A complete audit protocol verifies: - Discriminators on every account struct. - Signer verification on all authorities. - Owner validation on foreign accounts. - Reentrancy / CEI patterns on CPI calls. - Checked arithmetic enabled in release profile. - Explicit account close data zeroing. - Oracle freshness and confidence boundaries.
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99. Auditing and Formal Verification Checklist
Pre-mainnet security review protocol.
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1. Which compiler profile configuration must be verified before releasing a Solana program to mainnet?
2. What is the primary cause of high-severity exploits in Solana protocols historically?
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