Stride’s minimalist design means it has a small attack surface, fewer moving parts, fewer edge cases to consider. No features that aren’t core to liquid staking. Rather, do liquid staking simply and safely, do it right.

On top of fail safes, in the event of an attack there would be another safety feature known as rate limiting that kicks into effect. This limits network traffic, putting a cap on the amount of funds that may be withdrawn from the network.

For example, a 5% rate limit might limit the amount of funds eligible to be withdrawn within a 24-hour period to only 5%.

Invariant checks occur at each block (soon at every TX), verifying data integrity. Should an exploit occur, fail safes are triggered, limiting the impact. For example, an infinity mint attack would be detected and mitigated, with fail safes preventing funds from being withdrawn.

Stride is continuously monitored to ensure that all runs smoothly. This includes tracking how the data is changing and ensuring that key functions, such as user delegations and the reinvestment of rewards, are in order. Should anything out of the ordinary occur, an alert is triggered that will be addressed promptly.