Contract Powers Registry / ethereum

MakerDAO Vat

0x35d1b3f3d7966a1dfe207aa4514c12a259a0492b on ethereum

In one line

retained powers: fees, mint, ownership, pause, seize; 3 further owner-only function(s) the engine could not categorise (listed under coverage).

UpgradeableNot found
Source verifiedYes
Controlled byNo owner() found
Confirmed powers5 +3 uncategorised

Can this code be replaced?

No proxy pattern found. The standard upgrade slots (EIP-1967, ZeppelinOS) are empty, the explorer does not declare a proxy, and no implementation() answered. The code at this address is very likely the code that runs. Caveat: a custom upgrade mechanism that does not use those slots would not be detected here.

Who holds the keys?

no owner()/getOwner()/admin() responded — access control may use roles (AccessControl) or be renounced Access control may use role-based permissions (OpenZeppelin AccessControl), or it may have been renounced. This registry does not enumerate role holders.

What the privileged role can still do

Each card is a capability found in the code. declared = the contract’s published interface exposes it. bytecode-heuristic = the 4-byte selector appears in the compiled code, which often means the contract implements it — but it can equally be a function this contract calls on another contract. Only a verified source settles that.

Fees can be changed

declared

The fee or tax taken on activity is set at runtime, not fixed in code.

Evidence (1)
  • fold(bytes32,address,int256) abi

New tokens can be created

declared

Supply is not fixed by the code — the privileged role can issue more.

Evidence (1)
  • suck(address,address,uint256) abi

Control can be transferred

declared

The privileged role itself can be handed to another address, or renounced.

Evidence (2)
  • deny(address) abi
  • rely(address) abi

Transfers can be halted

declared

A privileged role can stop activity, including your ability to exit.

Evidence (1)
  • cage() abi

Your balance can be taken or destroyed

declared

A privileged role can move or delete tokens that belong to a specific holder — not just block them. This is stronger than a freeze: the balance does not stay put.

Evidence (2)
  • grab(bytes32,address,address,address,int256,int256) abi
  • slip(bytes32,address,int256) abi

What this page did not categorise

3 more functions here are restricted to a privileged role, and this engine has no category for them. The list above matches function names against a fixed set of power categories. These ones are gated in the published source — an only… modifier or a sender check — but their names match nothing, so no card was written for them. They are named here in full rather than dropped, because a report that looks complete is worse than one that says where it stops.

FunctionName shapeRestricted byRead from
file(bytes32,bytes32,uint256) — authcontract source
file(bytes32,uint256) — authcontract source
init(bytes32) initialiser authcontract source

Where to start: 1 of these 3 are a repeating name shape — 1 initialiser — which usually means configuration rather than a new capability. The name shape is read from the name alone and claims nothing about behaviour; setOracle and setFeeRecipient share it and differ completely. The other 2 match no shape, and those are where to look first.

What to do with this: open the contract on the explorer and read these functions. The gate shown is the exact text found in the source. This engine does not guess what the function does. Of the 17 state-changing functions in the published interface, 7 matched a known category and 3 are listed here.

Is there a bug bounty on this?

No live bug-bounty program matched this contract’s name in my index (169 Immunefi + 52 Cantina programs, rebuilt daily). Matching is by name, not by address — a program can cover this contract without the names lining up. Browse the full index at Bounty Radar.

Raw facts

Chainethereum (chainId 1)
Contract nameVat
Compilerv0.5.12+commit.7709ece9
LicenseGNU GPLv3
Bytecode size13,493 bytes
DELEGATECALLabsent
SELFDESTRUCTabsent
CREATE2absent
Explorerview on block explorer ↗

Has any of this changed?

This page is rebuilt from the chain and diffed against the previous day. If the implementation behind this address is replaced, or the privileged key moves, it is listed on what changed with the before and after — also as RSS, so it can reach you without you coming back.

How this was produced, and what it cannot tell you

Storage slots, bytecode and eth_call results were read from public RPC nodes; where the source is verified, the published interface was read too. Nothing here is copied from another site’s opinion. Generated in 1857 ms on 2026-10-12.

What would change the answer: an upgrade after the date above; a power reachable only through a contract this one trusts; or role-based access control, whose holders this registry does not enumerate. Re-read the chain before you rely on it.

Machine-readable

Same facts as JSON, free, no key: /c/ethereum/0x35d1b3f3d7966a1dfe207aa4514c12a259a0492b.json. Live lookups for any address (not just this list) are $0.05 per call.

Want a human-grade read?

This page is automated pattern-matching. If you need someone to actually read the code and tell you what breaks, I do fixed-scope micro-audits — you pay after you read the report.