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Lido

DAMASCUS

Liquid Staking · Ethereum · $15B+ TVL · 20 contracts

Official site: lido.fi ↗

847
3004756508251000
Confidence85%
Z-Factor0.92
Updated 2026-05-27Public score

Security Profile

Access Ctrl
88
Economic
85
Oracle
92
Compos.
80
Govern.
88
Maturity
93
Resilience
47
Supply Ch.
88
OpSec
66
Cascade
48
Min
47
Avg
78
Max
93

Audit History

Certora (Formal Verification)
2023-04Report
Statemind
2023-04Report
Oxorio
2023-06
MixBytes
2022-08

Bug Bounty Program

$2,000,000
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Assessment

Dominant liquid staking protocol, 66 months live, no critical exploits. D4 compositional risk (external validator deps, wide DeFi integration) and D2 rebasing complexity prevent top tier.

Dimension Breakdown

Methodology
Access Control
Weight 18% · 85% confidence
88
+22Role-based ACL via Aragon framework
+22Curated node operator registry with staking limits
+22Pause/resume capabilities on critical functions
+22Slight centralization in node operator curation
Provenance
Economic Soundness
Weight 13% · 84% confidence
85
+28Rebasing token model adds complexity vs exchange-rate
+28Withdrawal queue handles unstaking flow
-15Slashing risk passed through to stETH holders
+28$15B+ TVL validated through multiple market cycles
Provenance
Oracle Integrity
Weight 13% · 90% confidence
92
+23Internal oracle for stETH/ETH exchange rate
+23No external price feed dependency for core function
+23Oracle committee reports validator balances
+23Rate update bounded by sanity checks
Provenance
Battle-Tested Maturity
Weight 12% · 93% confidence
93
+19Live since December 2020 (66 months)
+19Survived all major market events
+19$15B+ TVL, largest liquid staking protocol
+19Active since ETH Beacon Chain launch
Provenance
Governance & Upgradeability
Weight 10% · 85% confidence
88
+22LDO token voting via Aragon
+22Dual governance mechanism in development
+22Easy Track for routine proposals
+22Gate Seal for emergency pausing
Provenance
Adversarial Resilienceredacted
Weight 10% · 95% confidence
47
  • Score derived from continuous adversarial security research
Provenance
Operational Security
Weight 10% · 60% confidence
66
-17No branch protection detected
-17CI/CD present but unstable (40% success)
+16Commit signing: 100% verified
+16SECURITY.md present (detailed)
Provenance
Compositional Risk
Weight 5% · 78% confidence
80
+20Staking Router routes to multiple modules (DVT, CSM)
+20Extensive DeFi integration (Curve, Aave, MakerDAO)
+20wstETH wrapper adds composition interface
+20Multiple external validator dependencies
Provenance
Cascade Exposure
Weight 5% · 65% confidence
48
+16Appears in 3 cross-protocol cascade chain(s)
-52Failure cascades to 12 downstream protocol(s)
+16Member of 3 dependency cluster(s)
+16Source: cross_protocol_composition.json dependency analysis
Provenance
Supply Chain
Weight 4% · 90% confidence
88
+22Standard OpenZeppelin libraries
+22Modern Solidity versions
+22Verified contracts on Etherscan
+22Well-maintained dependency set
Provenance

Top Score Drivers

Dimensions with the greatest marginal impact on BRI.

Adversarial Resilience
47+42.9 potential
Operational Security
66+23.2 potential
No branch protection detected
Cascade Exposure
48+20.4 potential
Failure cascades to 12 downstream protocol(s)
Access Control
88+12.7 potential
Role-based ACL via Aragon framework
Economic Soundness
85+11.7 potential
Rebasing token model adds complexity vs exchange-rate

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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On-Chain Data

Protocol Slug
"lido"
Oracle
BRORegistry (Base)
Evidence
IPFS (pinned)
Staleness Threshold
24 hours
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