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Critical contracts can be upgraded by an EOA which could result in the loss of all funds.
ApeChain is an Optimium built on the Arbitrum Orbit stack utilizing $APE as its native gas token. It fuels culture by being the chain for digital and IRL communities, builders, creators, collectors, gamers and beyond.
ApeChain is an Optimium built on the Arbitrum Orbit stack utilizing $APE as its native gas token. It fuels culture by being the chain for digital and IRL communities, builders, creators, collectors, gamers and beyond.
Consequence: projects without a sufficiently decentralized set of challengers rely on few entities to safely update the state. A small set of challengers can collude with the proposer to finalize an invalid state, which can cause loss of funds.
Learn more about the recategorisation here.
2025 Jul 22 — 2026 Jul 22
ApeChain switches from DAC to Ethereum calldata
2026 Jul 1st
ApeChain stops posting data via the AnyTrust DAC and starts posting batches directly to Arbitrum as calldata.
| SEQUENCER FAILURE | STATE VALIDATION | DATA AVAILABILITY | EXIT WINDOW | PROPOSER FAILURE | |
| Arbitrum One L2 | Self sequence | Fraud proofs (INT) | Onchain | None | Self propose |
| ApeChain L3 • Individual | Self sequence | Fraud proofs (INT) | Onchain | None | Self propose |
| ApeChain L3 • Combined | Self sequence | Fraud proofs (INT) | Onchain | None | Self propose |
No actor outside of the single Proposer can submit fraud proofs. Interactive proofs (INT) require multiple transactions over time to resolve. The challenge protocol can be subject to delay attacks. There is a 6d 8h challenge period.
All of the data needed for proof construction is published on Ethereum L1.
There is no window for users to exit in case of an unwanted upgrade since contracts are instantly upgradable.
Anyone can become a Proposer after 12d 17h of inactivity from the currently whitelisted Proposers.

Updates to the system state can be proposed and challenged by a set of whitelisted validators. If a state root passes the challenge period, it is optimistically considered correct and made actionable for withdrawals.
Whitelisted validators propose state roots as children of a previous state root. A state root can have multiple conflicting children. This structure forms a graph, and therefore, in the contracts, state roots are referred to as nodes. Each proposal requires a stake, currently set to 0.1 ETH, that can be slashed if the proposal is proven incorrect via a fraud proof. Stakes can be moved from one node to one of its children, either by calling stakeOnExistingNode or stakeOnNewNode. New nodes cannot be created faster than the minimum assertion period by the same validator, currently set to 15m. The oldest unconfirmed node can be confirmed if the challenge period has passed and there are no siblings, and rejected if the parent is not a confirmed node or if the challenge period has passed and no one is staked on it.
Funds can be stolen if none of the whitelisted verifiers checks the published state. Fraud proofs assume at least one honest and able validator (CRITICAL).
A challenge can be started between two siblings, i.e. two different state roots that share the same parent, by calling the startChallenge function. Validators cannot be in more than one challenge at the same time, meaning that the protocol operates with partial concurrency. Since each challenge lasts 6d 8h, this implies that the protocol can be subject to delay attacks, where a malicious actor can delay withdrawals as long as they are willing to pay the cost of losing their stakes. If the protocol is delayed attacked, the new stake requirement increases exponentially for each challenge period of delay. Challenges are played via a bisection game, where asserter and challenger play together to find the first instruction of disagreement. Such instruction is then executed onchain in the WASM OneStepProver contract to determine the winner, who then gets half of the stake of the loser. As said before, a state root is rejected only when no one left is staked on it. The protocol does not enforces valid bisections, meaning that actors can propose correct initial claim and then provide incorrect midpoints.
The metrics include upgrades on the currently used proxy contracts. Historical proxy contracts and changes of such are not included.
SequencerInbox sequencerVersion flipped 0x88 → 0x00 : latest batch posted as Ethereum calldata instead of a DAC certificate (AnyTrust fall-back). ApeChainMultisig dropped one signer; threshold 3/7 → 3/6.
SequencerInbox sequencerVersion flipped 0x88 → 0x00: latest batch posted as Ethereum calldata instead of a DAC certificate (AnyTrust fall-back). ApeChainMultisig dropped one signer; threshold 3/7 → 3/6.
| contract ApeChainMultisig (arb1:0x2B1FbeE3c7D278bFD9E179893FF304fE49FA7DDF) [GnosisSafe] { | |
| +++ description: None | |
| values.$members.3: | |
| - | "arb1:0x83F58bBB1a940E364ED2dE775D1FD5218135cCE3" |
| values.multisigThreshold: | |
| - | "3 of 7 (43%)" |
| + | "3 of 6 (50%)" |
| } |
| contract SequencerInbox (arb1:0xE6a92Ae29E24C343eE66A2B3D3ECB783d65E4a3C) [orbitstack/SequencerInbox_Espresso] { | |
| +++ description: The Espresso TEE sequencer (registered in this contract) can submit transaction batches or commitments here. | |
| values.sequencerVersion: | |
| - | "0x88" |
| + | "0x00" |
| } |
Removed SGX TEE verifier flow from tee attestation verification, leaving only Nitro. Registered new wasm module root (ArbOS commitment) and valid TEE enclave hash. Both are not known from other depoloyments and are not verified. Also, rotated one Apechain ms member and added two more.
Removed SGX TEE verifier flow from tee attestation verification, leaving only Nitro.
Registered new wasm module root (ArbOS commitment) and valid TEE enclave hash. Both are not known from other depoloyments and are not verified.
Also, rotated one Apechain ms member and added two more.
| - | Status: DELETED |
| contract EspressoSGXTEEVerifier (arb1:0x05A16513BF74629b834878731f07b075Cca33f55) [espresso/Sequencing/EspressoSGXTEEVerifier] | |
| +++ description: Verifies attestations of an Intel SGX TEE. |
| contract ApeChainMultisig (arb1:0x2B1FbeE3c7D278bFD9E179893FF304fE49FA7DDF) [GnosisSafe] { | |
| +++ description: None | |
| values.$members.0: | |
| + | "arb1:0xe2d8761a2a87b06413e39D08C31b683cDD4dF4a4" |
| values.$members.1: | |
| + | "arb1:0x6c447467FED500eEa91309c0b0c302Aa9763412d" |
| values.$members.2: | |
| - | "arb1:0x651cF50272Ffa8f6D954080DF743410Bb0aa7AFa" |
| + | "arb1:0xbc1Cb7133f080eB61262dafB77788B95e208B77F" |
| values.multisigThreshold: | |
| - | "3 of 5 (60%)" |
| + | "3 of 7 (43%)" |
| } |
| contract RollupProxy (arb1:0x374de579AE15aD59eD0519aeAf1A23F348Df259c) [orbitstack/RollupProxy_fastConfirm] { | |
| +++ description: Central contract for the project's configuration like its execution logic hash (`wasmModuleRoot`) and addresses of the other system contracts. Entry point for Proposers creating new Rollup Nodes (state commitments) and Challengers submitting fraud proofs (In the Orbit stack, these two roles are both held by the Validators). | |
| +++ description: ArbOS version derived from known wasmModuleRoots. | |
| values.arbOsFromWmRoot: | |
| - | "0x5b82aa008989d331bf6f3cf75b85a04c9ee809447c19b85fecaf3b7d749a6576" |
| + | "0x2dc824fed99dcdf659f2523ad68d1ec70bd5f08e3c533996be3a2d2b19813e83" |
| +++ description: Root hash of the WASM module used for execution, like a fingerprint of the L2 logic. Can be associated with ArbOS versions. | |
| values.wasmModuleRoot: | |
| - | "0x5b82aa008989d331bf6f3cf75b85a04c9ee809447c19b85fecaf3b7d749a6576" |
| + | "0x2dc824fed99dcdf659f2523ad68d1ec70bd5f08e3c533996be3a2d2b19813e83" |
| } |
| - | Status: DELETED |
| contract EspressoTEEVerifier (arb1:0x4fd6D0995B3016726D5674992c1Ec1bDe0989cF5) [espresso/Sequencing/EspressoTEEVerifier_gateway] | |
| +++ description: TEE gateway contract that can be used to 1) register signers that were generated inside a TEE and 2) verify the signatures of such signers. It supports both Intel SGX and AWS Nitro TEEs through modular contracts. |
| - | Status: DELETED |
| contract QuoteVerifier (arb1:0x69523d25E25e5c78d828Df90459b75F189D40Cf7) [espresso/Sequencing/QuoteVerifier] | |
| +++ description: The QuoteVerifier contract is used by the EspressoTEEVerifier to verify the validity of the TEE quote. It references a PCCSRouter (arb1:0x0d089B3fA00CBAD0a5098025519e9e4620622acF), an access point for Intel SGX 'collateral', crucial references of which some modular contracts are unverified. |
| contract SafeL2 (arb1:0x6Dc61D9E366697979f69D89a154f2F8cd2F11dA5) [GnosisSafe] { | |
| +++ description: None | |
| receivedPermissions.0.description: | |
| - | "set the enclaveHash (hash of enclave's code and initial data) and delete all registered signers." |
| + | "add, remove or disable supported enclave hashes." |
| receivedPermissions.0.from: | |
| - | "arb1:0x05A16513BF74629b834878731f07b075Cca33f55" |
| + | "arb1:0x9440e52851706A261965c128A6CB3b5C455177Fb" |
| receivedPermissions.1.description: | |
| - | "change the modular TEE verifier contracts." |
| + | "change the TEE verifier contract." |
| receivedPermissions.1.from: | |
| - | "arb1:0x4fd6D0995B3016726D5674992c1Ec1bDe0989cF5" |
| + | "arb1:0x9440e52851706A261965c128A6CB3b5C455177Fb" |
| } |
| - | Status: DELETED |
| contract EspressoNitroTEEVerifier (arb1:0x9bE8dA826D2C6E6708372f0d056f57B97e6dB029) [apechain/EspressoNitroTEEVerifier_modifiableVerifier] | |
| +++ description: Verifies attestations of an AWS Nitro TEE. | |
| Note: currently only Succinct proofs are used. |
| contract SequencerInbox (arb1:0xE6a92Ae29E24C343eE66A2B3D3ECB783d65E4a3C) [orbitstack/SequencerInbox_Espresso] { | |
| +++ description: The Espresso TEE sequencer (registered in this contract) can submit transaction batches or commitments here. | |
| values.espressoTEEVerifier: | |
| - | "arb1:0x4fd6D0995B3016726D5674992c1Ec1bDe0989cF5" |
| + | "arb1:0x9440e52851706A261965c128A6CB3b5C455177Fb" |
| } |
| EOA (arb1:0xFb259F30199B4f4AB9c9a26019f83b195837075E) { | |
| +++ description: None | |
| receivedPermissions.0: | |
| - | {"permission":"interact","from":"arb1:0x9bE8dA826D2C6E6708372f0d056f57B97e6dB029","description":"set the enclaveHash (hash of enclave's code and initial data) and delete all registered signers.","role":".owner"} |
| receivedPermissions.1.via: | |
| + | [{"address":"arb1:0x927dCF5D08795eEFd7C2bEC89777CFCD67950870"}] |
| receivedPermissions.1.role: | |
| - | ".owner" |
| + | "admin" |
| receivedPermissions.1.description: | |
| - | "set the nitro enclave verifier that checks the TEE attestations." |
| receivedPermissions.1.from: | |
| - | "arb1:0x9bE8dA826D2C6E6708372f0d056f57B97e6dB029" |
| + | "arb1:0x9440e52851706A261965c128A6CB3b5C455177Fb" |
| receivedPermissions.1.permission: | |
| - | "interact" |
| + | "upgrade" |
| eoaWithUpgradePermissions: | |
| + | true |
| directlyReceivedPermissions: | |
| + | [{"permission":"act","from":"arb1:0x927dCF5D08795eEFd7C2bEC89777CFCD67950870","role":".owner"}] |
| } |
| + | Status: CREATED |
| contract ProxyAdmin (arb1:0x927dCF5D08795eEFd7C2bEC89777CFCD67950870) [global/ProxyAdmin] | |
| +++ description: None |
| + | Status: CREATED |
| contract EspressoTEEVerifier (arb1:0x9440e52851706A261965c128A6CB3b5C455177Fb) [espresso/Sequencing/EspressoTEEVerifier_onlyNitro] | |
| +++ description: TEE gateway contract that can be used to 1) register signers that were generated inside a TEE and 2) verify the signatures of such signers. It supports AWS Nitro TEEs through modular contracts. |
| + | Status: CREATED |
| contract EspressoNitroTEEVerifier (arb1:0xBA7E3C18A16FfD8062047422c63027459105BB35) [espresso/Sequencing/EspressoNitroTEEVerifier_WithServices] | |
| +++ description: Verifies attestations of an AWS Nitro TEE. | |
| Note: currently only Succinct proofs are used. |
Switched to checking TEE attestations with zk in the style of Appchain. Appchain contracts resued (a slightly older version though): https://disco.l2beat.com/diff/eth:0x9E490ce0203d191Cae0ABF5614D561cC6fdc771f/arb1:0x9bE8dA826D2C6E6708372f0d056f57B97e6dB029, the only difference is that owner can change the TEE verifier contact.
Switched to checking TEE attestations with zk in the style of Appchain. Appchain contracts resued (a slightly older version though): https://disco.l2beat.com/diff/eth:0x9E490ce0203d191Cae0ABF5614D561cC6fdc771f/arb1:0x9bE8dA826D2C6E6708372f0d056f57B97e6dB029, the only difference is that owner can change the TEE verifier contact.
| - | Status: DELETED |
| contract CertManager (arb1:0x27CA506AC6567Ef79d364b56cf4dE9C4141d803A) [espresso/Sequencing] | |
| +++ description: The CertManager is used for anchoring TEE attestation keys to a trusted Certificate Authority (CA). |
| contract EspressoTEEVerifier (arb1:0x4fd6D0995B3016726D5674992c1Ec1bDe0989cF5) [espresso/Sequencing/EspressoTEEVerifier_gateway] { | |
| +++ description: TEE gateway contract that can be used to 1) register signers that were generated inside a TEE and 2) verify the signatures of such signers. It supports both Intel SGX and AWS Nitro TEEs through modular contracts. | |
| +++ severity: HIGH | |
| values.espressoNitroTEEVerifier: | |
| - | "arb1:0xC17cd192bd0aF90a0a5c6021ee038E9223bf390C" |
| + | "arb1:0x9bE8dA826D2C6E6708372f0d056f57B97e6dB029" |
| } |
| contract SafeL2 (arb1:0x6Dc61D9E366697979f69D89a154f2F8cd2F11dA5) [GnosisSafe] { | |
| +++ description: None | |
| receivedPermissions.2: | |
| - | {"permission":"interact","from":"arb1:0xC17cd192bd0aF90a0a5c6021ee038E9223bf390C","description":"set the enclaveHash (hash of enclave's code and initial data) and delete all registered signers.","role":".owner"} |
| } |
| - | Status: DELETED |
| contract EspressoNitroTEEVerifier (arb1:0xC17cd192bd0aF90a0a5c6021ee038E9223bf390C) [espresso/Sequencing/EspressoNitroTEEVerifier] | |
| +++ description: Verifies attestations of an AWS Nitro TEE. | |
| Note: currently only Succinct proofs are used. |
| + | Status: CREATED |
| contract NitroEnclaveVerifier (arb1:0x1b467761E7a125381c4f654e11B397023Fc53DD8) [espresso/Sequencing/NitroEnclaveVerifier] | |
| +++ description: ZK-backed verifier for AWS Nitro enclave attestations. Verifies ZK proofs (RiscZero, Succinct SP1 or Pico) that attest AWS Nitro cert chain validation was executed correctly off-chain. |
| + | Status: CREATED |
| contract EspressoNitroTEEVerifier (arb1:0x9bE8dA826D2C6E6708372f0d056f57B97e6dB029) [apechain/EspressoNitroTEEVerifier_modifiableVerifier] | |
| +++ description: Verifies attestations of an AWS Nitro TEE. | |
| Note: currently only Succinct proofs are used. |
| + | Status: CREATED |
| contract SP1Verifier (arb1:0xD9d5C8456a168Dd25561064F47bF116111131B1D) [succinct/SP1Verifier] | |
| +++ description: Verifier contract for SP1 proofs (v6.1.0). |
Shared SafeL2 ( 0x6Dc61D9E... ) — signer 0x5582a8A4 removed. Threshold unchanged at 2; total signers 4 → 3 (50% → 67%). Same shared multisig change observed on appchain (same address on Ethereum), molten , rari .
Shared SafeL2 (0x6Dc61D9E...) — signer 0x5582a8A4 removed. Threshold unchanged at 2; total signers 4 → 3 (50% → 67%). Same shared multisig change observed on appchain (same address on Ethereum), molten, rari.
| contract SafeL2 (arb1:0x6Dc61D9E366697979f69D89a154f2F8cd2F11dA5) [GnosisSafe] { | |
| +++ description: None | |
| values.$members.1: | |
| - | "arb1:0x5582a8A4f2B04341697cEA4Cf4289a01814C26e6" |
| values.multisigThreshold: | |
| - | "2 of 4 (50%)" |
| + | "2 of 3 (67%)" |
| } |
Ownership of Espresso TEE verifier contracts (EspressoSGXTEEVerifier, EspressoTEEVerifier, EspressoNitroTEEVerifier) transferred from EOA to new SafeL2 multisig.
Ownership of Espresso TEE verifier contracts (EspressoSGXTEEVerifier, EspressoTEEVerifier, EspressoNitroTEEVerifier) transferred from EOA to new SafeL2 multisig.
| contract EspressoSGXTEEVerifier (arb1:0x05A16513BF74629b834878731f07b075Cca33f55) { | |
| +++ description: Verifies attestations of an Intel SGX TEE. | |
| +++ severity: HIGH | |
| values.owner: | |
| - | "arb1:0xFb259F30199B4f4AB9c9a26019f83b195837075E" |
| + | "arb1:0x6Dc61D9E366697979f69D89a154f2F8cd2F11dA5" |
| } |
| contract EspressoTEEVerifier (arb1:0x4fd6D0995B3016726D5674992c1Ec1bDe0989cF5) { | |
| +++ description: TEE gateway contract that can be used to 1) register signers that were generated inside a TEE and 2) verify the signatures of such signers. It supports both Intel SGX and AWS Nitro TEEs through modular contracts. | |
| +++ severity: HIGH | |
| values.owner: | |
| - | "arb1:0xFb259F30199B4f4AB9c9a26019f83b195837075E" |
| + | "arb1:0x6Dc61D9E366697979f69D89a154f2F8cd2F11dA5" |
| } |
| contract EspressoNitroTEEVerifier (arb1:0xC17cd192bd0aF90a0a5c6021ee038E9223bf390C) { | |
| +++ description: Verifies attestations of an AWS Nitro TEE. | |
| +++ severity: HIGH | |
| values.owner: | |
| - | "arb1:0xFb259F30199B4f4AB9c9a26019f83b195837075E" |
| + | "arb1:0x6Dc61D9E366697979f69D89a154f2F8cd2F11dA5" |
| } |
| + | Status: CREATED |
| contract SafeL2 (arb1:0x6Dc61D9E366697979f69D89a154f2F8cd2F11dA5) | |
| +++ description: None |
While forcing transaction is open to anyone the system employs a privileged sequencer that has priority for submitting transaction batches and ordering transactions.
MEV can be extracted if the operator exploits their centralized position and frontruns user transactions.
Because the state of the system is based on transactions submitted on the underlying host chain and anyone can submit their transactions there it allows the users to circumvent censorship by interacting with the smart contract on the host chain directly. After a delay of 3d in which a Sequencer has failed to include a transaction that was directly posted to the smart contract, it can be forcefully included by anyone on the host chain, which finalizes its ordering.
To force transactions from the host chain, users must first enqueue “delayed” messages in the “delayed” inbox of the Bridge contract. Only authorized Inboxes are allowed to enqueue delayed messages, and the so-called Inbox contract is the one used as the entry point by calling the sendMessage or sendMessageFromOrigin functions. If the centralized sequencer doesn’t process the request within some time bound, users can call the forceInclusion function on the SequencerInbox contract to include the message in the canonical chain. The time bound is hardcoded to be 3d.
Users can (eventually) exit the system by pushing the transaction on L1 and providing the corresponding state root. The only way to prevent such withdrawal is via an upgrade.
Arbitrum One uses Nitro technology that allows running fraud proofs by executing EVM code on top of WASM.

A Multisig with 3/6 threshold.
A Multisig with 2/3 threshold.
TEE gateway contract that can be used to 1) register signers that were generated inside a TEE and 2) verify the signatures of such signers. It supports AWS Nitro TEEs through modular contracts.


Central contract for the project’s configuration like its execution logic hash (wasmModuleRoot) and addresses of the other system contracts. Entry point for Proposers creating new Rollup Nodes (state commitments) and Challengers submitting fraud proofs (In the Orbit stack, these two roles are both held by the Validators).

Contract that allows challenging state roots. Can be called through the RollupProxy by Validators or the UpgradeExecutor.
The Espresso TEE sequencer (registered in this contract) can submit transaction batches or commitments here.
Central contract defining the access control permissions for upgrading the system contract implementations.
ZK-backed verifier for AWS Nitro enclave attestations. Verifies ZK proofs (RiscZero, Succinct SP1 or Pico) that attest AWS Nitro cert chain validation was executed correctly off-chain.
One of the modular contracts used for the last step of a fraud proof, which is simulated inside a WASM virtual machine.
One of the modular contracts used for the last step of a fraud proof, which is simulated inside a WASM virtual machine.
One of the modular contracts used for the last step of a fraud proof, which is simulated inside a WASM virtual machine.
One of the modular contracts used for the last step of a fraud proof, which is simulated inside a WASM virtual machine.
One of the modular contracts used for the last step of a fraud proof, which is simulated inside a WASM virtual machine.
This contract implements view only utilities for validators.
Verifies attestations of an AWS Nitro TEE. Note: currently only Succinct proofs are used.
Verifier contract for SP1 proofs (v6.1.0).
Helper contract sending configuration data over the bridge during the systems initialization.
The current deployment carries some associated risks:
Funds can be stolen if a contract receives a malicious code upgrade. There is no delay on code upgrades (CRITICAL).