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Audit of Centrifuge’s Tinlake Contracts + Actions

Centrifuge has requested that Least Authority perform a security audit of their Tinlake Platform, a smart contracts framework on Ethereum that enables borrowers to draw loans against non-fungible assets. Any assets represented on-chain as Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) are financed by issuing an ERC-20 token against all of the collateral NFTs

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Using ZKAPs to Disconnect Payment Data from Service Data

A note from the team: we’re continually looking for possible applications of ZKAPs in a variety of scenarios. If there is a product or project you’re working on that you would like to test ZKAPs with, don’t hesitate to get in touch! Last month, our team, the Least Authoritarians, gave

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Audit of ChainSafe Utility Libraries

Overview ChainSafe has requested that Least Authority perform a security audit of their Lodestar utility libraries. Lodestar is an Ethereum 2.0 implementation of the Beacon Chain. The following utility libraries are considered in scope: Persistent Merkle Tree: https://github.com/chainsafe/persistent-merkle-tree BLS key derivation and hd key utilities: https://github.com/ChainSafe/bls-hd-key Key management for BLS

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Audit of TzBTC for the Tezos Foundation

The Tezos Foundation requested that Least Authority perform a security audit of TzBTC, a BTC-backed token on Tezos. TzBTC enables the compliant issuance of a fully Bitcoin-backed token on the Tezos blockchain while aiming to eradicate the risks of a single-point-of-failure. This is achieved by dividing the various tasks into

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Audit of MetaMask Plugin System + LavaMoat

ConsenSys AG has requested that Least Authority perform a security audit of MetaMask, a browser extension that enables interaction with applications built on Ethereum. MetaMask allows users to browse the web and interact with Ethereum applications, sign messages and transactions, and securely manage and store their private keys and assets. 

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Audit of MetaMask Permissions System + CapNode

ConsenSys AG has requested that Least Authority perform a security audit of MetaMask, a browser extension that enables interaction with applications built on Ethereum. MetaMask allows users to browse the web and interact with Ethereum applications, sign messages and transactions, and securely manage and store their private keys and assets.

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Audit of the Nervos Network

Nervos has requested that Least Authority perform a security audit of the Nervos Network, an open source multi-asset, Proof of Work blockchain, featuring a novel consensus scheme called NC-Max. Nervos is a decentralized application network consisting of a layered architecture, including the layer 1 protocol known as CKB (Common Knowledge

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Audit of Ethereum Foundation’s Node Discovery Protocol

The Ethereum Foundation requested that Least Authority perform a security audit of the next generation Node Discovery Protocol being developed for the Ethereum P2P network stack. The following components were considered in scope:  Node Discovery Protocol v5 – Specification Node Discovery Protocol v5 – Theory Node Discovery Protocol v5 –

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