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Showing 42 of 42 · Order is not a ranking. Featured is explained in our methodology.

0xMacro

$$ 4.5/5 ?

Founded 2022 Public reports

Hire for small-team recurring Solidity/DeFi partnerships rather than high-volume one-offs.

Smart contracts DeFi Protocol design

Notable audits

Thirdweb, Superfluid†, Maple Finance

Founded 2021 Public reports

Hire for Solana and EVM audits; makers of the Wake development framework.

Smart contracts Solana DeFi

Notable audits

Lido, Safe, Aave

Blaize

$ 4/5 ?

Founded 2018 Public reports

Hire for full-lifecycle web3 reviews from architecture through post-deployment monitoring.

Smart contracts DeFi NFT

Notable audits

Everstake, Rainbow Bridge, Mysten Labs

BlockSec

$$ 4.5/5 ?

Founded 2021 Public reports

Hire when you want audits plus Phalcon monitoring and on-chain incident response.

Smart contracts DeFi Monitoring

Notable audits

MetaMask†, Uniswap Foundation†, Compound†

Cantina

$$ 4.6/5 ?

Founded 2023 Public reports

Hire for flexible contests, managed reviews, or Spearbit guild engagements on one platform.

Smart contracts DeFi Competitive auditing

Notable audits

Ethereum Foundation (Pectra), Aave, Morpho

CertiK

$$ 3.8/5 ?

Founded 2017 Public reports

Hire when you want multi-chain audits paired with CertiK Skynet continuous monitoring.

Smart contracts DeFi NFT

Notable audits

PancakeSwap, Gala Games, Polygon

Certora

$$$ 4.7/5 ?

Founded 2018 Public reports

Hire when you need Certora Prover formal verification across DeFi state spaces.

Formal verification Smart contracts DeFi

Notable audits

Aave, MakerDAO†, Uniswap

Code4rena

$$ 4.5/5 ?

Founded 2021 Winding down Public reports

Winding down since May 2026; use its public contest-report archive rather than for new audits.

Smart contracts DeFi Competitive auditing

Notable audits

ENS, OpenSea, Canto

Founded 2017 Public reports

Hire for Ethereum-core DeFi audits; Mythril/Scribble maintainers now at diligence.security.

Smart contracts DeFi Formal verification

Notable audits

Linea, MetaMask, Lido

Cyfrin

$$ 4.7/5 ?

Founded 2022 Public reports

Hire for EVM DeFi private audits when you also want Aderyn tooling and Cyfrin education.

Smart contracts DeFi NFT

Notable audits

Beanstalk, Sudoswap, Sablier

Dedaub

$$ 4.5/5 ?

Founded 2018 Public reports

Hire for complex DeFi bytecode analysis; known for their open-source decompiler tooling.

Smart contracts DeFi Static analysis

Notable audits

Uniswap†, Euler†, Olympus DAO†

Founded 2022 Public reports

Hire for DeFi audits that include building a stateful fuzzing suite for the team.

Smart contracts DeFi Fuzzing

Notable audits

GMX, Level Finance†, GainsNetwork†

Hacken

$$ 4.2/5 ?

Founded 2017 Public reports

Hire for large-portfolio multi-chain audits plus exchange proof-of-reserves and compliance work.

Smart contracts DeFi Penetration testing

Notable audits

Binance, Bybit, OKX

Halborn

$$ 4.3/5 ?

Founded 2019 Public reports

Hire when you need smart-contract audits plus pen-test and cloud/DevOps coverage together.

Smart contracts Penetration testing Cloud security

Notable audits

Sushi†, ApeCoin†, Pangolin†

Hashlock

$ 4.1/5 ?

Founded 2020 Public reports

Hire for APAC DeFi and L1 audits; public reports include Rocket Pool, Celo, and Vana.

Smart contracts DeFi NFT

Notable audits

Rocket Pool, 1inch†, SushiSwap†

Founded 2021 Unavailable Public reports

Hosted operations closed 2025-12-31 (own announcement); on-chain contracts remain under the DAO. Archive only; not hireable.

Smart contracts DeFi Competitive auditing

Notable audits

No named public clients

Hexens

$$ 4.5/5 ?

Founded 2021 Public reports

Hire for cross-chain bridge and L2 infrastructure reviews with an offensive-security focus.

Smart contracts Bridges L2

Notable audits

zkSync, Scroll†, Starknet†

Founded 2012 Public reports

Hire for cryptographic protocol review alongside smart-contract and key-management audits.

Cryptography Smart contracts Protocol design

Notable audits

Solana Stake Pool†, Lido†, Cosmos SDK†

MixBytes

$$ 4.3/5 ?

Founded 2017 Public reports

Hire for EVM and Substrate/Polkadot audits with a long public GitHub report archive.

Smart contracts DeFi Substrate

Notable audits

Lido, Curve, Yearn

Founded 2022 Public reports

Hire for Aptos/Sui Move audits with formal verification and Move Analyzer tooling.

Move Aptos Sui

Notable audits

Aptos Foundation†, Sui ecosystem projects, Liquidswap

NCC Group

$$$ 4.5/5 ?

Founded 1999 Public reports

Hire when enterprise cryptography depth and traditional security credentials matter for web3.

Cryptography Smart contracts Protocol design

Notable audits

Zcash, Ethereum Foundation, Protocol Labs

Neodyme

$$ 4.4/5 ?

Founded 2021 Public reports

Hire for Solana/Rust research-led audits and published SVM vulnerability education.

Solana Smart contracts Rust

Notable audits

Solana Stake Pool, Marinade Finance, Wormhole

Founded 2020 Public reports

Hire for Starknet, ZK, and formal-verification audits from Nethermind’s security practice.

Smart contracts Formal verification ZK proofs

Notable audits

World, Starknet, Lido

OpenZeppelin

$$$ 4.8/5 ?

Founded 2015 Public reports

Hire for OpenZeppelin Contracts–aligned Solidity reviews; hosted Defender was retired in July 2026 in favour of open-source Relayer and Monitor.

Smart contracts DeFi Governance

Notable audits

Aave, Compound, Coinbase

OtterSec

$$$ 4.7/5 ?

Founded 2021 Public reports

Hire for Solana-native (and Move) program audits; public work includes Wormhole and Jito.

Smart contracts Solana Bridges

Notable audits

Solana Foundation†, Wormhole, Jito Labs

Oxorio

$$ 4.3/5 ?

Founded 2021 Public reports

Hire when you want limited-concurrency senior EVM DeFi reviews rather than high volume.

Smart contracts DeFi Protocol design

Notable audits

Lido, Aave, 1inch

Founded 2023 Public reports

Hire for senior multi-researcher DeFi reviews; public reports cover Aave and Uniswap.

Smart contracts DeFi Protocol design

Notable audits

Aave, Uniswap, Ethena

Pessimistic

$$ 4.3/5 ?

Founded 2017 Public reports

Hire for mid-market EVM DeFi, bridge, and staking audits with public GitHub reports.

Smart contracts DeFi Bridges

Notable audits

Lido, 1inch, Symbiosis†

Quantstamp

$$ 4.4/5 ?

Founded 2017 Public reports

Hire for broad multi-chain DeFi and L2 portfolio reviews with long public audit history.

Smart contracts DeFi NFT

Notable audits

MakerDAO, Lido†, Polygon†

Founded 2019 Public reports

Hire for broad multi-chain smart-contract coverage across many EVM and L2 stacks.

Smart contracts DeFi NFT

Notable audits

Taiko, Polygon†, Manta†

Founded 2010 Public reports

Hire when you need K Framework/KEVM formal verification, not only manual review.

Formal verification Smart contracts Protocol design

Notable audits

Monad, Espresso Systems, Solana Foundation†

Sec3

$$ 4.3/5 ?

Founded 2021 Public reports

Hire for Solana program audits with X-Ray static analysis and free on-chain monitoring.

Solana Smart contracts Runtime monitoring

Notable audits

Marinade Finance, Raydium†

Sherlock

$$ 4.5/5 ?

Founded 2021 Public reports

Hire for contest-style audits with lead auditors from Sherlock’s contest researcher network.

Smart contracts DeFi Protocol design

Notable audits

Optimism, LooksRare, Notional

SigIntZero

$$ 4.3/5 ?

Founded 2026

Hire for DeFi and L1/L2 assurance with Sentinel-assisted scanning and Tripwire monitoring.

Smart contracts DeFi L1/L2

Notable audits

No named public clients

Sigma Prime

$$$ 4.7/5 ?

Founded 2016 Public reports

Hire for Ethereum consensus, staking, and Rust infrastructure; builders of Lighthouse.

Smart contracts Consensus protocols Staking

Notable audits

Lido, Ethereum Foundation, Synthetix

Softstack

$$ 4.2/5 ?

Founded 2017 Public reports

Hire for European multi-chain smart-contract, dApp, and penetration-testing security engagements.

Smart contracts DeFi Penetration testing

Notable audits

TON Foundation, Ripple, Fetch.ai

Spearbit

$$$ 4.8/5 ?

Founded 2021 Public reports

Hire for multi-researcher Spearbit guild reviews delivered through Cantina’s platform.

Smart contracts DeFi Protocol design

Notable audits

OpenSea, Morpho, Blast†

Three Sigma

$$ 4.4/5 ?

Founded 2022 Public reports

Hire for multi-VM coverage spanning EVM, Solana, and Move (Aptos/Sui) protocols.

Smart contracts DeFi Move

Notable audits

Maple Finance, Aborean Finance, Felix Protocol

Trail of Bits

$$$ 4.9/5 ?

Founded 2012 Public reports

Hire for deep protocol and cryptography reviews; maintainers of Slither, Echidna, and Medusa.

Smart contracts Cryptography Protocol design

Notable audits

Compound, Uniswap, MakerDAO†

Veridise

$$$ 4.6/5 ?

Founded 2021 Public reports

Hire for ZK circuit audits using formal methods and tools such as Picus.

ZK proofs Formal verification Smart contracts

Notable audits

Risc Zero, Succinct, Linea†

Zellic

$$$ 4.6/5 ?

Founded 2021 Public reports

Hire for ZK circuits, bridges, and Move (Aptos/Sui) protocol security reviews.

Smart contracts ZK proofs Bridges

Notable audits

LayerZero, Sui, Worldcoin†

zkSecurity

$$$ 4.5/5 ?

Founded 2023 Public reports

Hire for ZK, MPC, and FHE cryptography reviews; maintainers of zkbugs and the noname language.

ZK proofs Cryptography MPC

Notable audits

Solana Foundation†, Aztec, StarkWare

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