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Synapse Protocol

DAMASCUS

Bridge · Multi-chain · $100M+ TVL · 10 contracts

Confidence 52%Z-Factor 0.80Updated 2026-05-17Public Score

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

781
BRI Score
3004756508251000

Security Profile

Access Ctrl
68
Economic
72
Oracle
68
Compos.
58
Govern.
62
Maturity
78
Resilience
62
Supply Ch.
72
OpSec
63
Cascade
100
Min
58
Avg
70
Max
100

Audit History

Quantstamp
2022-01
Veridise
2023-06

Bug Bounty Program

$250,000
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Assessment

Major cross-chain bridge with 57+ months live. Bridge sector has inherently high risk profile. Multiple bridge mechanisms and multi-chain deployments add operational complexity. Clean exploit history despite sector-wide vulnerability trends.

Dimension Breakdown

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Access Control
Weight 18%65% conf
68
Moderate
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+17Bridge admin controls
+17Guardian for emergency pause
+17Relayer permissions
+17Multisig operations
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Economic Soundness
Weight 13%68% conf
72
Good
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+18Bridge fee model
+18SYN token staking
+18Liquidity pool model for bridging
+18nUSD stableswap
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Oracle Integrity
Weight 13%65% conf
68
Moderate
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+17Cross-chain message verification
+17Relayer-based oracle model
+17Optimistic verification with fraud proofs
+17Trust assumptions in relayers
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Battle-Tested Maturity
Weight 12%75% conf
78
Good
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+20Live since August 2021 (57+ months)
+20Major cross-chain bridge
+20Survived bridge exploit era
+20Protocol improvements over time
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Governance & Upgradeability
Weight 10%62% conf
62
Moderate
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+16SYN governance
+16Community governance
+16Bridge governance challenges
+16Decentralization growing
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Adversarial Resiliencelock
Weight 10%65% conf
62
Moderate
  • Bridge sector has high exploit rate
  • Multiple audits
  • Active bounty
  • Cross-chain security inherently complex
Operational Security
Weight 10%60% conf
63
Moderate
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-9No branch protection detected
-9CI/CD present but unstable (60% success)
+16Commit signing: 70% verified
-9Weak PR review coverage (20%)
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Compositional Risk
Weight 5%62% conf
58
Moderate
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+14Multi-chain bridge surface
+14Deep cross-chain dependencies
+14Multiple bridge mechanisms
+14Integration with many chains
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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 1 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%70% conf
72
Good
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+18Standard Solidity
+18Multi-chain deployments
+18Verified contracts
+18Complex dependency graph
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Risk Drivers

Primary risk factors driving this score, ordered by severity.

Compositional Risk58
Governance & Upgradeability62
Adversarial Resilience62

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

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