Ambient

Ambient receives a B risk grade (23/100) from Hindenrank, where lower scores indicate lower risk. Moderate risk — clean smart contract record and small scale, but single-contract architecture creates concentrated vulnerability A decentralized exchange using a novel single-contract architecture where all trading pools live in one smart contract. It manages $3M in deposits with $6.5M in funding. Its B grade reflects clean smart contract history and small scale, but the all-in-one-contract design means any vulnerability affects every pool simultaneously.

The key risks identified for Ambient are: (1) All trading pools live in a single smart contract. If a bug is found, every pool is vulnerable at once with no isolation between them. (2) The website was hacked in October 2024. The smart contracts were fine, but users who visited the fake site were at risk of losing funds. (3) The team controls everything with no governance token. They can change any setting or upgrade the contracts without community input.

Ambient scores 23/100 across eight risk dimensions: Mechanism Novelty: 3/15, Interaction Severity: 8/20, Oracle Surface: 0/10, Documentation Gaps: 3/10, Track Record: 3/15, Scale Exposure: 0/10, Regulatory Risk: 2/10, Vitality Risk: 4/10. The highest risk area is Interaction Severity at 8/20.

Among 111 rated DEX protocols on Hindenrank, Ambient ranks #8 by safety (lowest risk score = safest). Its 23/100 risk score and B grade place it among the safer DEX protocols.

Ambient scores 3/15 on the Track Record risk dimension, indicating some history of security incidents or exploits. Higher scores reflect more severe or frequent incidents. Review the full risk report for details.