Almost everything we did was early and controversial.

When we started Spearbit, we offered high-quality, scalable security reviews through independent researchers. We were told it was wrong, bad, and would never work. You can go back to the panel I was on at the 2022 DeFi Security Summit where everyone piled on Spearbit. Today, nearly every security company has changed its operations to a model where independent security researchers are the centerpiece.

When we launched competitions at Cantina, we built a platform where everything lived in one place. Customers and judges could immediately work on fixing the findings, which meant faster launches. That too was controversial, but the same people who accused us of 'rugging' researchers now have platforms that do the same.

We got here by deeply understanding both our customers and researchers. Few teams in Web3 security have experience on both sides like we do. We’ve built foundational tools: the Solidity compiler (the #1 programming language for smart contracts), the ETH staking contract (the #1 smart contract by TVL), and we won the #1 spot in OpenSea’s first 7-figure security competition. We're going to build the #1 web3 security platform.

Everyone has an opinion on how we should do things, but the way to track progress is by looking at these two questions:

1. Are customers shipping safer code to production?

2. Are security researchers earning more?

If the answer is yes, we're on the right track. And our numbers show we are.