Asymmetric Research
Last changed 2026-10-10 · Score recalculated — Rescored under Scoring v2, the published formula (avoid.net/scoring): 77 → 73. Problems weighed by who is responsible: concerns that are not fraud −4.4, problems around the subject, caused by others −1.5; legitimacy credit long-running +4; fact-check adjustments (−5) now shown as page reliability, not in the score. Version history →
Why this score
| Every page starts at | 65 |
| Concerns that are not fraud | -4.4 |
| Problems around it, caused by others | -1.5 |
| Long-running | +4 |
| Sum | 63 |
Score: 73/100 (kept between 0 and 100)
How scoring works →Summary
Asymmetric Research is a specialized blockchain security firm founded by Jonathan Claudius (formerly CSO at Jump Crypto) and Felix Wilhelm (formerly at Google Project Zero and Jump Crypto), with a team of 45+ researchers across North America, Europe, and Asia. The firm focuses on embedded, long-term security partnerships with L1/L2 blockchains and DeFi protocols, and has disclosed multiple high-severity vulnerabilities across Cosmos, Solana, Ethereum, and Circle infrastructure. No regulatory actions, fraud allegations, or client harm incidents have been identified in available sources.
Connected Entities
11 entities · 60 linked investigations- Across Protocol→mentioned with→Polygon(60%)
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- Jito Labs→mentioned with→Ethereum(60%)
- Cointelegraph→mentioned with→Ethereum(60%)
- Asymmetric Research→mentioned with→Firedancer(65%)
- Asymmetric Research→mentioned with→Across Protocol(85%)
- Asymmetric Research→mentioned with→Wormhole(80%)
- Asymmetric Research→mentioned with→Ethereum(70%)
- Asymmetric Research→mentioned with→Solana(80%)
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Timeline(15 events)
8 February 2024
Asymmetric Research discloses a high-severity log confusion vulnerability in Polygon Heimdall that could have enabled consensus layer takeover.
GitHub: asymmetric-research/security-advisories16 April 2024
Asymmetric Research discloses a critical reentrancy vulnerability in Cosmos IBC timeout handling enabling infinite token minting, putting at least $126 million at risk. Disclosed via Cosmos HackerOne; no funds lost.
CoinDesk19 June 2024
Asymmetric Research discloses a high-severity DoS vulnerability in Evmos Distribution Precompile.
GitHub: asymmetric-research/security-advisories1 August 2024
Asymmetric Research discloses a critical Evmos precompile state commit vulnerability enabling unauthorized token minting.
GitHub: asymmetric-research/security-advisories27 August 2024
Asymmetric Research discloses a critical vulnerability in Circle's Noble-CCTP enabling potential counterfeit USDC minting. Disclosed to Circle via bug bounty; no funds lost.
CoinTelegraph19 September 2024
Asymmetric Research discloses a medium-severity SSZ deserialization inconsistency between Ethereum Prysm and Lighthouse clients.
GitHub: asymmetric-research/security-advisories25 September 2024
Asymmetric Research discloses two medium-severity BLS12-381 cryptographic issues in CometBFT.
GitHub: asymmetric-research/security-advisories1 October 2024
Stacks Foundation announces Asymmetric Research as a core security contributor and sBTC signer for the Stacks Bitcoin L2 ecosystem.
Stacks Foundation6 December 2024
Asymmetric Research discloses a high-severity proposer equivocation vulnerability in the Helix MEV Relay.
GitHub: asymmetric-research/security-advisories16 April 2025
LonelySloth reports a critical ZK ElGamal Proof program vulnerability in Solana's Token-2022 confidential transfer implementation. Asymmetric Research, Neodyme, and OtterSec review and support the patch; super-majority of validators adopt fix by April 18.
Solana Foundation Post Mortem5 May 2025
Solana Foundation publicly discloses the ZK ElGamal Proof vulnerability and patch. Community criticism emerges over the quiet, closed-door patch coordination process, raising decentralization concerns unrelated to Asymmetric Research's specific conduct.
CoinDesk17 September 2025
Asymmetric Research publicly discloses the Marginfi flash loan vulnerability, discovered by Felix Wilhelm. A new instruction bypassed repayment verification, putting over $160 million at risk. Patched before any exploit.
Blockworks6 April 2026
Asymmetric Research and the Solana Foundation launch STRIDE (Solana Trust, Resilience and Infrastructure for DeFi Enterprises), a structured continuous security evaluation program for Solana DeFi protocols, days after the $270 million Drift exploit.
CoinDesk15 April 2026
Felix Wilhelm publishes a disclosure of a critical Solana p-token bug caught before mainnet deployment.
Asymmetric Research blog22 April 2026
Asymmetric Research discloses the Across Protocol event spoofing vulnerability on Solana, which could have allowed attackers to trick relayers into filling unfunded orders.
Asymmetric Research blogDecision Log
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This investigation is cryptographically anchored to the Solana blockchain (5 decisions). 18 of 18 cited source URLs have an Internet Archive snapshot.
model: claude-sonnet-4-6
generated: 9/1/2026, 11:57:18 PM
last updated: 10/10/2026, 6:50:04 PM
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