Christoph Michel

Christoph Michel

smart contract security researcher since early 2021, having audited most major DeFi protocols

@cmichel

100

Spearbit

lsr

fellow

Public earnings

$272,111.01

7th


Public findings

82


Achievements


Worked with

Sky
Coinbase
Biconomy
Tradable Finance
Euler
Delv
Jonatas Martins
m4rio
Gerard Persoon
cergyk
0xDjango
StErMi

Biography

Some clients I worked with: Aave (bug bounty), Base, Euler, Maker, Morpho, OpenSea, Pendle, Spark, Uniswap (competition), et al.
Most of my security work is private audits, some of them have been made public on Spearbit's portfolio.

CV

  • security researcher (Q4 2020)
    • Lead Security Researcher @Spearbit (Q1 2022 - now)
    • independent audits (Q4 2020 - Q2 2024)
    • competitive audits @Code4rena since the first competition (Q1 2021 - Q1 2022)
      • ranked #1 on the all-time leaderboard having earned> $1.3M in awards
    • security reviews as part of Sherlock's insurance initiative early on (Q4 2021)
    • yAcademy guest auditor Block #3 (Q3 2022)
  • blockchain dev (Q2 2017)
  • software dev (2007)
  • Degrees
    • B.Sc. Math
    • B.Sc. Computer Science
    • M.Sc. Computer Science (Cryptography)

Top competitions

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Contest
Position
Date
Payout
Omni Network

Omni Network

7

/ 420

October 2024$69,836
metamorpho-and-periphery

metamorpho-and-periphery

1

/ 242

November 2023$60,009
uniswap-v4

uniswap-v4

3

/ 501

September 2024$29,757
morpho-blue

morpho-blue

1

/ 365

November 2023$28,789
napier-v2

napier-v2

2

/ 264

January 2025$16,815

Private reviews

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Engagement
Project title
Timeframe
Researchers
Sky

Sky

chief-migration

Apr 2025 - Apr 2025

Christoph Michel
m4rio
Sky

Sky

lockstake

Apr 2025 - Apr 2025

Christoph Michel
m4rio
Sky

Sky

Sky Protocol Token Conversion Audit

Apr 2025 - Apr 2025

Christoph Michel
m4rio
Sky

Sky

Sky Vote Delegate Smart Contract Audit

Apr 2025 - Apr 2025

Christoph Michel
m4rio
Sky

Sky

chief

Apr 2025 - Apr 2025

Christoph Michel
m4rio

Security portfolio

Title
Description
SpearbitSee the following link for the latest published audits as a Spearbit LSR. CTRL + F -> "Christoph Michel"
Code4rena 🥇Ranked #1 on the Code4rena all-time leaderboard having earned $1.3M in prices.