# Trust & Security Model

Security and trustlessness form the foundation of IFÁ Labs. Every design decision prioritizes **decentralization, transparency, and verifiability** to ensure that price feeds remain accurate and resistant to manipulation, even in adversarial conditions.

#### Core Principles

1. **Trustless Operation**\
   Protocols interact directly with onchain contracts. No centralized offchain component is required to read prices, eliminating single points of trust or failure.
2. **Decentralized Data Aggregation**\
   Prices are sourced from multiple independent providers (CEXs, DEXs, forex feeds). Data is aggregated offchain by decentralized relayers using robust consensus mechanisms.
3. **Manipulation Resistance**
   * Outlier detection and removal
   * Weighted median/average calculations
   * Deviation thresholds tailored for stablecoin peg behavior
4. **Transparent Updates**\
   Every price push is recorded onchain with timestamps and can be verified by anyone. Relayers sign submissions, enabling accountability.

#### Security Measures

* **Professional Audits:** All price oracle contracts have been thoroughly audited by **AdForensics**, a reputable third-party security firm. No critical vulnerabilities were found, and reports are available upon request.
* **Minimal Attack Surface:** Simple, battle-tested contract design focused solely on price storage and retrieval.
* **No Admin Keys:** Once deployed, contracts are immutable with no centralized upgrade or pause functionality.
* **Economic Incentives:** Relayers are rewarded for timely, accurate updates (details in governance roadmap).

#### Risk Mitigations

While no oracle is entirely risk-free, IFÁ Labs minimizes common threats:

| Threat              | Mitigation Strategy                                   |
| ------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- |
| Source manipulation | Multi-source aggregation + outlier filtering          |
| Relayer collusion   | Decentralized relayer set + slashing (future)         |
| Flash loan attacks  | Time-weighted updates and deviation checks            |
| Network congestion  | Deployment on low-cost, high-throughput L2s like Base |

Developers are encouraged to implement additional safeguards such as staleness checks and multi-oracle fallbacks in critical applications.

With this model, IFÁ Labs delivers the highest standard of security for stablecoin price feeds, fully onchain, audited, and built for long-term reliability.

Jump into [**Quickstart**](https://docs.ifalabs.com/quickstart) to start integrating today.
