yAcademy

yAcademy is an auditing collective. We audit code and train the next security rock stars while doing it. Ethereum is on a path towards a gloriously scalable future thanks to innovations such as interactive provers, ZK-Rollups, efficient commitment schemes, and data-availability sampling. These innovations are the fruits of years of uncompromising focus on a maximally decentralized, secure, and credibly neutral blockchain. But there are bottlenecks that need scaling. There is an acute shortage of software auditing talent. Considering how much value is at stake in blockchain systems, solving this bottleneck is essential to getting these trust-minimized systems for broader adoption. Our model takes a different approach to auditing. We are nimble, with minimal administrative overhead. We audit communally, in a collaborative environment between our residents/mentors/guest auditors on one side, and our fellows on another. The scalability gain comes from the fact that an outstanding fellow is invited to stay on as a resident, thereby helping us scale the size and quality of the next batch of fellows.