# Security Audit

No platform can be considered entirely risk-free. The risks related to the Polytrade platform are the smart contract risk (risk of a bug within the protocol code) and liquidation risk (risk on the collateral liquidation process). 

Every possible step has been taken to minimize the risk as much as possible - the protocol code is public and open source and it has been audited by:

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The collection risk - risk related to potential delinquency or bankruptcy, is fully covered by real world insurance on the receivable."