[Gdynia, Poland – July 2026]
Engineering studio Nextrope has officially announced the deployment of its proprietary AI security agent on AgentArena, Nethermind Security’s premier benchmarking platform. This deployment sets a new standard for automated smart contract audit workflows by bringing continuous vulnerability testing to live codebases.
How public benchmarks are transforming smart contract audit standards
As artificial intelligence rapidly changes cybersecurity, distinguishing functional tech from marketing hype requires transparent evaluation. Rather than relying on closed, private demos, Nextrope is validating its continuous smart contract audit track record in public via Nethermind’s AgentArena.
AgentArena provides an open framework designed to benchmark autonomous AI agents against real-world smart contract codebases.
Continuous smart contract audit vs. traditional checkpoints
A traditional smart contract audit usually occurs near the end of the development lifecycle as a single checkpoint. Nextrope’s strategy shifts this paradigm by placing an always-on pre-screening layer directly into the development environment.
The Nextrope AI agent runs continuously alongside active development, providing a real-time smart contract audit mechanism that catches vulnerabilities before code reaches final production.
„Public benchmarks matter more than private demos. That’s why our AI security agent is live on AgentArena, Nethermind’s benchmarking platform for autonomous agents working on real smart contract security tasks. Instead of relying solely on a one-time smart contract audit, our agent runs continuously alongside development as an always-on pre-screening layer. We’re building our track record in public – one benchmark, one finding, and one iteration at a time,”
stated the Nextrope team.
Proven results on the public leaderboard
Since going live on AgentArena, Nextrope’s AI agent has already logged its first verified findings on active codebases:
- 1 Medium Severity Finding
- 1 Low Severity Finding
Tracked on Nethermind’s public leaderboard, these findings demonstrate the power of multi-agent testing – independent AI tools operating on the same codebase surface edge cases that single static analysis tools miss.
Nethermind security endorsement
Nethermind Security highlighted the crucial role of multi-agent adversarial testing in modern Web3 security infrastructure:
„Teams are building their own security agents on AgentArena and testing them on real smart contract tasks. Nextrope’s is running now. Independent agents on the same codebase surface issues a single tool can miss. That’s the point of adversarial testing, and it’s one layer of what full-lifecycle security takes,”
noted Nethermind.
Shaping the future of autonomous Web3 & AI systems
As engineering teams continue to integrate AI agents into active development workflows, transparent evaluation benchmarks are what separate battle-tested infrastructure from marketing hype. Nextrope continues to push the boundaries of applied AI and evaluation guardrails, building its track record in public through verifiable results.
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About Nextrope
Nextrope is a boutique engineering studio building digital asset infrastructure for fintechs and product teams. Nextrope delivers production systems on EVM and Ripple (XRPL) from smart contracts to backend services, indexing, and operations, as well as AI/RAG systems for workflow automation and production guardrails.
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About Nethermind & AgentArena
Nethermind is a global leader in Ethereum research, core infrastructure, and Web3 security. AgentArena by Nethermind Security is an open benchmarking platform designed to test and rank autonomous AI security agents against live smart contract tasks.
