Stellar launches Audit Bank, a community initiative providing developers with subsidized security audits from leading firms. Projects pay only 5% upfront, refundable if critical bugs are fixed within 20 days, with follow-up audits free after reaching $10M-$100M TVL milestones.
Stellar's Audit Bank is a community-funded program deploying over $3M to support developers building on Soroban by making professional security audits accessible and affordable. The initiative partners with nine leading audit firms including Runtime Verification, Spearbit, and others to assign auditors within two weeks. Projects contribute just 5% of audit costs upfront, with full refunds if critical and high-severity bugs are fixed within 20 business days. Pre-audit support includes threat modeling, static analysis tools, and engineering checklists, reducing issues found during formal review by 32%. Once projects reach $10M and $100M in TVL, follow-up audits become completely free with expanded formal verification. The program addresses a critical gap where expensive audits have traditionally delayed launches and excluded bootstrapped teams.