Scores/Chainlink

Chainlink

MITHRIL

Oracle Infrastructure · Multi-chain · $16B+ secured TVL · 20 contracts

Official site: chain.link ↗

890

3004756508251000

Confidence87%

Z-Factor0.94

Updated 2026-05-27Public score

Security Profile

Access Control
88

Economic Soundness
92

Oracle Integrity
95

Compositional Risk
78

Governance
82

Maturity
96

Resilience
87

Supply Chain
90

Op Security
69

Cascade Exposure
46

Access Ctrl
88

Economic
92

Oracle
95

Compos.
78

Govern.
82

Maturity
96

Resilience
87

Supply Ch.
90

OpSec
69

Cascade
46

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Avg

Max

Audit History

Trail of Bits

2019-06

Sigma Prime

2020-11

Dedaub

2023-06

Bug Bounty Program

$3,000,000

Max payout on Immunefi

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Assessment

Gold standard oracle infrastructure. 84+ months live, zero protocol exploits, secures $16B+. D4 penalized for massive downstream integration surface, D5 for centralized governance. Near-ADAMANTINE.

Dimension Breakdown

Methodology

Access Control

Weight 18% · 85% confidence

+22Multi-sig node operator management with OCR committee

+22Feed admin controls with configurable parameters

+22Timelocked updates for critical feed configurations

+22Staking v0.2 adds economic security layer

Provenance

Economic Soundness

Weight 13% · 90% confidence

+23LINK token economics proven over 6+ years

+23Staking mechanism adds validator incentive alignment

+23No flash-loan attack surface in core oracle

+23Fee model sustainable with growing adoption

Provenance

Oracle Integrity

Weight 13% · 95% confidence

+24Gold standard oracle: aggregation across 30+ node operators

+24Deviation and heartbeat thresholds per feed

+24Proof of Reserve for wrapped/bridged assets

+24CCIP extends oracle model to cross-chain

Provenance

Battle-Tested Maturity

Weight 12% · 95% confidence

+19Live since May 2019 (84+ months)

+19Zero protocol-level exploits across any version

+19$16B+ TVL secured across DeFi

+1915+ audit firms over lifetime

Provenance

Governance & Upgradeability

Weight 10% · 78% confidence

+27Chainlink Labs retains significant operational control

-18No on-chain governance token for feed management

+27Node operator selection is permissioned

+27Community program emerging but not decentralized governance

Provenance

Adversarial Resilienceredacted

Weight 10% · 95% confidence

Score derived from continuous adversarial security research

Provenance

Operational Security

Weight 10% · 60% confidence

-16No branch protection detected

-16CI/CD present but unstable (40% success)

+14Commit signing: 100% verified

+14Strong PR review culture (87% reviewed)

Provenance

Compositional Risk

Weight 5% · 80% confidence

+26Thousands of protocols depend on Chainlink feeds

+26Downstream integration failures are not Chainlink bugs

-22CCIP and VRF expand compositional surface

+26Feed-specific risk isolation (one bad feed != all)

Provenance

Cascade Exposure

Weight 5% · 60% confidence

+15Appears in 2 cross-protocol cascade chain(s)

-54Failure cascades to 20 downstream protocol(s)

+15Member of 2 dependency cluster(s)

+15Source: cross_protocol_composition.json dependency analysis

Provenance

Supply Chain

Weight 4% · 90% confidence

+22Standard Solidity, minimal external dependencies

+22Verified on all deployment chains

+22Professional dependency management

+22Regular compiler version updates

Provenance

Top Score Drivers

Dimensions with the greatest marginal impact on BRI.

Cascade Exposure

46+23.3 potential

Failure cascades to 20 downstream protocol(s)

Operational Security

69+22.3 potential

No branch protection detected

Access Control

88+13.7 potential

Multi-sig node operator management with OCR committee

Governance & Upgradeability

82+11.8 potential

Chainlink Labs retains significant operational control

Adversarial Resilience

87+8.3 potential

Adversarial Risk Signals

Publicly verifiable security posture indicators.

Disclosure HistoryNot Assessed

Remediation VelocityNot Assessed

Bug Bounty ProgramNot Assessed

Audit CoverageNot Assessed

Incident HistoryNot Assessed

Deployed 2019-05-3010 dimensionsProvenance Ledger

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On-Chain Data

Protocol Slug: "chainlink"
Oracle: BRORegistry (Base)
Evidence: IPFS (pinned)
Staleness Threshold: 24 hours

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