Self-executing smart contracts on the blockchain, which are fully automated and irreversible, need to be thoroughly checked before being activated. An error or typo in the smart contract code may have far-reaching (financial) consequences. For this reason, users of these high-risk smart contracts often have them audited by experts before setting them in motion. But with new players arising in the blockchain sphere, the world’s most advanced blockchain and smart contract security auditor is now widening their scope of services: Introducing the CertiK x LTO Network Live Contract Audit.

The Live Contracts run on LTO Network, the hybrid blockchain platform for decentralized workflows that launched its main net in January 2019. Live Contracts’ miniature private blockchains facilitate the efficient, decentralized streamlining of day-to-day business processes for efficient data exchange between stakeholders in a unique GDPR compliant way. CertiK, acknowledging the necessity of these Live Contracts in the blockchain and business sphere, will be delivering their audit services to LTO Network users in the future to prevent critical attack vectors and vulnerabilities in these Live Contracts.

CertiK will be using the LTO Network global public blockchain to anchor the Proof-of-Existence on their smart contract audit reports. Further, CertiK will be auditing plug-and-play and custom Live Contract templates for organizations to easily integrate into their existing systems, unlocking unprecedented standardization of secured collaboration between organizations.

The origin of the partnership lays in having combined forces at the Global Legal Hackathon (New York area) in February this year, and end up winning a prize in the competition (3 winners out of nearly 30 teams).

At the hackathon, team members from Quislex, the International Association of Contract and Commercial Management (IACCM), DocJuris, CertiK, a top 10 US law firm, and LTO Network collaborated on the project ‘the Contract App’. A mobile-based application that allows representatives to easily negotiate B2B contracts based on their companies positions or IACCM’s reasonable positions. Using AI, third party papers can be uploaded and analyzed, reusing the data in the contract into the new agreement.

After the concluding and signing of the agreement through DocuSign, The LTO Network blockchain places an instant ‘Proof-of-Existence’ on the agreement which can be independently verified by a third party on the Contract App’s website. With every legal clause in a contract having its own, predefined execution path, Live Contracts can automate these executions, creating an immutable audit trail of events in the process. The official release of the Contract App will be later this year.

Daryl Hok, COO of CertiK:

“CertiK is proud to become the first audit partner of LTO Network on their road to global adoption with their Live Contract solution. Just like smart contracts, it is crucial for Live Contracts that these contracts perform only as they are precisely intended and we’re glad that CertiK can deliver an extra layer of assurance for clients that want to use this novel technology. LTO Network stands for a new wave of transparency in the blockchain landscape that completely aligns with the values we have at CertiK, making it a great and promising partnership.“

Rick Schmitz, CEO of LTO Network: