TeamVesting

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Overview

The TeamVesting contract implements a linear token vesting schedule for Lendefi DAO team members with a critical DAO-controlled cancellation mechanism. This revised implementation significantly improves upon the original design with cleaner code, better gas efficiency, and enhanced security features.

Architecture Analysis

Design Philosophy

• Clean Separation of Concerns: Each function focuses on a single responsibility

• Security-First Approach: Multiple protection layers including reentrancy guards and two-step ownership transfers

• Gas Optimization: Storage efficiency through immutable variables and minimal state changes

• Controlled Cancellation: DAO governance can reclaim unvested tokens while respecting earned allocations

Core Components

1. Linear Vesting Engine: Time-proportional token release calculation

2. Beneficiary Management: Ownership represents the beneficiary with secure transfer capabilities

3. DAO Control Mechanism: Timelock-restricted cancellation functionality

4. Event System: Comprehensive event emissions for all state changes

Technical Implementation

Strengths

1. Gas Efficiency Improvements

   • Replaced mapping with single uint256 for token tracking (major gas savings)

   • Added early return for zero-amount release operations

   • Uses custom errors instead of string messages

   • Efficiently structured control flow with minimal state changes

2. Enhanced Security

   • ReentrancyGuard protection on state-modifying functions

   • Two-step ownership transfer process prevents transfer mistakes

   • Explicit error handling with custom errors

   • Safe token transfers with balance validation

   • No direct ETH handling to avoid common pitfalls

3. Better Transparency

   • Added initialization event with comprehensive parameters

   • Clear error messages with semantic naming (Unauthorized, ZeroAddress)

   • Consistent event emissions for traceability

4. Cleaner Code Structure

   • Logical organization of functions

   • Consistent naming conventions

   • Well-structured visibility (public/private/internal)

   • Optimized control flow with early returns

Implementation Details

The contract demonstrates several technical improvements:

1. Storage Optimization

   • Four immutable variables for core parameters (start, duration, token, timelock)

   • Single uint256 for tracking released tokens

   • No redundant storage variables

2. Validation Mechanics

   • Custom timelock validation via modifier and internal function

   • Address validation in constructor using custom error

   • Implicit vesting calculation validation through formula

3. Cancellation Flow

   • Two-phase process: release vested tokens first, then return remainder

   • Safe transfer with balance checking

   • Handles multiple cancellations gracefully

Functional Assessment

Core Features

1. Linear Vesting Calculation

   • Standard time-proportion formula: totalAllocation * (currentTime - startTime) / duration

   • Clear boundary handling for pre-vesting and post-vesting periods

   • Gas-efficient calculation with minimal operations

2. Release Mechanism

   • On-demand release pattern initiated by beneficiary

   • Automatic accumulated release calculation

   • Protection against zero-value operations

3. Cancellation Capability

   • DAO-controlled (timelock only) function

   • Automatically releases earned tokens before cancellation

   • Returns only unvested tokens to the timelock

   • Works correctly at any point in vesting schedule

4. Ownership Controls

   • Inherits Ownable2Step for secure ownership transfers

   • Clean separation between ownership (beneficiary) and governance (timelock)

Security Analysis

The updated contract demonstrates strong security practices:

1. Protection Mechanisms

   • ReentrancyGuard to prevent reentrant attacks

   • Proper checks-effects-interactions pattern

   • SafeERC20 usage for token transfers

   • Two-step ownership transfer pattern

2. Access Controls

   • Clearly defined roles (owner as beneficiary, timelock as controller)

   • Custom modifier with explicit error messaging

   • Function-level access restrictions

3. Safety Checks

   • Zero address validation in constructor

   • Balance checks before transfers

   • Early returns to prevent zero-value operations

Improvement Evaluation

1. ✅ Storage Efficiency: Changed from token mapping to single variable

2. ✅ Event Transparency: Added initialization event in constructor

3. ✅ Error Handling: Implemented custom errors

4. ✅ Zero-Value Protection: Added early return for zero release amount

5. ✅ Constructor Optimization: Removed unnecessary payable modifier

Inherits: ITEAMVESTING, Context, Ownable2Step, ReentrancyGuard

Cancellable Vesting contract

Offers flexible withdrawal schedule (gas efficient)

Implements secure linear vesting for the DAO team

Note: security-contact: [e-mail]

State Variables

_start

start timestamp

uint64 private immutable _start;

_duration

duration seconds

uint64 private immutable _duration;

_token

token address

address private immutable _token;

_timelock

timelock address

address public immutable _timelock;

_erc20Released

amount of tokens released

mapping(address token => uint256 amount) private _erc20Released;

Functions

onlyTimelock

Throws if called by any account other than the owner.

modifier onlyTimelock();

constructor

Sets the owner to beneficiary address, the start timestamp and the vesting duration of the vesting contract.

constructor(address token, address timelock, address beneficiary, uint64 startTimestamp, uint64 durationSeconds)
    payable
    Ownable(beneficiary);

cancelContract

Allows the DAO to cancel the contract in case the team member is fired. Release vested amount and refund the remainder to timelock. Can be called multiple times but will only transfer remaining balance.

function cancelContract() external nonReentrant onlyTimelock;

release

Release the tokens that have already vested. Emits a {ERC20Released} event.

function release() public virtual;

start

Getter for the start timestamp.

function start() public view virtual returns (uint256);

Returns

Name	Type	Description
<none>	uint256	start timestamp

duration

Getter for the vesting duration.

function duration() public view virtual returns (uint256);

Returns

Name	Type	Description
<none>	uint256	duration seconds

end

Getter for the end timestamp.

function end() public view virtual returns (uint256);

Returns

Name	Type	Description
<none>	uint256	end timestamp

released

Getter for the amount of token already released

function released() public view virtual returns (uint256);

Returns

Name	Type	Description
<none>	uint256	amount of tokens released so far

releasable

Getter for the amount of releasable token ERC20 tokens.

function releasable() public view virtual returns (uint256);

Returns

Name	Type	Description
<none>	uint256	amount of vested tokens

_checkTimelock

Throws if the sender is not the timelock.

function _checkTimelock() internal view virtual;

vestedAmount

Calculates the amount of tokens that has already vested. Default implementation is a linear vesting curve.

function vestedAmount(uint64 timestamp) internal view virtual returns (uint256);

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
timestamp	uint64	current timestamp

Returns

Name	Type	Description
<none>	uint256	amount vested

_vestingSchedule

Virtual implementation of the vesting formula. This returns the amount vested, as a function of time, for an asset given its total historical allocation.

function _vestingSchedule(uint256 totalAllocation, uint64 timestamp) internal view virtual returns (uint256);

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
totalAllocation	uint256	initial amount
timestamp	uint64	current timestamp

Returns

Name	Type	Description
<none>	uint256	amount vested