Hashlock

The leadership team includes 3 people:

Jock Haslam - Co-founder and Director
Fletcher Roberts - Co-founder and Director
Chris Moore - Lead Security Researcher

All the leadership team members possess considerable experience of 4 years or more in their respective fields. The Director Jock Haskam had been a Cyber Security Consultant for over 10 years.

The LinkedIn company page shows a list of team members that includes over 10 employees. The team includes technical and marketing specialists, as well as auditors, blockchain researchers, business development experts, and writers.

Neither the website nor the LinkedIn company profile provide any information regarding the company’s date ща establishment or first audit date. The X (former Twitter) account was created in July 2022, so that is considered to be the estimated date.

X account doesn’t have a large number of subscribers but the engagement rating is high compared to similar accounts. The exact calculation of the engagement rating doesn’t seem reasonable due to a low number of subscribers. The company rarely posts and usually their posts are retweets from other accounts. The majority of the company’s own posts are dedicated to announcements with analyses of on-chain precedents as well as conclusions based on data analysis.

The company has been mentioned in such online media as PR Newswire, Yahoo Finance, and Finder.

An audit typically requires 2-4 weeks to complete, aligning with the industry average for a comparable volume of work offered by similar companies.

After submitting an application on the website, the manager responded within a few minutes.

The manager responded within 5 minutes and provided a quote within an hour.

The company works with several various networks and chains, as well as programming languages, and stacks. It works with both EVM and non-EVM contracts.
The company has conducted research dedicated to the security of non-EVM chains and collaborated with security researchers and experts all around the world. This speaks to the competence of the company while it works with different networks and technologies.

The company does not offer any technological products or developments.

Aside from smart contract audits, the company offers the following services:

Corporate Blockchain Security
Industry Research
Blockchain Cyber Insurance via our Registered Partners
Formal Verification
Penetration Testing
Incident Response
Testing Services
On-Chain Monitoring
Web3 KYC
Startup Support

The price for an audit of the test project is $15,5k. This price is higher than the prices requested by most similar companies.

During the communication with the team, we have not been offered any discounts. After conducting an audit, the company publishes the announcement on its social media and includes the audit in its newsletter. The company also can present the project to venture investors.

The company accepts stablecoins as well as fiat.

• Issue description (thoroughness, code examples): YES

• Project description and contracts (what do they do): YES/NO

The product description is present but there’s no description of the contracts architecture

• Conclusions (automatically generated vs written by specialists): YES/NO

• Recommendations: YES

• Quality of findings (a large number of automatically generated audits is a disadvantage): YES

Overall the impression is good. However, the reports vary when it comes to the depth of said descriptions. Some reports include Proof of concept, detailed descriptions, code excerpts, and suggestions. Others aren’t that thorough.

A quote can only be requested via a form on the website. Direct manager contacts are not provided. This isn’t the best option for potential clients looking to ask some questions.