""Key Brains identified three attack vectors in our whitepaper design before we even signed the contract." — Alex Park, Founder"
The Challenge
The founders had $4M in seed funding, a strong whitepaper, and a compliance deadline — but no smart contract engineers. One vulnerability could permanently destroy all deposited capital.
Our Approach
We began with threat modelling, not a code editor. Three attack vectors in the whitepaper design were identified and resolved architecturally before coding began.
- 2,000+ test cases with Foundry fuzz testing
- Chainlink TWAP oracle with 5% circuit breaker against price manipulation
- Dutch auction liquidation mechanism to minimise protocol bad debt
- OpenZeppelin Governor DAO with 48-hour timelock on all parameter changes
Results
Two external audits — all 23 findings resolved before mainnet. 120,000+ transactions since March 2024 launch with zero security incidents.
Technologies Used
Solidity
Hardhat
Foundry
Chainlink
The Graph
React.js
Ethers.js