First-depositor / share-inflation guard
mETH Protocol's assessment for RD-F-075 — scored not_applicable on the v1.7.0 rubric. The evidence below is the curator's reasoning for this score.
Evidence summary #
mETH uses a global staking pool with a committee-oracle-set exchange rate across all depositors. There is no per-market share-accounting formula susceptible to first-depositor inflation. No 'first depositor to a new market' scenario exists in this LST architecture. N/A per PD-024 and taxonomy §Category 4 note.
Sources #
- InternalmETH Protocol profile — Staking contract architecture00-profile.md §3 Staking contract (0xe3cBd06D7dadB3F4e6557bAb7EdD924CD1489E8f) description — single pool, not per-market; no share-vault architectureretrieved 2026-05-16
- mETH Exchange Rate Architecture — mETH Protocol DocsmETH staking: global pool exchange rate formula (totalControlled / mEthSupply) set by OracleQuorumManager — no per-market first-depositor vulnerability surfaceretrieved 2026-05-16
Methodology #
Determine whether the vault has a first-depositor guard (seed deposit on deploy, virtual-share offset, or floor-check).
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rubric_version v1.7.0 protocol meth-protocol factor RD-F-075 score not_applicable collected_at 2026-05-16 02:17:50