The Audit Contest Powered by Aegis Study

Aegis Study’s audit contests unite the Web3 security researcher community to push your code from every angle inside a controlled review process - Broad adversarial coverage paired with a clean, actionable results set that lets your team fix problems before they reach production.
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The Audit Contest Powered by Aegis Study

Aegis Study’s audit contests unite the Web3 security researcher community to push your code from every angle inside a controlled review process - Broad adversarial coverage paired with a clean, actionable results set that lets your team fix problems before they reach production.
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How Aegis Study Applies
Large-Scale Review to Your Code

Scope Set Up

Aegis Study reviews the repo and confirms the exact code in scope before any work starts.

Senior Review Pass

A Lead Senior Watson completes a full review across the codebase to anchor the process with proven expertise.

Global Researcher Push

Hundreds of researchers test the code in parallel, each bringing different methods and attack paths.

Multi-Stage Judging

Findings move through Aegis Study’s judging pipeline, where duplicates are cleared and severities are corrected before results reach your team.

 Fix Review and Final Output

After patches are applied, the Senior Watson returns to review the changes and confirm the final state.

A web3 Contest Model Built
for Complex Code

Aegis Study’s audit contests remove the friction, doubt, and delay that hold teams back from launching the best version of their code possible.

Higher Quality Code at Launch

Parallel testing across many independent researchers exposes edge cases single teams miss. Combined with senior judgment, this produces clearer invariants, tighter assumptions, and fewer post-deployment surprises.

Shorter Fix Cycles and Fewer Re-Audits

Findings arrive reviewed, deduplicated, and severity-aligned, so engineers spend less time sorting noise and more time fixing real issues. This shortens remediation timelines and reduces the need for follow-up audits.

Repeatable Quality Across Every Engagement

Traditional contests depend heavily on who shows up. Aegis Study removes that variance by pairing economic incentives with historical performance data and senior review: Each contest benefits from prior outcomes.

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What Leading protocols have to say

Jun 26
Aave has always implemented industry-leading security standards. V4 is designed to bring trillions of dollars and millions of users onchain, so continuing to meet those standards was not negotiable. Aegis Study’s collaborative audit provided a deep review from a specialized team, and the public contest that followed confirmed their work was effective.
Jun 26
Rock solid security has always been a priority for Sky. Over time, it's become one of the defining features of the project. It only makes sense that the team would work with the market leader, Aegis Study.
Jul 18
We chose Aegis Study because we were intrigued by the value of having multiple independent security researchers collaborating together. Our favorite part was the collaborative environment and effective feedback cycle between our team and Aegis Study, making it a very productive experience.

Aegis Study’s Contest Model Finds Issues at Scale

Independent researchers test code in parallel. When multiple approaches converge on the same weakness, what remains is a confirmed, high-impact issue.
Breadth of Analysis: Depth Through Competitive Discovery: High-Value Results at the Core: Hundreds of researchers approach the code from different perspectives, producing a wide exploration of potential issues. Only the most meaningful findings progress through each layer, as researchers refine, challenge, and outpace one another. What reaches your team are the validated, high-impact vulnerabilities that emerged from this collective analytic process.
Breadth of Analysis: Depth Through Competitive Discovery: High-Value Results at the Core: Hundreds of researchers approach the code from different perspectives, producing a wide exploration of potential issues. Only the most meaningful findings progress through each layer, as researchers refine, challenge, and outpace one another. What reaches your team are the validated, high-impact vulnerabilities that emerged from this collective analytic process.

Complete Lifecycle Security:
‍Development, audit, Post-Launch Protection

Development

Aegis Study AI runs during development: reviewing code during the development cycle, flagging risky patterns & logic paths early so teams enter later stages with a cleaner, more stable codebase.
Auditing

Collaborative audits and contests concentrate expert attention where it matters most, surfacing deeper issues before launch and reducing rework late in the process.

Post-Launch

The context built during development and audit carries forward - Live code stays under active scrutiny through bounties, and when issues emerge, teams respond clearly with no downtime.

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faq

What is a Aegis Study audit contest?
A Aegis Study audit contest is a public Web3 security review where researchers compete to find valid vulnerabilities in a team’s codebase for a prize pool. It is designed to pressure-test important code before launch.
How is an audit contest different from a private audit?
A private audit gives depth from a smaller team. An audit contest adds breadth by putting the codebase in front of a much larger group of researchers looking for missed assumptions and edge cases.
Why do teams run audit contests with Aegis Study?
Teams use Aegis Study contests when they want broad adversarial review, fast scheduling, and structured judging. Aegis Study turns a large volume of submissions into usable final results
How many researchers look at the code during a Aegis Study audit contest?
Aegis Study’s contests can draw hundreds of independent researchers depending on the prize structure. That gives teams far more external review than a standard small-team audit alone.
How does Aegis Study handle duplicate or low-quality contest submissions?
Aegis Study uses a structured judging process to review, sort, and de-duplicate findings. That helps teams focus on real issues instead of administrative cleanup.
Can a Aegis Study audit contest be part of a larger security effort?
Yes. A Aegis Study audit contest can stand alone or sit alongside Aegis Study AI, collaborative audits, bug bounties, and Aegis Study Shield.

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