Abstract
Fund a Builder Security Program on Arbitrum using Olympix - an institutional-grade, deterministic security suite - to proactively prevent vulnerabilities before audits and production.
The initiative grants the Arbitrum DAO a pool of Olympix licenses it can allocate to builders at will, empowering projects of all sizes to access advanced security tooling when they need it. Olympix mathematically ensures code safety, resolving up to 60% of audit-level issues pre-audit, surfacing a higher number of true positives, and dramatically reducing false positives compared to open-source or LLM-wrapper tools.
Motivation
Recent proposals to introduce “AI audit agents” highlight enthusiasm for automation in smart contract security. While AI assistance can be helpful, LLM wrappers are not security engines—they rely on pattern matching and probabilistic inference, not deterministic analysis. They hallucinate, produce insecure suggestions, and cannot reason about unseen code patterns or novel architectures.
Arbitrum’s builders deserve security guarantees as rigorous as those used in aerospace or medical software—systems that use formal, deterministic verification instead of “best guesses.”
Providing DAO-managed licenses to Olympix enables any builder to achieve that level of assurance without needing deep formal verification expertise.
Rationale (Alignment with Arbitrum’s mission)
Security incidents undermine ecosystem trust. The Cork exploit (May 2025) - which bypassed multiple audits due to novel logic in Uniswap v4 hooks - illustrates that pattern-based detection (including LLMs) misses new attack surfaces.
Olympix’s architecture is built to handle precisely these cases, with a custom compiler, symbolic execution engine, and mathematical reasoning that fully traverses each code path.
By funding access to deterministic tools, Arbitrum empowers builders to ship faster, safer, and with fewer audit dependencies, directly improving the reliability of dApps across the network.
Specifications
Tooling (Builder-First, CI-Friendly)
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Proprietary Deterministic Engine
Custom-built intermediate representation, compiler, symbolic execution engine, and detector suite. AI acts as an optimization layer, not the core logic. -
Static Analysis
Sophisticated detectors surface more true positives and less noise. The AI Confidence Slider filters uncertain results to minimize false positives. (see Olympix vs. Slither comparison article) -
Unit-Test Generation
Automatically writes comprehensive, passing unit tests with 0-80% branch coverage in minutes-enabling continuous security regression testing. -
Mutation Testing
Introduces controlled mutations to mimic real-world commit errors and measures whether existing tests detect them. Missed mutants expose hidden coverage gaps. -
Internal Audit Agent
Leverages Olympix’s deterministic engine to traverse all code paths and mathematically surface potential vulnerabilities. Fine-tuned AI agents then write proof-of-concept exploits (POCs) to confirm exploitability. The interface is interactive, allowing builders to discuss and validate findings as if consulting an expert on their own code.
Why Not LLM Wrappers Alone?
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Hallucinations: LLMs invent insecure dependencies or “ghost packages.”
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Novel vulnerabilities: New logic surfaces (e.g., Uniswap v4 hooks) evade pattern-based methods.
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False confidence: No reproducible guarantees—unacceptable for high-value systems.
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Formal precedent: In aerospace (DO-178C) and medical software (IEC-62304), deterministic verification is the only trusted standard.
Overall Cost (Non-Constitutional AIP; Treasury)
Base Offer (Recommended)
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$3,500 per project for 6 months of full-suite access
Each project receives unlimited access to the complete Olympix tool suite, including:-
Deterministic Engine: custom compiler, intermediate representation (IR), symbolic execution engine, and detectors with AI as an optimization layer.
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Static Analysis: advanced detectors with an AI Confidence Slider to minimize false positives.
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Unit-Test Generation: automatic test suite creation achieving 0–80% branch coverage in minutes.
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Mutation Testing: introduces controlled “bad commits” to measure test effectiveness and identify hidden logic gaps.
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Internal Audit Agent: mathematically traverses all code paths, generates exploit POCs, and enables interactive developer collaboration.
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This model provides continuous access -not a one-time scan- allowing builders to remediate, re-run, and verify throughout their development lifecycle.
Flexible Packaging Options
Olympix is open to discussing alternative configurations, such as:
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Single Internal Audit Agent runs for one-off reviews or grant projects.
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Multi-project or ecosystem bundles for DAOs or incubators supporting several builders.
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Enterprise packages for protocols with multiple smart contract repositories.
Pricing and allocation can be adjusted based on DAO guidance and builder needs.
Success Metrics
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≥60% of audit-level issues resolved pre-audit.
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≥40% false-positive reduction vs. open-source or LLM tools.
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0–80% increase in branch coverage from generated tests.
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Verified prevention of at least five exploit types across participating protocols.
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Ecosystem-wide adoption (target: ≥100 projects onboarded in first year).
Governance & Oversight
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Managed via DAO or Foundation working group with transparent distribution records.
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Olympix provides onboarding, support, and quarterly impact summaries.
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Builders retain full IP in their code; only aggregate, anonymized statistics are shared publicly.
Contact
Channi Greenwall — channi@olympix.ai | Telegram @channigreenwall
