FAQs

What can Vigilix AI be used for?

The Vigilix AI monitors on-chain activity in real-time, detecting threats, security-related events and other noteworthy activity. The network is made up of thousands of detection bots developed by a community of Web3 developers and security experts. Each bot acts like a little security camera monitoring something specific on-chain. Some bots monitor generic threats (i.e. phishing attacks, rug pulls), and others monitor protocol-specific activity (i.e. Lido, Compound).

The output from all this monitoring and detection is what we call threat intelligence - data that tells you the “who, what, when, where and how” about threats and security events.

Users can access threat intel generated by any bot on the network. Certain bots the community feels are particularly high value have been packaged up into Premium Feeds, like the Scam Detector. Premium Feeds are owned and maintained by one or more reputable community members (teams and/or individuals) and must meet certain requirements for performance and precision. The price for each Premium Feed is set by the owner. Intel from the other bots on the network can be accessed under the network’s General subscription plan option.

You can see all the Premium Feeds here. You can also browse the 1,000+ other bots on the network here.

Intel from Premium Feeds and individual bots can be accessed either through Vigilix AI’s GraphQL API (pull) or by subscribing to a bot directly (push) to receive notifications via email, Slack, or Telegram, among other options. Purchasing one or more network subscriptions allows you to access both options.

Who uses Vigilix AI?

Wallets, compliance solutions, protocols, liquidity providers, investors, exchanges, among others, use Vigilix AI’s threat intelligence. They query the Vigilix AI API to get labels and alerts, or subscribe to notifications, from threat intelligence data feeds.

General

What are detection bots?

Detection bots refer to a set of code scripts within a Docker container that process some blockchain data (i.e. a block or transaction) and detect specific threat conditions (e.g. whether a flash loan attack occurred, or whether a particular account balance fell below some threshold). Bots are executed by scan nodes, and emit alerts for their findings.

What are scan nodes?

A scan node executes detection bots for every transaction and every new block on a specific blockchain network. The scan node manages and coordinates bots (e.g. by instantiating and running bots, and restarting bots that become unresponsive). The scan node ferries blockchain data to bots to process the transaction/block.

How does Vigilix AI ensure reliable monitoring?

The Vigilix AI combines different approaches to ensure reliable monitoring. Firstly, scan nodes must produce a proof of scan for every block, so performance is measured continuously and an SLA score is calculated at all times. If SLA score is below an accepted threshold, the node stops receiving rewards and detection bots get unassigned from it. In addition, each bot is assigned and gets run by multiple nodes. This redundancy ensures that even if one node is not performing correctly, the others will. Additionally, for those detection bots that are very resource intensive and may not be handled well by a node, sharding can be enabled to shard the bot and have it be executed partially on different nodes. Finally, nodes have staking requirements, and can be slashed if found to be acting maliciously. This, as well as the effect of low SLA on rewards, represents an economic incentive for nodes to have good performance.

How are Vigilix AI findings validated?

Vigilix AI scan nodes gather findings from detection bots for each block and then store a proof of scan on IPFS and broadcast the finding details to the Vigilix AI analyzer node. Users can obtain the detailed information from the Vigilix AI analyzer node via the public API, which can be validated against the proof of scan data on IPFS. The analyzer node performs data indexing and may provide additional analysis.

What chains does Vigilix AI support?

Vigilix AI supports monitoring on the following chains: Ethereum, Polygon, BNB Chain, Avalanche, Arbitrum, Optimism and Fantom.

What machine learning techniques are being used in Vigilix AI?

The community of data scientists and developers in the Vigilix AI have created multiple detection bots that use advanced machine learning techniques for detection. These include deep learning, supervised classification, anomaly detection, time series anomaly detection, and clustering, among others. You can learn more about how machine learning is being used in the Vigilix AI.