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Swell

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Liquid Restaking · Ethereum · $1B+ TVL · 10 contracts

Confidence 65%Z-Factor 0.70Updated 2026-05-17Public Score

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

732
BRI Score
3004756508251000

Security Profile

Access Ctrl
72
Economic
70
Oracle
72
Compos.
60
Govern.
52
Maturity
52
Resilience
50
Supply Ch.
75
OpSec
46
Cascade
89
Min
46
Avg
64
Max
89

Audit History

Sigma Prime
2023-10
Mixbytes
2023-12

Bug Bounty Program

$250,000
Max payout on Immunefi
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Assessment

Liquid staking/restaking protocol (28 months for swETH). D5 moderate (52) for early governance. D6 moderate (52) for growing maturity. EigenLayer restaking dependency adds compositional risk (D4=60). Dual-product model increases surface area.

Dimension Breakdown

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Access Control
Weight 18%70% conf
72
Good
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+18Admin controls staking parameters
+18swETH/rswETH minting permissionless
+18Restaking module with EigenLayer integration
+18Node operator whitelist
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Economic Soundness
Weight 13%68% conf
70
Good
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+23Liquid staking derivative (swETH) with restaking option (rswETH)
-30EigenLayer restaking adds yield but also risk
+23Withdrawal mechanism functional
+23Dual-product economics (staking + restaking)
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Oracle Integrity
Weight 13%68% conf
72
Good
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+18Internal oracle for swETH/rswETH exchange rates
+18Chainlink feeds for external pricing
+18Rate update bounded by sanity checks
+18Standard oracle integration
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Battle-Tested Maturity
Weight 12%60% conf
52
Concerning
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+13swETH live since early 2023 (~28 months)
+13rswETH restaking newer (~18 months)
+13Moderate production history
+13Z-factor: 0.824
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Governance & Upgradeability
Weight 10%60% conf
52
Concerning
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+17SWELL token governance, still early
+17Admin controls key parameters
+17Governance decentralization in progress
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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%35% conf
46
Concerning
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-8No branch protection detected
-8No CI/CD pipeline detected
-8Minimal development activity (0 commits/month)
-8Incident response time not available (using commit frequency proxy)
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Compositional Risk
Weight 5%65% conf
60
Moderate
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+20swETH/rswETH integration across DeFi
+20EigenLayer restaking dependency
-40Multiple yield strategies compound risk
+20Moderate composition surface expanding with restaking
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Cascade Exposure
Weight 5%60% conf
89
Strong
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+30Appears in 2 cross-protocol cascade chain(s)
+30Member of 4 dependency cluster(s)
-11Score: 89/100 (higher = more isolated from systemic risk)
+30Source: cross_protocol_composition.json dependency analysis
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Supply Chain
Weight 4%70% conf
75
Good
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+19Standard Solidity with OpenZeppelin
+19EigenLayer SDK integration
+19Modern compiler versions
+19Standard dependency management
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Risk Drivers

Primary risk factors driving this score, ordered by severity.

Operational Security46
Adversarial Resilience50
Governance & Upgradeability52

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 2023-04-01Z-Factor 0.70010 active dimensionsreceipt_longProvenance Ledger

Score History & Verification

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On-Chain Data

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

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