Guardian/pause-keeper distinct from upgrader

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

Evidence summary #

Security Council holds emergency veto/action authority distinct from the Squads upgrade multisig. Steward program has its own admin for pause/unpause. These roles are functionally distinct from program upgrade authority.

Sources #

GitHub
Jito StakeNet Steward ProgramSteward program README: admin-controlled pause distinct from program upgrade authorityretrieved 2026-04-29
Governance
JIP-19: Rotate the Security CouncilJIP-19 describes Security Council as separate from upgrade authorityretrieved 2026-04-29

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 jito factor RD-F-034 score green collected_at 2026-04-29 15:50:23