Audit firm tier

QuickSwap'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 #

No Tier-1 audit firm (Trail of Bits, OpenZeppelin, ConsenSys Diligence, Certora, Sigma Prime, Spearbit, Zellic) identified for QuickSwap's deployed code. Firms identified: ABDK Consulting (Tier-2 — established formal verification firm, MakerDAO DAI FV background), Hacken (Tier-2 — established web3 security firm), Hexens (Tier-2 — established), Code4rena (community contest platform, not a traditional firm). ContractSecurity.io: boutique/unknown. Highest tier achieved: Tier-2. ABDK has strong formal-verification credentials but is not in the Tier-1 list as defined.

Sources #

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ABDK ConsultingABDK Consulting — Tier-2 formal verification firm (MakerDAO DAI heritage)retrieved 2026-05-16
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Hacken Algebra Finance AuditsHacken — established Tier-2 web3 security firmretrieved 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 quickswap factor RD-F-005 score yellow collected_at 2026-05-16 08:48:31