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Guardian/pause-keeper distinct from upgrader

Frax Finance's assessment for RD-F-034 — scored yellow on the v1.7.0 rubric. The evidence below is the curator's reasoning for this score.

Evidence summary #

No dedicated guardian/pauser role separate from the Comptroller 3-of-5 multisig. The Omega rejection mechanism (veFXS veto) serves as a soft guardian but requires 4% quorum to activate. FraxCompatibilityFallbackHandler is a Safe handler, not a guardian. The same 3-of-5 multisig is both day-to-day executor and upgrade authority.

Sources #

  • Docs
    Frax Governance Overview | Frax FinanceFrax governance docs — no distinct guardian address listed; veFXS veto is the only separate checkretrieved 2026-05-17
  • Internal
    00-profile.md §6 Governance TopologyProfile §6 — no distinct guardian/pauser role identified; FraxCompatibilityFallbackHandler is Safe handler onlyretrieved 2026-05-17

Methodology #

Determine whether a pauser/guardian role exists and is held by an address distinct from the upgrader address.

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rubric_version v1.7.0 protocol frax factor RD-F-034 score yellow collected_at 2026-05-16 20:44:31