Base Batches 003 · Student Track · MVP Ships 2026-04-27

The Public Watchdog for
Tokenized RWAs on Base

RWA Sentinel cross-checks Chainlink, Pyth, and RedStone for 5 core Base assets every minute, and writes detected deviations to an append-only on-chain log. Free and open-source, retail-facing, Base-exclusive.

9
Oracle failures (18mo)
≥$50M
Lost to oracle issues
5
Phase 1 assets
0
Free RWA watchdogs on Base
01 — Problem

A pattern, not an incident

Over the past 18 months, at least nine oracle-composition or hardcoded-oracle failures across Base-adjacent DeFi have caused ≥$50M in losses — roughly one incident every two months. The most recent is the Moonwell cbETH incident of February 2026 ($2.68M impacting ~181 borrowers) caused by an OEV wrapper misconfiguration. Every single one would have been caught by a multi-oracle ±2% cross-check in the same block it occurred.

02 — Solution

The Sentinel solution

An always-on cross-check of Chainlink, Pyth, and RedStone for 5 core Base assets on a 1-minute cadence. When deviation exceeds ±2%, the event is queued, fanned out to Telegram and webhook subscribers, and written to AlertRegistry on Base Mainnet as an append-only record. Every line of code is MIT-licensed; every alert is publicly verifiable on-chain.

03 — Architecture

Edge Workers + On-Chain Registry

Cross-check runs on Cloudflare Workers (~$55/mo at scale vs ~$8.7K/mo fully on-chain). Alerts are delivered off-chain for speed and anchored on-chain for auditability.

STEP 01

Poller Worker

Cron 1 min · 5 assets × 3 oracles · viem + Pyth + RedStone

STEP 02

Cross-Check

Pairwise ±2% deviation · per-asset tunable

STEP 03

AlertWriter

Queue consumer · D1 + on-chain + webhook + Telegram

STEP 04

AlertRegistry

Append-only Solidity log · Base Mainnet · verified

Phase 1 Coverage

5 assets · 3 oracles · 1-min cadence

BTC / USD
ETH / USD
USDC / USD
cbETH / USD
USDO (PoR)

Chainlink · Pyth · RedStone — full overlap matrix in .research/oracle-inventory-base.md

08 — Roadmap

Progressive Decentralization

Centralized MVP → Federated operators → Permissionless network + SENTINEL token.

Phase 1 · 2026 Q2

Centralized MVP · Base Batches 003

  • 5 assets monitored: BTC, ETH, USDC, cbETH, USDO
  • AlertRegistry.sol deployed to Base Mainnet
  • Telegram + webhook alerts; Public API (Hono)
  • Moonwell cbETH replay as regression test
  • No token issued
Phase 2 · 2026 Q4 – 2027 Q1

Federated Operators · Pre-seed

  • 2–3 independent operators with N-of-M consensus
  • 10–15 assets incl. wstETH, USDT, DAI, EURC, cbBTC
  • Premium tier GA — target >$5K MRR
  • Third-party security audit
  • Token designed, not issued
Phase 3 · 2027 Q2+

Permissionless + SENTINEL Token

  • StakingManager + Governance + Treasury contracts
  • SENTINEL utility token live on Base (CCIP to ETH/OP)
  • DAO-governed thresholds, coverage, slashing
  • 30+ assets monitored
  • Community airdrop to Phase 1–2 subscribers

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