP
Ethereum/Polkadot
Specialization
05

Operational Security Review

Assessment of key management, upgrade mechanisms, and admin privilege risks. We provide a secure deployment checklist and incident response playbook.

Zero-Trust
Architecture
Timelock/Multisig
Best Practices
06

Final Verification Report & Attestation

Receive a detailed, actionable report with severity ratings, code patches, and a public attestation of security for your protocol's documentation and community.

Priority Fixes
Clear Triage
Public Attestation
Trust Signal
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THE FORMAL VERIFICATION ADVANTAGE

Why Mathematically Verified Contracts Win

Formal verification mathematically proves your staking pool's logic is correct, eliminating entire classes of bugs that traditional testing misses. This is the standard for institutional-grade security.

01

Eliminate Logic & Reentrancy Bugs

We use formal methods to prove your staking rewards, slashing conditions, and withdrawal logic are mathematically sound. This prevents catastrophic failures like the ones seen in early DeFi protocols.

100%
Logic Coverage
0
Reentrancy Vectors
02

Guarantee Invariants Under All Conditions

We define and prove critical system invariants (e.g., "total staked = sum of all user stakes") hold for every possible transaction sequence, preventing token supply inflation or fund lockup.

> 10
Key Invariants Verified
Exhaustive
State Space
03

Achieve Regulatory & Audit Readiness

A formal verification report provides irrefutable, mathematical proof of correctness to auditors (like Trail of Bits, OpenZeppelin) and regulators, accelerating approvals and building stakeholder trust.

70%
Faster Audit Cycle
Certified
Proof Artifacts
04

Reduce Long-Term Security Debt

Mathematical proofs are permanent. Unlike unit tests that require constant updates, a verified core contract reduces maintenance overhead and security review costs for future upgrades by over 50%.

> 50%
Lower Maintenance Cost
Permanent
Proof Validity
Comprehensive Security for Every Stage

Staking Pool Verification Tiers

Choose the right level of formal verification and security testing for your staking pool smart contracts, from initial launch to enterprise-grade operations.

Verification & Support FeatureLaunch AuditProduction ReadyInstitutional

Automated Static Analysis & Linting

Manual Code Review (Expert Hours)

20 hours

60 hours

120+ hours

Formal Verification (Key Functions)

Core deposit/withdraw

Full business logic

Full contract suite + dependencies

Economic & Game Theory Review

Test Suite Development & Review

Basic integration

Full coverage (≥95%)

Full coverage + fuzzing

Deployment & Configuration Support

Post-Deployment Monitoring (30 days)

Priority Support SLA

Email (72h)

Slack (24h)

Dedicated (4h)

Final Verification Report

Standard

Detailed + Remediation

Detailed + Attestation

Typical Project Timeline

2-3 weeks

4-6 weeks

6-8 weeks

Starting Price

$15,000

$45,000

Custom Quote

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PROVEN PROCESS

Our Verification Methodology

We combine automated analysis with expert manual review to deliver mathematically proven security for your staking pool's core logic and financial mechanisms.

01

Formal Verification

Mathematical proof of contract correctness using tools like Certora and K-Framework. We verify critical invariants for reward distribution, slashing conditions, and fund withdrawals.

100%
Invariant Proof
0
Logical Edge Cases
02

Comprehensive Unit & Integration Testing

Extensive test suite covering normal operations, edge cases, and failure modes. Includes fork testing on mainnet and testnets to simulate real-world conditions.

>95%
Branch Coverage
1000+
Test Cases
03

Gas Optimization & Profiling

Detailed analysis of function gas costs. We identify and refactor bottlenecks in stake/unstake flows and reward calculations to minimize user transaction fees.

15-40%
Gas Reduction
Benchmarked
vs. Industry Standards
04

Security-First Code Review

Line-by-line manual audit by senior engineers specializing in DeFi and staking protocols. Focus on access control, reentrancy, and economic attack vectors.

3+
Senior Auditors
OWASP Top 10
Compliance Checked
05

Upgradeability & Governance Testing

Rigorous testing of proxy patterns, timelocks, and multi-sig governance. Ensures safe, controlled upgrades without introducing new vulnerabilities.

Simulated
Governance Attacks
Verified
Upgrade Paths
06

Final Verification Report

A detailed, actionable deliverable summarizing all findings, test coverage, gas metrics, and formal verification proofs. Your single source of truth for security.

Comprehensive
Documentation
Actionable
Remediation Guide
Choosing the Right Security Assurance

Manual Audit vs. Formal Verification

A detailed comparison of two complementary approaches to securing staking pool smart contracts. Formal verification provides mathematical proof of correctness, while manual audits offer expert review for complex logic and economic risks.

Security AspectManual Smart Contract AuditFormal VerificationChainscore Comprehensive Package

Methodology

Expert code review & manual testing

Mathematical proof of contract properties

Both manual audit + formal verification

Primary Goal

Identify bugs, vulnerabilities, and gas inefficiencies

Prove absence of specific critical bugs

Maximum security coverage & correctness proof

Coverage Depth

Broad: Logic, economics, integration, best practices

Deep: Specific, provable properties (e.g., no reentrancy)

Broad & Deep: Full-spectrum analysis

Output

Vulnerability report with severity ratings

Mathematical proof or counter-example for spec

Audit report + formal verification certificate

Time to Completion

2-4 weeks

3-6 weeks

4-8 weeks

Ideal For

New code, complex business logic, economic review

Core invariants, math-heavy functions, critical state changes

High-value TVL pools, institutional-grade requirements

Cost Range

$15K - $50K

$25K - $75K

$35K - $100K+

Residual Risk

Medium (human-error margin remains)

Low for proven properties (scope-limited)

Minimal (combined defense-in-depth)

Technical & Commercial Questions

Staking Pool Verification FAQs

Answers to the most common questions from CTOs and founders evaluating professional smart contract verification services.

A standard verification engagement for a new or existing staking pool takes 2 to 4 weeks. This includes initial analysis, formal verification modeling, property specification, automated theorem proving, and final report generation. Complex protocols with novel reward mechanisms or governance may extend to 6 weeks. We provide a detailed project plan within 48 hours of the initial technical review.

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Protocols Shipped
$20M+
TVL Overall
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