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Sherlock Audit Contests bring the world’s best smart contract researchers to your code — incentivized, ranked, and ready to find what others miss.

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AUDIT CONTESTS

Why Choose a Sherlock Audit Contest?

Audit contests bring unmatched coverage, transparency, and results—combining competition with expert triage to deliver maximum security for your smart contracts.

Guaranteed Top Researcher Participation

Every Sherlock contest has 1-2 Lead Senior Watsons

Completely Transparent Process

Leaderboard rankings, submissions, and judging are all public

Flexible Scope and Timing

A contest designed specifically for your needs

Largest Active Researcher Community

400+ researchers compete in every contest

Streamlined Judging and Fix Review

Our system saves you days of work post-audit

Post Audit Coverage

Up to $500k in bug bounty and exploit coverage after the contest

KEY FEATURES

What You Get with a Sherlock Audit Contest

From world-class researchers to full submission visibility and flexible reward structures—Sherlock Audit Contests are built to find real bugs, fast.

ELO-Style Ranking System

Our researchers are battle-tested

Fix Review With Your Lead Researcher

Complementary 1 day fix review with the LSW

No Duplicate Submissions

Our judging system takes care of duplicates for you

Constant Contact with Our Team

We never leave a question or concern unanswered

HOW IT WORKS

Launch a Contest in Just a Few Steps

Sherlock makes it easy to define scope, activate top talent, and receive verified, actionable results—all in one seamless flow.

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OUR CLIENTS

Trusted by Top Protocols to
‍Stress-Test Their Contracts

Top-tier teams trust Sherlock Audit Contests to deliver security beyond traditional audits—catching major issues before they reach mainnet.

Sherlock’s efficacy in comparison with Trail of Bits and Prototech Labs

This case study demonstrates how Sherlock found substantially more critical vulnerabilities than Trail of Bits and Prototech Labs in auditing Ajna.

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Notional has gotten 14 audits from 6 different firms, and ever since we first used Sherlock in October of 2022 they have been, and will continue to be for the foreseeable future, our exclusive audit provider. Sherlock is the best audit experience we've ever had, hands down.

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