How to tell if a smart-contract audit is worth paying for — a founder's checklist

Short summary

A smart-contract auditor shares a five-question checklist for founders to evaluate whether a security review is worth paying for. Key criteria: does the auditor provide clean bills (not just red flags), measure their false-positive rate, ship PoCs for findings, offer post-remediation re-review and continuous monitoring, and demonstrate honest judgment. The piece ends with self-promotion for the author's own audit services.

• •Five questions to ask any smart-contract auditor before hiring
• •Real audits include clean bills, measured FP rates, and runnable PoCs — not just scanner dumps
• •Ongoing monitoring and re-review after remediation separate real engagements from one-off PDFs

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