Contributor paid to DPRK-cluster wallet

Symbiotic's assessment for RD-F-122 — scored not_assessed on the v1.7.0 rubric. The evidence below is the curator's reasoning for this score.

Evidence summary #

Symbiotic is a VC-funded company ($5.8M seed + $29M Series A). No on-chain contributor payment streams identified. Payroll is off-chain per standard VC-funded startup structure. Cannot meaningfully assess 3-hop proximity for off-chain payroll recipients beyond the deployer EOAs (already assessed in F125). Consistent with process-learnings guidance: F122 is not_assessed for VC-funded companies with off-chain payroll unless on-chain payment streams exist.

Sources #

Internal
Symbiotic profile meta — investor and funding structure.research/protocols/symbiotic/00-profile.meta.json — investors: Paradigm, cyber.Fund, Pantera, Coinbase Ventures; payroll off-chainretrieved 2026-05-16

Methodology #

Determine whether protocol payments to any contributor wallet have an on-chain path ≤3 hops to a known DPRK-labeled cluster.

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rubric_version v1.7.0 protocol symbiotic factor RD-F-122 score not_assessed collected_at 2026-05-16 09:25:24