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DeFi Admin Keys: Multisig Thresholds and Timelocks

Who can upgrade or move funds in each major protocol, how many signers must agree and how long is the timelock?

Proxy admins, owners and multisig thresholds for each major protocol, with the timelock that stands between a change and its execution.

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Blueprint

What the table will hold.

The table as it will open in Strata. Each figure is named here and arrives with its receipt; until its data is published, its place stays empty.

One row One row per protocol contract and power, such as upgrade, pause or move funds, at a pinned blockSorted by Value at stake, highest first

ProtocolContractChainPowerHeld byHolderThresholdTimelock delayhoursSafe modulesValue at stakeUSDLast changeReceipt
Protocol protocol Text
The protocol the contract belongs to, from the protocol registry.
Contract contract Address
The contract whose control the row describes, linked to its code.
Chain chain Chain
The chain the contract is deployed on.
Power power Text
What the holder can do: upgrade code, change parameters, pause, mint or move funds.
Held by holder_type Text
Whether the power sits with a single key, a Safe, a timelock, a governor or nobody.
Holder holder Address
The address that holds the power, labelled where a public source supports the label.
Threshold threshold Text
For a multisig holder, the signers required out of the total, such as three of five.
Timelock delay timelock_delay Number
The minimum wait between queueing and executing a change through this path, or none.
Safe modules modules Number
Modules enabled on the holder Safe, each able to act without the threshold.
Value at stake tvl_guarded Exact amount
Value locked in the contracts this power can change, from the same day's value locked figures.
Last change last_change Date
When the holder, threshold or delay last changed, from the logs.
Receipt receipt Link
The block, storage slots and calls behind the row.

Filter by Chain, Held by, Power.

About

What it answers, and for whom.

Most DeFi protocols can be changed after launch. A proxy admin can swap the code behind a contract and an owner can change parameters or move funds. Those powers usually sit with a multisig, a timelock or a governance contract. This table shows, for each major protocol, who holds each power, how many signers must agree and how long a change must wait before it can run.

Every row comes from contract state: the EIP-1967 admin and implementation slots, owner() and role assignments, a Safe's owners and threshold and a timelock's minimum delay. It describes control, not quality: a short delay or a low threshold is a fact to weigh, not a verdict on a protocol. Each row links to the reads behind it.

Method

How it will be measured.

Every figure will be read at a block, kept with its source and its exact read, and open a receipt anyone can re-check.

How receipts work →
  1. Proxies are found from the EIP-1967 implementation and admin storage slots, read with eth_getStorageAt at a pinned block, and followed to the contract that can upgrade them.
  2. Owners and roles come from owner() calls and AccessControl RoleGranted and RoleRevoked logs, replayed to find the current holder of each role.
  3. Where a holder is a Safe, getOwners(), getThreshold() and getModulesPaginated() give its signers, threshold and modules; a module can act without the threshold and is listed as a power of its own.
  4. Timelocks are read from TimelockController getMinDelay() or a Compound-style Timelock delay(); a power with no timelock on its path is shown as immediate.
  5. On Solana, a program's upgrade authority is read from its program data account; a program with no upgrade authority cannot be changed.

The data it needs

Read from chain state and history

  • address_labelsTo buildAddress labelsLabels for known addresses: exchanges, bridges, protocols, funds, treasuries, sanctioned addresses and known attackers.
  • defi_tvl_dailyTo buildDeFi value lockedAssets deposited in DeFi protocols per protocol, chain and asset at day end, valued with oracle prices, never double counting receipt tokens.
  • governance_votesTo buildGovernance proposals and votesProposals, votes, voting power and turnout in on-chain governors, with off-chain votes recorded with their source.
  • EIP-1967 admin and implementation slots via eth_getStorageAt for protocol proxies
  • owner() reads and AccessControl RoleGranted and RoleRevoked logs
  • Safe getOwners(), getThreshold() and getModulesPaginated() for admin multisigs
  • TimelockController getMinDelay() and Compound-style Timelock delay()
  • Solana program data accounts for each program's upgrade authority
Questions

Questions people ask.

What is an admin key in DeFi?

Any address with special power over a protocol's contracts: upgrading their code, pausing them, changing parameters or moving funds. It can be a single wallet, a multisig, a timelock or a governance contract.

What does a multisig threshold mean?

A multisig needs a set number of its signers to approve each transaction, such as three of five. A higher threshold makes one stolen key less dangerous, though how independent the signers are matters as much as how many there are.

Why do timelocks matter?

A timelock forces a wait between when a change is queued and when it can run. During that window anyone can see the pending change on-chain and withdraw if they disagree, which is why a missing or very short delay is worth noticing.

Is a protocol with admin keys unsafe?

Admin keys are a trade-off. They let teams fix bugs and respond to attacks, and they also let a compromised or malicious key change the rules. This table shows who holds each power and what stands in its way, so readers can weigh that trade-off themselves.

What is an upgradeable proxy?

A contract that forwards every call to a separate implementation contract whose address can be changed. Users keep interacting with the same address while the code behind it can be replaced by whoever controls the proxy.

Proxy admin
The address allowed to change a proxy's implementation, stored in the EIP-1967 admin slot or set by the proxy's own upgrade logic.
Safe
A widely used smart-contract multisig wallet that executes a transaction only with a set threshold of owner signatures.
Timelock
A contract that holds queued transactions for a minimum delay before anyone can execute them.
Safe module
An extension enabled on a Safe that can execute transactions without the usual signer threshold.

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