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Risk analysis
and mechanism design
to secure governance

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Securing governance

$0B+

in treasuries under continuous monitoring

$0B+

in assets (TVL) safeguarded through our framework

Why we do it

Billions in DAO treasuries, user funds, and governance tokens face hidden governance risks. We uncover what others can’t see.

Systems can have the best contract security, but they are equally exposed if governance is not under monitoring, since attacks exploit economic and behavioral vulnerabilities, not only bugs.
DAO attacks_

30+

recorded incidents

Treasury stolen_

$400M+

stolen through governance attacks_

Treasury at risk_

$25B+

currently exposed

DAOs at risk_

Without governance security, DAOs cannot last.

Have you ever heard any of these?
“We are well-audited.”
“The delegates are our friends.”
“We control most of the tokens.”
“We already have a Security Council.”
“We've never been attacked.”
What we do

We map and mitigate critical governance risks and unseen threats

By building cutting-edge research and technical infrastructure that increase DAOs' resistance to capture.
blocks
We do a lot of
Research
Then we apply
Anticapture Framework
To generate
Risk Assessment
Governance Legibility
And enhance
Governance Monitoring Tools
Call data reviews
Mechanism Designs
Smart Contracts
That will make
Attacks more expensive
Governance more resilient
Treasuries safer
Our solutions
Anticapture is where governance security research becomes framework, legibility, and risk assessment. Our Framework
Dashboard
Delegates, proposals, economic behaviors and mechanism design.
Notifications
Governance, risks, proposals, and delegations.
Delegating to blockful means strengthening the governance security layer of Ethereum.
ENS ENS
Uniswap Uniswap
Arbitrum Arbitrum
Scroll Scroll
Optimism Optimism
Lido Lido
Contract-level enhancements guided by deep governance analysis and a data-driven, risk-based redesign.
Governor Upgrade
Calldata Review
Governance Tools
Smart Contracts
Our publications

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Testimonials

What the ecosystem is saying

blockful (...) is like the silent operator that holds the whole thing together. Whenever something needs doing — infra support, vote coordination, maintenance — blockful is just there. They are watching out for governance attacks, and doing all the dirty work that needs to be done: they deliver.

Vitalik Buterin
Griff Green
Co-Founder at Giveth, q/acc & Unicorn.eth

Blockful’s contributions towards the DAO’s security have been absolutely crucial this past year or more. Their independent, reproduceable verification of calldata has been incredibly helpful.

Vitalik Buterin
nick.eth
Lead developer of ENS

My experience with blockful has been incredible. They underpromised and overdelivered at every step.

Vitalik Buterin
avsa.eth
Co-founder of ENS

blockful has consistently contributed to governance and security analyses across multiple DAOs.

Vitalik Buterin
Tané
Crypto investment and research firm

We’ve had an excellent experience working with blockful across several DAOs, including ENS and Uniswap.

Vitalik Buterin
kpk
Onchain asset liquidity network

The Blockful team has been instrumental in their support of ENS DAO. They’ve performed crucial security services and one of their primary goals has always been the safety and security of the ENS DAO. Their independent verification of calldata has protected the protocol during critical governance actions.

Vitalik Buterin
5pence.eth
Steward, Metagov at ENS DAO

Command Security. Ensure Stability.

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