Use cases

Introduction

Venn Safe Guard is designed to protect a wide range of Safe users, from corporate treasuries and DeFi protocols to DAOs. This page outlines typical Safe activities and explains different use cases for Venn’s Safe Guard.

Use cases

Treasury and high‑value operations

Asset managers, treasuries, exchanges, custodians, and those controlling significant funds through Safe multisigs face high risks. High-value transfers are prime targets for hackers; this is why a standard multisig threshold is not sufficient when attackers can modify transaction details in real time (e.g., the Bybit exploit in Feb '25 drained $1.5B by spoofing the signing interface and compromising signer devices).

Venn Safe Guard doesn’t simply monitor your wallet - it enforces pre, during, and post‑execution validation. Before a transaction reaches your Safe queue, a decentralized network of independent validators simulates it off‑chain and votes on its legitimacy, and only secure transactions receive a consensus signature that will enable them to be executed later. During execution, the Guard checks that this consensus signature is present and that the transaction’s bytecode matches exactly what was validated. After execution, it confirms that nothing has changed. This end-to-end validation prevents Compromised Interfaces and man-in-the-middle modifications at any stage.

Smart Contract operations

DeFi protocols, rollups, and bridge contracts that use Safe multisig for contract upgrades, privileged function calls, and on-chain operations. These admin actions can create attack vectors, such as malicious upgrades or delegate calls, which may install silent backdoors, hijack fallback handlers, or escalate privileges.

Venn Safe Guard protects protocol development teams by simulating and verifying the exact bytecode of every upgrade or admin call through the Venn network. If the executed bytecode differs from the validated version or contains a malicious call, the Guard blocks the execution on-chain. This ensures that only authorized, reviewed, and secure contract changes are deployed, preventing common exploit routes.

Governance operations

Boards, councils, and DAOs use Safe to pass decisions, ranging from grant approvals to parameter changes. Non‑technical signers and time pressure make governance vulnerable to social engineering and UI spoofing attacks.

Venn Safe Guard validates every governance proposal is simulated and validated by independent security operators before entering the Safe queue. Only transactions that pass consensus validation can be executed, preventing malicious approvals.