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SSV Network

DAMASCUS

Staking Infrastructure · Ethereum · $10B+ secured TVL · 10 contracts

Confidence 73%Z-Factor 0.72Updated 2026-05-17Public Score

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

801
BRI Score
3004756508251000

Security Profile

Access Ctrl
78
Economic
75
Oracle
90
Compos.
72
Govern.
62
Maturity
72
Resilience
50
Supply Ch.
80
OpSec
57
Cascade
100
Min
50
Avg
74
Max
100

Audit History

Quantstamp
2023-10
Omniscia
2023-11

Bug Bounty Program

$1,000,000
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Assessment

DVT is infrastructure-critical but niche. No oracle risk helps. Governance centralization and moderate maturity pull score down. Clean security track record.

Dimension Breakdown

How scores work →
Access Control
Weight 18%75% conf
78
Good
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+20Operator-cluster permissioning model with multi-party key shares
+20Cluster registration and liquidation access controls
+20Network fee recipient controlled by DAO multisig
+20Validator exit requires operator consensus (threshold)
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Economic Soundness
Weight 13%72% conf
75
Good
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+19SSV token fee model with operator-set pricing
+19Liquidation mechanism for underfunded clusters
+19Network fee creates minimum operational cost floor
+19Economic model untested under extreme operator churn
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Oracle Integrity
Weight 13%88% conf
90
Excellent
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-3No external oracle dependency in core protocol
+90Validator performance measured on-chain via consensus
-3SSV token pricing not used in protocol logic
-3Clean separation from price feed risks
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Battle-Tested Maturity
Weight 12%75% conf
72
Good
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+18Mainnet since December 2023 (~29 months)
-28No protocol exploit to date
+18TVL moderate (~$2B in managed validators)
+18Multiple audits (Least Authority, Quantstamp)
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Governance & Upgradeability
Weight 10%70% conf
62
Moderate
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+21DAO governance with SSV token voting
+21Multisig execution for protocol changes
-38Relatively low governance participation
+21Protocol upgrades controlled by limited signers
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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
57
Moderate
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-11No branch protection detected
+14Active CI/CD (100% success rate)
+14Commit signing: 90% verified
-11Minimal development activity (1 commits/month)
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Compositional Risk
Weight 5%70% conf
72
Good
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+18DVT integrates with any staking protocol (Lido, RocketPool, etc.)
+18Operator-level composition creates trust assumptions
+18Key resharing and DKG add cryptographic composition surface
+18Beacon chain dependency is well-scoped
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Cascade Exposure
Weight 5%50% conf
100
Excellent
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+50Member of 2 dependency cluster(s)
0No cross-protocol cascade exposure detected
0Score: 100/100 (higher = more isolated from systemic risk)
+50Source: cross_protocol_composition.json dependency analysis
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Supply Chain
Weight 4%82% conf
80
Strong
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+27OpenZeppelin base contracts
+27Go-based SSV node client (separate supply chain)
-20Solidity contracts are relatively minimal
+27Off-chain DKG ceremony adds non-Solidity surface
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Risk Drivers

Primary risk factors driving this score, ordered by severity.

Adversarial Resilience50
Operational Security57
Governance & Upgradeability62

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 2023-12-18Z-Factor 0.72010 active dimensionsreceipt_longProvenance Ledger

Score History & Verification

Score provenance tracking begins with the next reassessment.

On-Chain Data

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

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