Contributor paid to DPRK-cluster wallet

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

Evidence summary #

No on-chain payment path from Venus Protocol treasury to any DPRK-cluster-labeled or Lazarus-labeled wallet identified. Venus Labs received a $1.7M DAO reimbursement in 2025 via transparent on-chain governance vote (VIP approved by XVS token holders). This payment was on-chain via the Governor/Timelock system, publicly visible, and went to Venus Labs (not to any flagged wallet). No Lazarus cluster association identified with any Venus Labs payment recipient address from public sources.

Sources #

URL
Venus Protocol DAO vote to reimburse Venus Labs $1.7M | The BlockThe Block - Venus Labs $1.7M DAO reimbursement voteretrieved 2026-04-28

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 venus factor RD-F-122 score green collected_at 2026-04-28 18:30:49