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Empty cToken-style market (zero supply/borrow)

StakeWise v3's assessment for RD-F-070 — scored yellow on the v1.7.0 rubric. The evidence below is the curator's reasoning for this score.

Evidence summary #

[STAR CRITICAL — assessed as yellow] StakeWise v3 Vaults are NOT Compound V2 lending forks. The classic empty-cToken-market pattern does not apply directly. However, the structurally analogous share-inflation risk applies to the vault-share model. VaultState.sol source confirms: convertToShares() returns 1:1 when totalShares_==0, no MINIMUM_SHARES constant, no virtual-share offset, no explicit seed-deposit requirement. VaultEnterExit.sol shows no dead-shares mechanism. VaultOsToken.sol shows no first-depositor guard. Risk is materially bounded by: (1) osETH minting at 90% LTV — an attacker manipulating empty-vault share price would also need to corrupt the osETH mint path against over-collateralised backing; (2) permissionless vaults start empty with zero depositors, limiting blast radius; (3) six independent audit engagements (Halborn x2, Sigma Prime x3, Consensys Diligence, Hats Finance, ABDK, Statemind through 2026-04-20) reviewed vault architecture without flagging a share-inflatio

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Methodology #

Determine whether any listed Compound V2-fork market has `totalSupply == 0` and `totalBorrow == 0`, the precondition for a donation-exploit.

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rubric_version v1.7.0 protocol stakewise factor RD-F-070 score yellow collected_at 2026-05-16 01:03:28