Kiln
DAMASCUSStaking Infrastructure · Ethereum · $5B+ staked TVL · 10 contracts
Official site: kiln.fi ↗
795
3004756508251000
Confidence63%
Z-Factor0.76
Updated 2026-05-27Public scoreSecurity Profile
Access Control
80
80
Economic Soundness
82
82
Oracle Integrity
88
88
Compositional Risk
70
70
Governance
50
50
Maturity
70
70
Resilience
50
50
Supply Chain
82
82
Op Security
57
57
Cascade Exposure
100
100
Access Ctrl
80
80
Economic
82
82
Oracle
88
88
Compos.
70
70
Govern.
50
50
Maturity
70
70
Resilience
50
50
Supply Ch.
82
82
OpSec
57
57
Cascade
100
100
Min
50
Avg
73
Max
100
Audit History
Halborn
2022-10
Spearbit
2023-08
Bug Bounty Program
$500,000
Max payout on Immunefi
Assessment
Enterprise staking infrastructure with clean track record. Low on-chain complexity helps. Centralized governance (no DAO, D5=50) and limited public audit transparency drag score. Multi-chain adds breadth but contracts are simple per-chain.
Dimension Breakdown
MethodologyAccess Control
80Weight 18% · 70% confidence
+20Enterprise-grade staking with institutional controls
+20API-based access with key management
+20On-chain contracts have admin-controlled whitelisting
+20Multi-chain deployment with per-chain access controls
Provenance
Economic Soundness
82Weight 13% · 75% confidence
+20Fee-based model (percentage of staking rewards)
+20No complex DeFi mechanics in core staking
+20Validator economics well-understood per chain
+20No token-based incentive distortions
Provenance
Oracle Integrity
88Weight 13% · 82% confidence
+22Minimal oracle dependency for pure staking
+22Validator performance tracked on-chain natively
+22No external price feeds in core protocol
+22Clean oracle surface for infrastructure layer
Provenance
Battle-Tested Maturity
70Weight 12% · 68% confidence
+14Operating since 2021, on-chain contracts since ~2022
+14No major exploit across any deployment
+14Manages $5B+ in staked assets across chains
+14Audited but on-chain contract surface is limited
Provenance
Governance & Upgradeability
50Weight 10% · 60% confidence
-25Centralized company governance (no DAO)
+25Enterprise decision-making, not community-governed
-25No governance token or on-chain governance
+25Operational decisions made by Kiln team
Provenance
Adversarial Resilienceredacted
50Weight 10% · 95% confidence
- Continuous adversarial sweep adds new findings on a recurring cadence
Provenance
Operational Security
57Weight 10% · 35% confidence
-43No branch protection detected
+14No CI/CD pipeline detected
+14Moderate development (17 commits/month)
+14No CI pipeline for deployment verification
Provenance
Compositional Risk
70Weight 5% · 65% confidence
+18Multi-chain deployment = per-chain risk accumulation
+18Institutional integrations add B2B composition surface
+18On-chain contracts are relatively simple per-chain
+18Aggregation risk across validator sets
Provenance
Cascade Exposure
100Weight 5% · 50% confidence
+33Member of 1 dependency cluster(s)
+33No cross-protocol cascade exposure detected
+33Source: cross_protocol_composition.json dependency analysis
Provenance
Supply Chain
82Weight 4% · 75% confidence
+20Standard dependencies per chain
+20Multi-chain adds supply chain breadth
+20Enterprise deployment practices
+20Off-chain infrastructure is significant surface
Provenance
Top Score Drivers
Dimensions with the greatest marginal impact on BRI.
Governance & Upgradeability
50+35.5 potential
Centralized company governance (no DAO)
Adversarial Resilience
50+35.5 potential
Operational Security
57+28.6 potential
No branch protection detected
Battle-Tested Maturity
70+21.7 potential
Operating since 2021, on-chain contracts since ~2022
Access Control
80+20.3 potential
Enterprise-grade staking with institutional controls
Adversarial Risk Signals
Publicly verifiable security posture indicators.
Disclosure HistoryNot Assessed
Remediation VelocityNot Assessed
Bug Bounty ProgramNot Assessed
Audit CoverageNot Assessed
Incident HistoryNot Assessed
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Score History & Verification
Score provenance tracking begins with the next reassessment.
On-Chain Data
- Protocol Slug
- "kiln"
- Oracle
- BRORegistry (Base)
- Evidence
- IPFS (pinned)
- Staleness Threshold
- 24 hours
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