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• Third-party evaluators can provide
the technical expertise that
investors may lack.
• These providers can also help
prevent fraudulent evaluation
results since they are invested in
their own contract, not the results
of the due diligence process.
• The technical expertise these evaluators
can provide is especially
valuable now when codebases
are one of the few fully auditable
aspects.
• These audits can ensure that at
minimum a product is feasible
and reliable.
• Audits can also provide insight
into any technical debts or dependencies
a product may have.
• Although code audits can’t replace
process or team evaluations,
these audits can shine some light
on the standardization of processes.
• The consistency of code quality
and the methods implemented
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