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Vertex Protocol

DAMASCUS

Perps DEX · Arbitrum · $200M+ TVL · 10 contracts

Confidence 79%Z-Factor 0.65Updated 2026-05-17Public Score

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

763
BRI Score
3004756508251000

Security Profile

Access Ctrl
59
Economic
66
Oracle
95
Compos.
95
Govern.
60
Maturity
60
Resilience
50
Supply Ch.
80
OpSec
52
Cascade
100
Min
50
Avg
72
Max
100

Audit History

Ackee Blockchain
2023-03
Spearbit
2024-01

Bug Bounty Program

$100,000
Max payout on Immunefi
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Assessment

Perpetual exchange on Arbitrum with unified orderbook model. 37+ months live with zero exploits. Cross-margining and edge cross-chain features differentiate. Centralized sequencer and early governance are main risks.

Dimension Breakdown

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Access Control
Weight 18%79% conf
59
Moderate
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+15Sequencer model for order matching
+15Admin controls
+15Clearinghouse permissions
+15Centralized sequencer
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Economic Soundness
Weight 13%79% conf
66
Moderate
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+16Unified orderbook model
+16Cross-margining
+16Insurance fund
+16Liquidation engine proven
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Oracle Integrity
Weight 13%79% conf
95
Excellent
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+24Internal pricing
+24Oracle committee
+24Centralized price feeds
+24Limited redundancy
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Battle-Tested Maturity
Weight 12%79% conf
60
Moderate
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+15Live since April 2023 (37+ months)
+15Growing perpetual volume
+15Zero exploits
+15Rapid product iteration
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Governance & Upgradeability
Weight 10%79% conf
60
Moderate
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+15VRTX token early governance
+15Team controls most parameters
+15Governance decentralization pending
+15Foundation structure
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Adversarial Resiliencelock
Weight 10%30% conf
50
Concerning
  • Audited
  • Active bounty
  • Young protocol
  • Limited battle-testing
Operational Security
Weight 10%60% conf
52
Concerning
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-10No branch protection detected
+17Active CI/CD (100% success rate)
+17Commit signing: 94% verified
-10Weak PR review coverage (0%)
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Compositional Risk
Weight 5%79% conf
95
Excellent
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+24Arbitrum-native
+24Limited DeFi composition by design
+24Edge cross-chain expansion
+24Standalone exchange model
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Cascade Exposure
Weight 5%50% conf
100
Excellent
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+50Member of 1 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%79% conf
80
Strong
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+20Standard Solidity
+20Arbitrum-native
+20Verified
+20Moderate deps
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Risk Drivers

Primary risk factors driving this score, ordered by severity.

Adversarial Resilience50
Operational Security52
Access Control59

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 0.65010 active dimensionsreceipt_longProvenance Ledger

Score History & Verification

Score provenance tracking begins with the next reassessment.

On-Chain Data

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

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