Hi there! I'm Dominik Muhs, and I spend my days helping teams build more secure systems. Over the past few years, I've had the opportunity to work with many different projects, from established protocols to early-stage teams just getting started. I enjoy the detective work that comes with security research, digging into code to understand how things work and where they might break. I work independently and as a founding member of Creed.
Services
Most of my time is spent doing manual code reviews of smart contracts written in Solidity. My background in backend development helps when I need to look at the Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, or Golang code that often sits alongside the contracts.
I also do penetration testing work, usually when teams want someone to look at both their smart contracts and the applications that interact with them. Sometimes, the interesting issues are in how these different pieces talk to each other.
I'm always happy to chat about security architecture or help think through threat models for teams that are still figuring things out. I've also worked with individuals and organizations on operational security - things like securing key management, improving security practices, and reducing risks for high-value targets. Whether you're building something new or have a security question you're mulling over, feel free to reach out.
Contact
If you'd like to discuss a project or just have a security question, drop me a line at hello@kauz.gmbh. I'm always happy to chat.
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Work
I have performed numerous code reviews, penetration tests, and general work to ensure operational security guidelines and incident response playbooks are followed. In this section, I list my most recent engagements. Publicly available reports are linked. Clients for which an NDA is in effect are omitted.
| Name | Type | Date |
|---|---|---|
| WCM | Code Review | |
| Ern Mitigations | Code Review | |
| Ern | Code Review | |
| Everclear Swaps | Code Review | |
| Everclear Hub Upgrade | Code Review | |
| Ern f.k.a. BitYield | Code Review | |
| Lagoon | Risk Assessment | |
| Quake Cash | Code Review | |
| Web3Auth | Code Review | |
| Web3Auth | Code Review | |
| undisclosed | Penetration Test | |
| Everclear Arbitrum Tokenomics | Code Review | |
| Everclear v1.1 (Diablo) | Code Review | |
| LucidLabs | Spot Check | |
| Everclear Tokenomics | Code Review | |
| Across Protocol | Code Review | |
| Puffer UniFi | Code Review | |
| RAA Sachsen e.V. | Threat Modeling | |
| Everclear v1.0 (Chimera) | Code Review | |
| Request Finance | Code Review | |
| undisclosed | Code Review | |
| TAFEL Dresden e.V. | Penetration Test | |
| undisclosed | Code Review | |
| Hyperlane xERC20 | Code Review | |
| Puffer xERC20/VT Pricer | Code Review | |
| BakerFi | Code Review | |
| Puffer | Code Review | |
| Connext Vesting Wallet | Code Review | |
| Bitsi | Feasibility Analysis | |
| BakerFi | Code Review | |
| Moonwell MIP-M23 | Code Review | |
| xERC20 Standard | Code Review | |
| Stadt.Land.Netz MyVIA | Penetration Test | |
| Rocket Pool (Houston) | Code Review | |
| undisclosed | Code Review | |
| Protocol Labs FilSnap | Code Review | |
| undisclosed | Code Review | |
| undisclosed | Code Review | |
| EigenLayer | Code Review | |
| undisclosed | Code Review | |
| Rocket Pool (Atlas) | Code Review | |
| undisclosed | Code Review | |
| undisclosed | Code Review | |
| undisclosed | Code Review | |
| undisclosed | Code Review | |
| Rocket Pool v1.1 | Code Review | |
| Arbitrum Nitro | Code Review | |
| Fuji Finance | Code Review | |
| undisclosed | Code Review | |
| undisclosed | Code Review | |
| undisclosed | Code Review | |
| undisclosed | Code Review | |
| Arbitrum | Code Review | |
| Gluwacoin | Code Review | |
| 1inch Protocol v2 | Code Review | |
| undisclosed | Code Review | |
| undisclosed | Code Review | |
| undisclosed | Code Review | |
| undisclosed | Code Review | |
| GrowthDeFi WHEAT | Code Review | |
| undisclosed | Code Review | |
| undisclosed | Code Review | |
| undisclosed | Penetration Test | |
| Rocket Pool | Code Review | |
| undisclosed | Penetration Test | |
| undisclosed | Penetration Test | |
| undisclosed | Penetration Test | |
| undisclosed | Code Review | |
| undisclosed | Penetration Test | |
| undisclosed | Penetration Test |