Deprecated contract paused but pause reversible by live admin

PancakeSwap's assessment for RD-F-167 — scored yellow on the v1.7.0 rubric. The evidence below is the curator's reasoning for this score.

Evidence summary #

veCAKE (0x5692DB8177a81A6c6afc8084c2976c9933ec1bab) deprecated May 2025 with redemption window until October 2025. MasterChef V1 is legacy but still operational. Whether admin retains reversible pause over veCAKE post-deprecation is unknown. Legacy surfaces with residual admin authority represent tail risk.

Sources #

URL
PancakeSwap Tokenomics 3.0 — veCAKE retirementChainplay — PancakeSwap Tokenomics 3.0 retirement of veCAKEretrieved 2026-04-28
Etherscan
veCAKE Contract — BscScanBscScan veCAKE 0x5692DB8177a81A6c6afc8084c2976c9933ec1babretrieved 2026-04-28

Methodology #

Determine whether a deprecated-and-paused contract's pause state is revertible by a currently-live admin role.

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rubric_version v1.7.0 protocol pancakeswap factor RD-F-167 score yellow collected_at 2026-04-28 19:10:57