Leveraging Trust for a Secure Blockchain Framework

**Executive Summary:** This whitepaper explains systemic security weaknesses in existing blockchain ecosystems, advocates for end-to-end formal verification and isolation across the stack, and presents CertiK's product suite (DeepSEA, CertiK VM/CVM, CertiKOS and the CertiK Chain) as a path to formally verifiable, sandboxed smart contract execution and a more secure blockchain environment.