Symbiotic
AuditedVerifiedTrendingSymbiotic is a permissionless, modular shared-security protocol on Ethereum that lets decentralized networks bootstrap economic security from any ERC-20 collateral (ETH, BTC, stablecoins, LSTs) — a permissionless competitor to EigenLayer.
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The Problem
New decentralized networks must bootstrap their own validator sets and economic security from scratch, and the dominant restaking implementations are opinionated about asset type, operator curation, and global slashing — limiting what networks can build.
The Solution
Symbiotic generalizes restaking into a permissionless, modular coordination layer: any ERC-20 can serve as collateral, networks define their own slashing rules via middleware, and capture-timestamp bounded slashing prevents cross-network contagion.
Why it Matters
Permissionless multi-asset restaking with non-proxy Core contracts and per-vault bounded slashing — architecturally distinct from EigenLayer, used by Ethena, Hyperlane, Avail, Spark, and 50+ other networks.
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What is Symbiotic?+
Symbiotic is a Staking protocol operating on Ethereum. Symbiotic is a permissionless, modular shared-security protocol on Ethereum that lets decentralized networks bootstrap economic security from any ERC-20 collateral (ETH, BTC, stablecoins, LSTs) — a permissionless competitor to EigenLayer.
How does Symbiotic work?+
Symbiotic generalizes restaking into a permissionless, modular coordination layer: any ERC-20 can serve as collateral, networks define their own slashing rules via middleware, and capture-timestamp bounded slashing prevents cross-network contagion.
Is Symbiotic safe?+
DeFi Sentinel rates Symbiotic AA with a safety score of 82/100, indicating very low risk. The score reflects five risk dimensions: smart contract & technical risk, economic design & market risk, governance & centralization, sustainability & competitive position, and reputation & social trust. Symbiotic has 6 audits on record. DeFi Sentinel's analysis flagged 3 medium, 5 low risk alerts across Smart Contract & Technical Risk, Economic Design & Market Risk, Governance & Centralization and Sustainability & Competitive Position. As with all DeFi protocols, residual risk remains and users should review the full risk breakdown before depositing.
What is the safety score of Symbiotic?+
Symbiotic has a DeFi Sentinel safety score of 82/100 (rating AA), last updated May 21, 2026. The score is computed across smart contract & technical risk (30%), economic design & market risk (25%), governance & centralization (20%), sustainability & competitive position (15%), and reputation & social trust (10%).
Which chains does Symbiotic support?+
Symbiotic is deployed on Ethereum.
Has Symbiotic been audited?+
Yes. Symbiotic has 6 audit reports on record from firms including ChainSecurity, Certora, Cantina. Audit reports and dates are linked under the Resources tab on this page.