Planned focus
Web3 security.Follow the trust.
A smart contract is part of a system of permissions, incentives and integrations. BreachQuill is developing its Web3 security research direction around the assumptions that connect those parts.
Define the system an audit would cover.
A meaningful smart contract audit starts with an exact scope: the code revision, intended network, deployment configuration and components being reviewed. Documentation should explain the intended behavior, important roles and the conditions the protocol expects to hold.
The same source code can behave differently under different permissions or configuration. A review therefore needs to distinguish code-level observations from deployment assumptions and external dependencies. Changes made after a review also need their own assessment.
Questions for a Web3 review.
Who can change the rules?
Identify administrative roles, upgrade controls, emergency actions and the process for transferring authority. Users and reviewers should be able to understand where trust is concentrated.
Which assumptions preserve the intended behavior?
Describe the important accounting relationships, state transitions and expectations about external information. These assumptions give a review a clear basis for evaluating the implementation.
What depends on another system?
Map integrations such as wallets, data providers, bridges and off-chain services. The review should state what it can establish about those connections and which dependencies are outside its scope.
What do users actually approve?
Consider the application experience around the contracts: transaction descriptions, permissions, account access and deployment information. The frontend and operational processes remain part of the wider security picture.
Make the limits as clear as the findings.
A responsible audit report should identify its code revision, scope, reviewed assumptions, findings and any follow-up verification. It is evidence about a particular review, not a guarantee that a protocol cannot fail.
Our planned direction brings independent research together with practical review documentation. Public material will distinguish exploratory work from completed assessments and will state what has actually been verified.
Web3 security and smart contract audits are planned areas of focus. Review scope and engagement availability will be published as the practice develops.
Different disciplines.
One questioning mindset.