What Is ‘Smart Contract Risk’ and How Is It Audited?
Smart contract risk is the potential for financial loss due to bugs, exploits, or unforeseen vulnerabilities in the underlying code of a decentralized application. For a DAO treasury, this risk is high as its funds are often locked in smart contracts for investment or governance.
Auditing involves a rigorous, independent review of the code by security experts to identify and fix vulnerabilities before deployment, significantly reducing the risk.