Audit firm tier

Marinade Finance's assessment for RD-F-005 — scored yellow on the v1.7.0 rubric. The evidence below is the curator's reasoning for this score.

Evidence summary #

Neodyme is Solana-ecosystem Tier-1 equivalent (established firm, extensive blog and public audit track record). Sec3 (formerly Soteria) is a well-known Solana auditor. Ackee Blockchain and Kudelski are Tier-2 equivalent. None qualify for the taxonomy's EVM Tier-1 list (ToB, OZ, ConsenSys, Certora, Sigma Prime, Spearbit, Zellic). Yellow: Tier-2-equivalent Solana-specialized firms, no EVM Tier-1.

Sources #

URL
Neodyme Security BlogNeodyme firm profile and blog showing Solana security specializationretrieved 2026-05-16
Docs
Marinade Finance Security AuditsMarinade audits page confirming firm namesretrieved 2026-05-16

Methodology #

Classify each auditing firm into: Tier-1 (Trail of Bits / OpenZeppelin / ConsenSys Diligence / Certora / Sigma Prime / Spearbit / Zellic) / Tier-2 (established, named firm with public track record) / boutique / unknown.

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rubric_version v1.7.0 protocol marinade factor RD-F-005 score yellow collected_at 2026-05-16 08:48:35