phaze

Math-driven security researcher with a passion for deconstructing complex cryptographic protocols. Specializing in advanced blockchain systems including cross-chain intents, optimistic fault proofs, and preconfirmations.

Expertise

• Mathematical analysis of AMM swap and vault fee calculations
• Layer 2 scaling solutions & rollup security
• Cross-chain & off-chain infrastructure
• Storage/Event proofs & verification systems

Notable Clients

Optimism • Arbitrum • Starknet • Balancer • Usual • Espresso Systems • Coinbase • Fuel • Tally

Technical Skills

Solidity • Rust • Go • Solana • Noir

Audit Associations

Independent security researcher collaborating with Spearbit, Certora & Offbeat

Professional Journey

• Co-founder | Zero Cool (2024-present)
• Independent Security Researcher | Spearbit, Certora & Offbeat (2024-present)
• Security Engineer | Trail of Bits (2022-2024)
• Co-founder & Lead Developer | CRFTD (2022)
• Independent Blockchain Engineer (2021)
• Machine Learning Researcher | Fraunhofer HHI, XAI Department (2020)

Portfolio

Competitions

Project	Category	Language	Date	Platform	Result
Coinbase / EIP7702Proxy	EIP7702 Proxy	💎 Solidity	Mar 25	Cantina	🥇 Rank: 1st (Missing PoC)
RedStone / redstone-oracle	Oracle	🌴 Sway	Sep 24	Cantina	🥈 Rank: 2nd

Spearbit 2025

Project	Category	Language	Date	Report
Tenbin	Asynchronous vaults, LayerZero	💎 Solidity	Dec 7	Private
Alto Money	Lending, Oracles	💎 Solidity	Dec 1	Cantina Report
Alto Money	Managed vaults	💎 Solidity	Oct 25	Private
Concrete Finance - Earn	Bridged asynchronous vaults	💎 Solidity	Nov 5	Private
Uniswap - Token launcher	Uniswap V4, auctions	💎 Solidity	Oct 25	Private
Usual	Token risk assessment	💎 Solidity	Sep 25	Private
Sablier - Solsab	Token streams	🔮 Solana	Aug 25	Cantina Report
Sturdy Finance	Consensus, Staking, Bridging	💎 Solidity	Jul 25	Cantina Report
Uniswap Labs - Router Rebate	Merkle trees	🛠️ Typescript	Jun 25	Private
Usual Sync Vault	Vaults, Router	💎 Solidity	May 25	Cantina Report
Usual Eth0 Protocol	Vaults, Oracles	💎 Solidity	May 25	Cantina Report
Telcoin ConsensusRegistry	Consensus, Staking, Slashing	💎 Solidity	May 25	Private
Metastreet sUSDai	Asynchronous ERC4626, YBT	💎 Solidity	Apr 25	Private
Melio Chainhopper	Across, UniswapV3/V4 LP position migration	💎 Solidity	Apr 25	Cantina
Predicate Paxos USDL V4 AutoWrapper Hooks	Yield Bearing Token, ERC4626 Fee Vault, UniswapV4 Hooks	💎 Solidity	Apr 25	Private
Usual Wrapped Dollar Vault	ERC4626 Fee Vault	💎 Solidity	Mar 25	Cantina
Catalyst	ERC7683 Intents, Bitcoin Oracle	💎 Solidity	Mar 25	Private
Telcoin	Payments	💎 Solidity	Mar 25	Cantina
Eco Routes	ERC7683 Intents	💎 Solidity	Feb 25	Cantina
Optimism Interop	Optimism, Superchain interop	💎 Solidity	Feb 25	Cantina
Smilee GBera Contracts	Liquid Staking, PoL	💎 Solidity	Jan 25	Private
Interstate Proposer Commitment	Preconfirmations, Slashing	💎 Solidity	Feb 25	Private
Usual Wrapped Dollar Vault	ERC4626 Fee Vault	💎 Solidity	Jan 25	Private

Spearbit 2024

Project	Category	Language	Date	Report
T3rn Bitlazer	Staking, Arbitrum Orbit Chain	💎 Solidity	Dec 24	Private
Espresso Nitro HotShot	Arbitrum Nitro, Consensus, Shared Sequencing	🐹 Go	Dec 24	Cantina
Eco Routes	ERC7683 Intents, Storage Proofs	💎 Solidity	Dec 24	Cantina
Usual	RWA, Upgrades	💎 Solidity	Dec 24	Private
Balancer V3	AMM	💎 Solidity	Nov 24	Cantina
T3rn Bitlazer	Staking, Arbitrum Orbit Chain	💎 Solidity	Nov 24	Private
Panoptic	Options	💎 Solidity	Nov 24	Cantina
Usual Deploy Scripts	Upgrades	💎 Solidity	Nov 24	Private
Usual Pegasus Phase 2	RWA, Vaults	💎 Solidity	Oct 24	Cantina
Usual Pegasus Phase 1	RWA, Vaults	💎 Solidity	Oct 24	Cantina
Balancer V3	AMM	💎 Solidity	Sep 24	Cantina
Coinbase Verified Pools	UniV4 Hooks	💎 Solidity	Aug 24	Cantina
Infrared Contracts	Liquid Staking, Governance, PoL	💎 Solidity	Aug 24	Cantina
Decent	Bridge Router, LayerZero	💎 Solidity	Jul 24	Private
Level Protocol	Tokenized Vault	💎 Solidity	Jun 24	Cantina
Drips Network	Governance, LayerZero	💎 Solidity	Jun 24	Cantina

Private

Project	Category	Language	Date	Report
Mayan Swap	Router	💎 Solidity	Mar 25	Private
Raydium Gauges	Voting Escrow	🔮 Solana	Mar 25	Private
Tally stGov	Liquid Staking, Governance	💎 Solidity	Mar 25	Private
Goat Network	Asynchronous ERC4626 Vaults (ERC-7540), LayerZero	💎 Solidity	Feb 25	Private
Optimism	Incident response upgrades	💎 Solidity	Feb 25	Private
Exponential YoProtocol	Asynchronous ERC4626 Vaults (ERC-7540)	💎 Solidity	Jan 25	Private
Tally AutoDelegates	Governance	💎 Solidity	Jan 25	Private
Goat Network	Bridged Staking, LayerZero	💎 Solidity	Jan 25	Private
Goat Network	Governance Token	💎 Solidity	Jan 25	Private
Tally Staking	Liquid Staking, Rebasing & ERC4626 Vault	💎 Solidity	Dec 24	Private
ZKSync Capped Minter	Governance, Infrastructure	💎 Solidity	Dec 24	Private
Tally Staking	Liquid Staking, Rebasing & ERC4626 Vault	💎 Solidity	Sep 24	Private

Trail of Bits (Incomplete)

Project	Category	Language	Date	Report
Custom Fee Token	Arbitrum Orbit Chains	💎 Solidity	Aug 24	Trail of Bits
ArbOS 3.0 Nitro Upgrade	Arbitrum Nitro	🐹 Go	Jul 24	Trail of Bits
Arbitrum Stylus	WASM Fault Proof System	🦀 Rust, 🐹 Go	Jun 24	Trail of Bits
Fuel Bridge	Bridge	🌴 Sway	Mar 24	-
Offchain Labs Arbitrum	Governance	💎 Solidity	Jan 24	Trail of Bits
Token Bridge Creator	Arbitrum Orbit Chains	💎 Solidity	Dec 23	Trail of Bits
Chainflip Parachain	Parachain, CLAMM	🦀️ Substrate	Jul 23	Trail of Bits
0xProtocol	Router	💎 Solidity	Mar 23	Trail of Bits
Paxos PyUSD	Stablecoin	💎 Solidity	Jan 23	Trail of Bits