Manifesto

The OpenAudit Principle: A Security Manifesto by B-Labs

OpenAudits by B-Labs is built on a simple belief. In Web3, security cannot be assumed or promised. It has to be proven. Decentralized systems live in public, permissionless environments where trust does not come from reputation or closed reports, but from what anyone can verify for themselves.

An audit is not a badge or a marketing signal. It is a moment of truth. It is about understanding how a system actually behaves when it is deployed and used in the real world. OpenAudits treats security as a result of good engineering, clear incentives, and honest execution. Automated tools help surface issues quickly, but they are only part of the process. Real security comes from engineers reading the code carefully, thinking like attackers, and testing assumptions against live blockchain data.

We also recognize that code alone is not the whole system. Economics, access control, governance decisions, and upgrade paths all shape whether a protocol is truly safe. A contract can look correct on paper and still fail in practice if incentives are misaligned or behavior diverges after deployment. That is why OpenAudits always looks at onchain activity to confirm that what is running matches what was intended.

Transparency is not a weakness. In public systems, hidden risk grows quietly, while visible risk can be understood and fixed. OpenAudits embraces openness because it builds real confidence. When findings and fixes are public, users and partners do not have to rely on trust. They can verify the work themselves.

Security also does not end when an audit report is delivered. Systems change, upgrades happen, and new risks appear. OpenAudits views security as an ongoing responsibility rather than a single event. Audits provide clarity at a point in time, but long term safety comes from continuous attention and disciplined engineering.

In Web3, trust is not social and it is not about branding. Trust is technical. It is earned when a system behaves exactly as expected, under pressure and over time. OpenAudits by B-Labs exists to help teams reach that standard and to make security something that can be seen, tested, and believed.