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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.

Define Your Scope + Rewards

Researchers Compete to Find Vulnerabilities

Sherlock Triages All Submissions

You Fix & Secure Your Codebase

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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.

Perennial V2 audit contest case study
Comparative analysis showing that Sherlock's crowdsourced audit offered greater business value and risk mitigation for Perennial V2 by identifying more vulnerabilities, all within the same delivery time as Zellic.
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Rock solid security has always been a priority for MakerDAO. 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, Sherlock.
Rune Christiansen
Founder of MakerDAO

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Flexible reward pool defined by you. Sherlock handles researcher payouts and triage.