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TRON Protocol

TRON has requested that Least Authority perform a security audit of their TRON Protocol, including the following components: TRON Protocol Blockchain-based operating systems that aims to offer scalable, high-availability and high-throughput support that underlies all the decentralized applications in the TRON ecosystem. TRON Virtual Machine (TVM) Allows users to develop

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Ethereum – 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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Tezos Protocol (5 Parts)

We are happy to release the results of the five security audits that Least Authority performed in 2018 for the Tezos Foundation, a Swiss non-profit organization that supports Tezos, a distributed, peer-to-peer, permissionless network, and the community around it. This series of security audits were done as part of the Tezos Foundation’s

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BEAM – Mimblewimble Implementation

At the request of BEAM, Least Authority performed a security audit of BEAM’s implementation of the Mimblewimble protocol, written in C++ and uses the Equihash Mining algorithm. Our review followed the launch of Testnet, in which the code was made open source, and preceded the launch of BEAM’s Mainnet. Our team members Ramakrishnan

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Zcash (3 Parts)

At the request of Zcash Company, the team at Least Authority had the opportunity to provide security consulting services on Zcash’s major 2018 releases. This included auditing Zcashd v1.0.15 (as part of the Sprout 1.0.x series), reviewing and providing feedback on the Overwinter and Sapling Specifications for future implementation, and a security review of the

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FundRequest – ICO Smart Contracts

Least Authority performed a security audit of the FundRequest’s ICO Smart Contracts for the upcoming ICO on February 12, 2018. To read the full report including our findings, click here: Report

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Melonport Protocol

Least Authority performed a security audit of  Melonport’s protocol implementation in anticipation of their move to the Ethereum Mainnet. To read the full report including our findings, click here: Report

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GNU libmicrohttpd (MHD) Library

At Least Authority, our mission is to bring verifiable end-to-end security to everyone. As a part of this mission, we provide security consulting services to free and open-source software projects. We recently performed a security audit of the GNU libmicrohttpd (MHD) library, on behalf of Mozilla’s Secure Open Source Fund. Mozilla’s SOS Fund is

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