From Cantina Blog

January 15th 2024 changelog for Cantina.

In 2024, Cantina hosted 46 public and 12 private security competitions with a $10.5M+ prize pool, while its community of elite researchers uncovered over 6,000 critical vulnerabilities that have fortified the security of the web3 ecosystem. This prolific year of growth saw Cantina welcome 3,230 new members to its influential community.

This article serves as a case study outlining how Kim Exchange partnered with Cantina.

December 16th 2024 changelog for Cantina.

December 3rd 2024 changelog for Cantina.

Today, we're pulling back the security curtain on our work with Uniswap Labs to show what truly comprehensive protocol security looks like — culminating in the largest-ever bounty in history.

Two new updates from Cantina to optimize the competitive code review process.

November 18th 2024 changelog for Cantina.

While crypto teams focus heavily on smart contract security, DNS vulnerabilities often fly under the radar—yet they can be just as devastating. With 33% of organizations falling victim to DNS hijacking in 2023, it's time to examine these attack vectors and implement robust protection strategies for both Web2 and Web3 infrastructure.

A deep dive into how industry leaders like Blast, Optimism, and Base are approaching L1/L2 security, featuring insights from projects with combined TVL of $3.79+ billion. Learn why securing these platforms isn't just about protecting assets—it's about safeguarding the future of decentralized technology.

October 23rd 2024 changelog for Cantina.

October 4th 2024 changelog for Cantina.

This article serves as a case study outlining how Euler partnered with Cantina and Spearbit.

Introducing the Cantina Fellowship Program: a unique opportunity designed to recognize and reward those who choose Cantina as their home.

September 2nd 2024 changelog for Cantina.

August 26th 2024 changelog for Cantina.

It’s been a year since Cantina came into existence. Let’s take a look at everything we’ve accomplished together.

Uniswap Labs and Uniswap Foundation have chosen to work with Cantina to secure v4 in a historic code review competition.

This article serves as a case study as to how Morpho partnered with Cantina - a transparent, efficient, and industry-leading security marketplace for protocols incubated by Spearbit to secure their lending protocol at multiple stages throughout their development lifecycle.

This article serves as a case study as to how Kwenta partnered with Cantina - a transparent, efficient, and industry-leading security marketplace for protocols incubated by Spearbit to a comprehensive Operational Security (OpSec) review via Graypoint Security - a guild (onboarded and vetted partner) offering services through Cantina.

This article serves as a case study as to how zkSync partnered with Cantina - a transparent, efficient, and industry-leading security marketplace for protocols incubated by Spearbit to conduct security reviews on zkSync’s Lido bridge.

This article serves as a case study of how Open Security, a guild on Cantina offering traditional Web2 security services, conducted a time-critical, client-tailored source code review and penetration test on ArConnect - a non-custodial Arweave native wallet by Community Labs - to meet product rollout timelines.

This article serves as a case study as to how Spearbit and Maple Finance partnered to conduct security reviews on the Maple Finance Protocol under Cantina - an open marketplace for blockchain security researchers and service providers.

We are thrilled to announce the successful culmination of the crowdfunded raise for Solady’s public goods web3 security review under Cantina - the very first decentralized marketplace for web3 security.

To demonstrate how Cantina’s security marketplace and network of expert researchers can be used, we’ll be conducting the first major public goods security review. Specifically, we’re talking about Solady, an open-source collection of gas-optimized Solidity snippets. Solady provides highly efficient implementations of commonly used Solidity libraries and is a testing ground for exploring new optimization techniques. Simply put, it helps Solidity developers write highly performant and gas-efficient contracts.

We’re building Cantina, a first-of-a-kind security services marketplace connecting the top security researchers and solutions with clients to solve this issue and redefine how security reviews are done. Let’s dive into why we built Cantina and the gap it will fill in the blockchain security market.