Forta

• Forta is a decentralised network that monitors blockchain activity for threats in real time.

• Detection bots run by independent operators scan transactions and raise alerts on suspicious patterns.

• FORT is used for staking by bot operators and scan nodes.

• Supply allocated across community, ecosystem and investors.

• Staked by node operators and bot developers as a quality bond.

Pros:

• Real-time monitoring can catch an exploit as it begins rather than after funds are gone.

• Open bot development means detection improves through many contributors rather than one team.

• Used by established protocols for production monitoring.

Cons:

• Detection alone does not stop an attack unless the protocol has an automated response.

• Alert quality varies across independently developed bots.

• Security budgets are among the first cut when markets contract.

• Exposure to on-chain security monitoring infrastructure.

• Open bot development is a genuine scaling advantage.

• Weigh that detection without automated response has limited value.

• An open network where anyone can deploy detection logic, so threat coverage grows with contributors rather than with one team's capacity.

• Exploits drain protocols in minutes and teams usually learn about them from social media.

• Continuous automated monitoring shortens detection time, if the protocol can act on the alert.

• Originally developed by OpenZeppelin, a security firm, before becoming independent.

• Governed by the Forta Foundation.

• No public ICO. FORT was distributed through airdrop to OpenZeppelin users and ecosystem allocations.

• Detection without automated response provides limited protection.

• Alert quality varies across independent bot developers.

• Security spending is cyclical.

• Competition from in-house monitoring and commercial security vendors.