Organization Name – Safe

Category – Security & Identity

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Safe has a history that spans more than half a decade of Ethereum’s development arc. It began as Gnosis Safe in 2018, emerging from the Gnosis project as a secure, programmable alternative to externally owned accounts. The design premise was straightforward: the single private key, compromised or lost, ends everything. A multi-signature smart account with configurable thresholds distributes that risk across multiple keys, multiple signers, and multiple approval conditions.

What makes Safe’s position unusual in the security category is that it became infrastructure rather than a product in… the conventional sense. By 2026, Safe manages a substantial fraction of the total value locked in smart accounts on Ethereum. DAOs, protocols, and large holders use it as a treasury standard. The product is not just a wallet—it is a coordination layer for organizational asset management.

The modular architecture Safe developed enables third-party extensions: modules can add custom logic, guards can enforce spending limits, and plugins extend the base account with arbitrary functionality. This programmability at the account layer is what separates smart account infrastructure from traditional multisig in terms of what it can express.

VB Transparency Score of 8.77 at the 50th percentile; RMA Unverified across all seven pillars despite the project’s institutional footprint and Zug, Switzerland domicile. MES of 29.17. VaaSBlock’s comparison of the RMA and ISO 27001 frameworks is relevant here: Safe’s governance structure and operational history represent the kind of institutional footprint that certification frameworks are designed to recognize. The verification gap is notable given the scale. Read More