Least Authority

4.5/5 Founded 2011 Team: 20-50 $$$

About

Least Authority is a privacy-focused security consultancy with roots in the Zcash community, performing audits of cryptographic protocols, ZK systems, and wallets since the early 2010s. It has published audits for the Zcash ecosystem and the Ethereum 2.0 specification, and it maintains the free MoonMath Manual, a widely used introduction to zk-SNARK mathematics. The firm publishes a large share of its reports publicly, which makes its methodology easy to evaluate.

Specialties

cryptography zk circuits protocol review privacy

Supported Chains

circom generic evm

Notable Audits

Zcash ecosystem audits Ethereum 2.0 specification review

Turnaround

4-8 weeks

Team Size

20-50

Public Reports

Yes

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Last validated
Jul 2026