Subsidized smart contract audits, applied directly as a credit to Zealynx engagements. Same quality as paid audits. No cash grants. No middlemen.
Over $100,000 in audit grants available.
The Zealynx Audit Grants program funds smart contract security audits for Web3 protocols. Selected projects receive grant funding that covers their audit cost, performed by the Zealynx Security team using the same process, tools, and standards as any paid engagement.
We support Solidity, Rust (Solana), Cairo (StarkNet), Sway (Fuel), and TypeScript. We cover any EVM-compatible network (Ethereum, Arbitrum, Optimism, Base, Polygon, BSC, Avalanche), Solana, StarkNet, and Fuel.
Zealynx Security is a boutique Web3 smart contract audit firm founded by Carlos Vendrell Felici aka Bloqarl, and based in Wroclaw, Poland. We have completed over 32 security audits across DeFi, infrastructure, and AI security.
Founder-led audits, which means senior-led. Every audit has direct involvement from Carlos, a security researcher with contributions to private audits alongside Cyfrin, Pashov Audit Group, Immunefi, and Sherlock. You communicate directly with the people reading your code, no account managers, no handoffs.
Protocols audited (subset of 32+ engagements): Glif, Ample Protocol, BadgerDAO, Inverter, Aurora, Mangrove, Monadex, Side.xyz, Wedefin, Microchains, Matchain, Paymatic. Full portfolio at zealynx.io/about-us#portfolio.
Security firms that have engaged Zealynx for private audits: Cyfrin, Immunefi, Pashov Audit Group, Sherlock.
"Shout out to @TheBlockChainer who put in valuable work helping out on a Cyfrin private audit. This audit had a lot of tricky external integrations and @TheBlockChainer was a test writing machine helping us to get those integrations tested and finding some great bugs!"
— Cyfrin (Dacian, Private Audits Lead)
"Working with Zealynx was a great experience from start to finish. They were fast, committed, and provided clear, ongoing communication. The collaboration was proactive, and we shipped confidently thanks to their detailed insights. We look forward to continuing a long-term relationship with them as our go-to security partners."
— Ample Protocol (Rog Servin, Co-founder)
"When GLIF was developing the second version of our Protocol, we wanted to get up to speed on security best practices. Zealynx introduced us to several tools that expanded GLIF's testing suite, including new types of fuzz tests and formal verification. Their team is great at communicating, and works hard to deliver."
— GLIF (Founder)
All Zealynx audit reports are public. View Zealynx audit portfolio to see the depth and format of what grant recipients receive.
Each tier is a percentage subsidy on your scoped audit cost. All tiers receive the same audit quality.
Grants are applied as a percentage discount on your final Zealynx audit invoice, determined after a post-award scope review at our standard rate of $8,000 per auditor per week. Core winners get the audit free. Growth winners pay 50%. Builder winners pay 75%. One Core grant, two Growth grants, and multiple Builder grants are awarded per round.
Applications are scored on a 100-point scale. Product Engagement and Social Sharing are optional but improve your score.
Open to Web3 protocols with written smart contract code on any supported chain and language. Individual developers, DAOs, and companies are eligible.
Identity verification required: At least one team member must have a verifiable public identity. Applications from fully anonymous teams will not be reviewed.
Not eligible: competitor security firms, protocols already in active audit engagement with Zealynx, projects without written code, forks with no meaningful innovation, fully anonymous teams.
Contact: contact@zealynx.io | @vendrell46 on Telegram