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Portal

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Multi-chain: Ethereum, Algorand, Binance, Solana, Sui, Polygon

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  • Evidence: this reading is based on 100% of the scored weight, verified against named sources. Categories without verified data are excluded from the reading, never counted as safe.
  • Validation: the rubric is backtested against past exploits of protocols in the same TVL, age and category bucket. None has been evaluated for this one yet, so the reading rests on its evidence alone.
Score by categories
Historical incidents12.7

This protocol has 1 prior incident of its own, hard floor applied regardless of current size/age.

Audit profile9.9

5 audits/contests on record, most recent (Runtime Verification, 2023-05-16) has unread findings, scored as unknown, not assumed clean.

Code characteristics9.0

Admin key: 13/19 multisig (requires 13 of 19 keys to act), upgradeable without a meaningful timelock, open source.

Dependency risk6.0

Uses 1 oracle (Portal is Wormhole's own token bridge rather than a user of someone else's bridge, and every transfer it settles is authorised by a signed attestation from at least 13 of Wormhole's 19 Guardian nodes.).

Governance attack surface5.0

Top 10 holders control 35.8%, adjusted figure may still include pooled custody (untagged exchanges, infrastructure contracts) due to tagging coverage limits; exclusions require positive identification.

TVL profile3.5

TVL change (8%) is within a stable range.

Team factors1.7

Doxxed team, track record: unknown.

Protocol age1.5

1636 days live, past the ~1yr floor; treated the same as any older protocol, not scored progressively safer with more age.

Bug bounty0.7

Has a bug bounty program, up to $1 000 000, hosted on Immunefi.

Dependencies (1)

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Incident history (2)

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Audit history (5)

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