Sentinel methodology
Evidence review and corrections
FirePan reviews specific factual challenges under a consistent, bounded process. Confirmed errors and their dependent outputs are corrected without charge. Additional analysis follows normal scope and capacity limits. Methodology changes apply consistently to comparable reports.
What we review
Send the report URL, the specific statement or input you dispute, and evidence or a reproducible check to support@firepan.com. Include the chain, contract address, and relevant observation date. A GitHub source link with a commit and file reference can help us verify a code claim.
We review the challenged statement and its dependent outputs. We prioritize requests by materiality, reproducibility, and the number of reports a shared defect may affect. This review does not automatically include a new code audit, an unrestricted manual investigation, or a rescan with a newer model.
When a score changes
Published scores remain unchanged unless verified evidence changes a scored input under the applicable methodology. When it does, we recalculate and explain the result. Wording and provenance corrections can leave the score unchanged. We do not retain a known erroneous penalty or add an offsetting adjustment to preserve a number.
Missing evidence is shown as unavailable or unresolved. It is not measured zero, proven absence, or proof of EOA control. A provider heuristic is identified as such; it does not establish the specific power or code path that triggered it.
Dates and consistent treatment
We preserve historical snapshots and record the date, evidence, scope, and score effect of a correction. A correction date is distinct from a rescan date. Shared defects are reviewed across affected reports, regardless of whether each project requests a correction.
Correction eligibility does not depend on payment, project prominence, or purchasing an audit. Submitted audits may be considered after their scope and provenance are verified under the normal methodology. Purchasing or submitting an audit does not guarantee a score increase. Commercial follow-up is separate from the factual review.
Worked examples: Flying Tulip and crvUSD
These examples show why the same correction policy can produce different numerical outcomes.
Changing an unsupported EOA classification to an evidenced 3-of-5 Safe changes the existing ownership adjustment from −4 to +3. No deep-audit or founder-identity bonus is added. Pause authority and the existing provider-heuristic review adjustment remain.
Both reports treated an unusable holder sample as 0.0%. Correcting that display to unavailable leaves their existing zero-point concentration contribution unchanged.
Correction recorded 2026-09-29. Safety: 64 → 70; Adoption: 56 → 56; legacy overall: 61 → 65. Original snapshot: 2026-09-12. The report contains the correction record and original snapshot.
Clarifying unresolved mint control does not remove an ownership penalty: this snapshot had none. Its mint-authority adjustment was already reduced to −1 under the existing rubric. No governance or audit bonus is inferred.
Both reports treated an unusable holder sample as 0.0%. Correcting that display to unavailable leaves their existing zero-point concentration contribution unchanged.
Correction recorded 2026-09-29. Safety: 70 → 70; Adoption: 83 → 83; legacy overall: 75 → 75. Original snapshot: 2026-09-12. The report contains the correction record and original snapshot.