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Martin Holst Swende

Martin Holst Swende

Security Researcher and Auditor · ConsenSys Diligence (individual researcher)

Performed the primary audit that fixed critical vulnerabilities and defined upgrade paths for MIRA contracts

Led an in‑depth smart‑contract audit engagement that uncovered multiple high‑severity issues in MIRA's early release codebase, including reentrancy risks, unchecked arithmetic paths, and oracle integrity assumptions. The audit report provided concrete code patches, test cases, and a recommended upgrade sequence to mitigate immediate attack vectors. Coordinated with the MIRA engineering team to implement fixes, verify mitigations through follow‑up reviews, and establish a multi‑stage upgrade plan that preserved on‑chain state while replacing vulnerable modules. The audit also recommended operational controls such as timelocks, multisig ownership, and monitoring hooks that were subsequently adopted in governance proposals. The remediation work and published findings materially increased counterparty confidence, reduced the probability of exploitable incidents, and enabled major custodians and integrators to proceed with integrations. By turning technical security findings into executable code changes and governance actions, the audit shaped both the protocol's technical solidity and its market acceptability.

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