★ Sudden admin-rescue/ACL change without discussion
PancakeSwap's assessment for RD-F-123 — scored yellow on the v1.7.0 rubric. The evidence below is the curator's reasoning for this score.
Evidence summary #
Tokenomics 3.0 (April/May 2025): Forum thread opened April 8, 2025 with 197+ community replies; Snapshot vote on cakevote.eth preceded on-chain execution. This major ACL change (veCAKE sunset, emissions control to Kitchen) had substantial public discussion. No sudden admin-rescue events identified in last 180 days without discussion. Residual yellow: Timelock admin EOA (0x11904A8e60Bd756f48d20a6970ff86B7A43bC022) last active 2021; current admin for Infinity/V4 contracts unconfirmed; unable to verify whether all admin transitions had corresponding discussions.
Sources #
- EtherscanPancakeSwap Timelock — Compound-derived, ~6h delay, admin stale since 2021BscScan — Legacy Timelock (admin EOA stale since 2021)retrieved 2026-04-28
- PancakeSwap veCAKE Gets Sliced in New Proposal — BlockworksBlockworks — PancakeSwap veCAKE governance change coverageretrieved 2026-04-28
- CAKE Tokenomics Proposal 3.0 — forum discussion (197+ replies before implementation)PancakeSwap Forum — Tokenomics 3.0 discussion threadretrieved 2026-04-28
Methodology #
Determine whether any admin-rescue function or ACL change was committed to the repo or executed on-chain without corresponding public discussion in issues, PRs, or governance forum.
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