the proof of audit case study of Sign Protocol is the most underrated application in the entire ecosystem. i nearly scrolled past it.
i took auditing concepts paper last semester. professor explained to us why traditional audits are costly. not because auditors themselves are slow. because the process of obtaining evidence is slow. an auditor has to confirm certain actions occurred and under certain authorizations and at certain dates. they call many people. they ask for papers. they confirm the papers did not change while in transit or once received. it’s a slow process and weeks for what is essentially a verification problem.
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if every action in a system produces an attestation anchored on Sign Protocol and the audit is not a retrospective investigation any more. it is a query. an auditor verifying this that a smart contract audit occurred and that specific findings were are is reviewed and that remediation was completed and verified and queries SignScan for the attestations corresponding to each event. the evidence is already there permanently. no party can modify it after the fact with out creating a new timestamped record.
Ottersec shows this concretely. a security audit firm anchors proof of audit completion as an attestation. the protocol audited and the scope and the findings and the completion status. all encoded in a schema and recorded on-chain. any user of that protocol can independently verify the audit happened and what was found without contacting Ottersec. without trusting a PDF and with out hoping the firm's website stays online.
for DeFi protocols this changes that trust calculation. i currently you trust the audit firm's like PDF. and with on chain attestations are you verify the firm's record directly. the PDF can shared selectively quietly updated system. is what that the on-chain attestation can not be changed with out a new record and appearing and this with a different timestamp.
the risk is audit firm adoption specifically. Ottersec is one firm. the value grows and with every additional firm issuing attestations. if most firms continue issuing PDFs and the interoperability benefit stays small.
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three and more major security and audit firms adopting. Sign Protocol attestations and standard practice makes proof and of audit an expected property of credible DeFi protocols. $0.36 at $504M. firm adoption staying thin puts it at $0.018 to $0.028.
number of audit firms issuing attestations and proof of audit attestation volume on SignScan are what i am tracking.
do you and think on chain proof of audit becomes a standard requirement for DeFi protocols and does the PDF report stay the industry norm ? comment me it.
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