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The Turtle Due Diligence Council (TDC) is an independent body established to bring structured review standards to DeFi yield opportunities. The TDC is actively formalizing its review process and coverage across the Turtle protocol. For how the TDC fits into Turtle’s broader safety posture, see Trust and Security.

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What the TDC does

The council evaluates vaults and deals across four risk dimensions:
  • Technical risk: smart contract quality, audit history, upgrade mechanisms
  • Operational risk: team background, custody model, operational controls
  • Financial risk: collateralization, liquidity profile, historical performance
  • Curator risk: track record, conflicts of interest, disclosure practices
Where a TDC review has been completed, a written report is published alongside the vault listing.

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Independence

Council members operate independently of Turtle’s commercial team. A vault or deal can be declined by the TDC regardless of the commercial relationship between Turtle and the protocol.

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Published reports

Where a diligence report has been completed it is published and accessible via the vault’s Transparency page. For featured vaults the TDC works with Accountable to produce an independent Proof of Solvency.

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Contact

Protocols seeking to engage the TDC for a review should contact the Turtle team through the Client Portal or reach out directly at turtle.xyz. As the council scales coverage, review criteria and methodology will be published here.