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Pyth Network

DAMASCUS

Oracle Infrastructure · Solana + Multi-chain · N/A (oracle) TVL · 8 contracts

Confidence 73%Z-Factor 0.80Updated 2026-05-17Public Score

Public risk assessment — scores are produced with the same methodology as monitored protocols

835
BRI Score
3004756508251000

Security Profile

Access Ctrl
82
Economic
88
Oracle
90
Compos.
75
Govern.
75
Maturity
72
Resilience
50
Supply Ch.
78
OpSec
66
Cascade
100
Min
50
Avg
78
Max
100

Audit History

OtterSec
2023-05
Zellic
2023-09
Gupta
2024-01

Bug Bounty Program

$500,000
Max payout on Immunefi
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Assessment

Leading pull-based oracle, second to Chainlink. Younger (24 months EVM) with Wormhole dependency for cross-chain. D5 penalized for centralized governance, D6 for lower maturity vs Chainlink. Clean security record.

Dimension Breakdown

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Access Control
Weight 18%75% conf
82
Strong
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+20Data provider permissioning by Pyth Data Association
+20Price feed ACL with publisher whitelist
+20Pythnet validator set manages consensus
+20Wormhole guardian attestation for cross-chain delivery
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Economic Soundness
Weight 13%82% conf
88
Strong
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+22Pull-based model: consumers pay for price updates
+22PYTH token staking for data quality incentives
+22Publisher staking mechanism (emerging)
+22Sustainable fee model from consumer demand
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Oracle Integrity
Weight 13%88% conf
90
Excellent
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+22Pull-based oracle model (consumer-initiated updates)
+22Confidence intervals quantify price uncertainty
+22EMA (Exponential Moving Average) smoothing
+22Multi-publisher aggregation with outlier filtering
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Battle-Tested Maturity
Weight 12%72% conf
72
Good
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+18EVM mainnet since 2023 (~24 months)
+18Solana-native since 2021 (48 months)
-28No protocol-level exploit
+18Growing adoption but younger than Chainlink
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Governance & Upgradeability
Weight 10%70% conf
75
Good
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+19Pyth DAO governance via PYTH token (launched Nov 2023)
+19Pyth Data Association retains significant operational control
+19Governance scope limited to token distribution and parameters
+19Decentralization roadmap emerging
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Adversarial Resiliencelock
Weight 10%30% conf
50
Concerning
  • Maximum resilience under independent adversarial testing
  • Comprehensive security coverage across all attack surfaces
  • Active bounty program incentivizes continuous scrutiny
  • No validated adversarial findings — score set to neutral baseline
Operational Security
Weight 10%60% conf
66
Moderate
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-8No branch protection detected
-8CI/CD present but unstable (20% success)
+16Commit signing: 70% verified
+16Strong PR review culture (97% reviewed)
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Compositional Risk
Weight 5%72% conf
75
Good
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+19Wormhole dependency for cross-chain price delivery
+19Multi-chain deployment across 50+ chains
+19Pythnet as custom appchain adds unique infrastructure
+19Deep downstream integration (Synthetix, Marginfi, etc.)
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Cascade Exposure
Weight 5%55% conf
100
Excellent
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+33Appears in 1 cross-protocol cascade chain(s)
+33Member of 2 dependency cluster(s)
0Score: 100/100 (higher = more isolated from systemic risk)
+33Source: cross_protocol_composition.json dependency analysis
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Supply Chain
Weight 4%74% conf
78
Good
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+20Rust (Solana/Pythnet) + Solidity (EVM) dual codebase
+20Wormhole SDK dependency for cross-chain
+20Hermes API for off-chain price retrieval
+20Multi-language supply chain adds complexity
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Risk Drivers

Primary risk factors driving this score, ordered by severity.

Adversarial Resilience50
Operational Security66
Battle-Tested Maturity72

Adversarial Risk Signals

Observable security posture indicators. These signals reflect publicly verifiable information and responsible disclosure outcomes. No specific vulnerability details are exposed.

Disclosure HistoryNot Assessed
Remediation VelocityNot Assessed
Bug Bounty ProgramNot Assessed
Audit CoverageNot Assessed
Incident HistoryNot Assessed
Deployed 2021-08-01Z-Factor 0.80010 active dimensionsreceipt_longProvenance Ledger

Score History & Verification

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On-Chain Data

Protocol Slug
"pyth"
Oracle
BRORegistry (Base)
Evidence
IPFS (pinned)
Staleness Threshold
24 hours
Read Score
registry.getScore("pyth")

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