SSV Network
DAMASCUSStaking Infrastructure · Ethereum · $10B+ secured TVL · 10 contracts
Confidence 73%Z-Factor 0.72Updated 2026-05-13Public Score
Public risk assessment — scores are produced with the same methodology as monitored protocols
815
BRI Score
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Security Profile
Access Control
78
78
Economic Soundness
75
75
Oracle Integrity
90
90
Compositional Risk
72
72
Governance
62
62
Maturity
72
72
Resilience
50
50
Supply Chain
80
80
Op Security
75
75
Cascade Exposure
100
100
Access Ctrl
78
78
Economic
75
75
Oracle
90
90
Compos.
72
72
Govern.
62
62
Maturity
72
72
Resilience
50
50
Supply Ch.
80
80
OpSec
75
75
Cascade
100
100
Min
50
Avg
75
Max
100
Audit History
Quantstamp
2023-10
Omniscia
2023-11
Bug Bounty Program
$1,000,000
Max payout on Immunefi
Assessment
DVT is infrastructure-critical but niche. No oracle risk helps. Governance centralization and moderate maturity pull score down. Clean security track record.
Dimension Breakdown
How scores work →Access Control
Weight 18%75% conf
78
Good
- Operator-cluster permissioning model with multi-party key shares
- Cluster registration and liquidation access controls
- Network fee recipient controlled by DAO multisig
- Validator exit requires operator consensus (threshold)
Economic Soundness
Weight 13%72% conf
75
Good
- SSV token fee model with operator-set pricing
- Liquidation mechanism for underfunded clusters
- Network fee creates minimum operational cost floor
- Economic model untested under extreme operator churn
Oracle Integrity
Weight 13%88% conf
90
Excellent
- No external oracle dependency in core protocol
- Validator performance measured on-chain via consensus
- SSV token pricing not used in protocol logic
- Clean separation from price feed risks
Battle-Tested Maturity
Weight 12%75% conf
72
Good
- Mainnet since December 2023 (~29 months)
- No protocol exploit to date
- TVL moderate (~$2B in managed validators)
- Multiple audits (Least Authority, Quantstamp)
- Z-factor: 0.836
Governance & Upgradeability
Weight 10%70% conf
62
Moderate
- DAO governance with SSV token voting
- Multisig execution for protocol changes
- Relatively low governance participation
- Protocol upgrades controlled by limited signers
Adversarial Resilience
Weight 10%30% conf
50
Concerning
- Maximum resilience under independent adversarial testing
- Comprehensive security coverage across all attack surfaces
- Active bounty program incentivizes continuous scrutiny
- No validated adversarial findings — score set to neutral baseline
Operational Security
Weight 10%70% conf
75
Good
- Active monitoring of operator performance
- Node runner infrastructure standards
- Incident response procedures not publicly documented
- Multi-client strategy for operator diversity
Compositional Risk
Weight 5%70% conf
72
Good
- DVT integrates with any staking protocol (Lido, RocketPool, etc.)
- Operator-level composition creates trust assumptions
- Key resharing and DKG add cryptographic composition surface
- Beacon chain dependency is well-scoped
Cascade Exposure
Weight 5%50% conf
100
Excellent
- Member of 2 dependency cluster(s)
- No cross-protocol cascade exposure detected
- Score: 100/100 (higher = more isolated from systemic risk)
- Source: cross_protocol_composition.json dependency analysis
Supply Chain
Weight 4%82% conf
80
Strong
- OpenZeppelin base contracts
- Go-based SSV node client (separate supply chain)
- Solidity contracts are relatively minimal
- Off-chain DKG ceremony adds non-Solidity surface
Risk Drivers
Primary risk factors driving this score, ordered by severity.
Adversarial Resilience50
Governance & Upgradeability62
Compositional Risk72
Adversarial Risk Signals
Observable security posture indicators. These signals reflect publicly verifiable information and responsible disclosure outcomes. No specific vulnerability details are exposed.
Disclosure HistoryNot Assessed
Remediation VelocityNot Assessed
Bug Bounty ProgramNot Assessed
Audit CoverageNot Assessed
Incident HistoryNot Assessed
Deployed 2023-12-18Z-Factor 0.72010 active dimensions
Score History & Verification
Score provenance tracking begins with the next reassessment.
On-Chain Data
- Protocol Slug
- "ssv"
- Oracle
- BRORegistry (Base)
- Evidence
- IPFS (pinned)
- Staleness Threshold
- 24 hours
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