press release

TVM Ventures Partners with Trail of Bits to Deliver Ecosystem-Wide Security Services and DeFi Standards in TON

Dubai, United Arab Emirates – 13th Februray 2025 – TVM Ventures has selected Trail of Bits as its preferred security partner to strengthen its developer ecosystem. Through this partnership, Trail of Bits will provide comprehensive security services to contest-winning projects deploying on the TON ecosystem and lead the development of DeFi protocol standards across the TON ecosystem.  

Supporting Contest Winners  

TVM Ventures will support the winners of high-profile developer contests where teams can showcase innovative applications that advance TVM Ventures’ mission of putting DeFi in every pocket. Select winners will receive fully funded security assessments.

“By working with Trail of Bits who is well respected by the builders in our community, we are transforming TON’s DeFi to an institutional grade ecosystem,” said Steve Yun, the founder of TVM Ventures.  

This strategic investment in security helps ensure that teams building complex protocols in an asynchronous environment have the technical foundation they need to safeguard their users’ assets.  

Proven Track Record  

This gives developers direct access to Trail of Bits' impressive track record in auditing TON's critical infrastructure since 2022, including their expertise in FunC, low-level blockchain architecture, such as the deepest part of TON's consensus mechanism, workchain architecture, TON Virtual Machine (TVM), and other unique features of the system. With advanced tooling for FunC and TOLK, Trail of Bits is best positioned to map complex data flows and identify potential vulnerabilities that automation cannot detect.  

Developing DeFi Standards  

Over the next months, a key part of our partnership involves establishing ecosystem-wide standards for DeFi protocols aimed at improving composability across DeFi applications starting with the below:  

  • Creating standardized message formats for DEX interactions.  
  • Developing consistent interfaces for lending protocol interactions.  
  • Additional protocol standards based on ecosystem needs.  
  • Regular working sessions with TON's DeFi protocol developers to gather requirements and feedback.  

Within the next two weeks, a problem statement will be circulated throughout the community. Followed by feedback, a formal proposal will be submitted.  

“We're excited to support TVM Venture's vision of making blockchain technology safe for everyone. Our shared commitment to ecosystem security will help ensure TON projects have the solid foundations they need to innovate with confidence,” said Josselin Feist, Blockchain Engineering Director of Trail of Bits.

Stay up-to-date on all partnership information by following TVM Ventures on X and Telegram and visiting the Trail of Bits’ landing page.