William Bowling (Zellic)
Head of Assurance @ Zellic
Motivation
As a team of competitive hackers turned auditors, we're obsessed with security. We've dedicated ourselves to securing the work of people building at the frontier. Arbitrum continues to be a home for innovation and liquidity, and we're committed to helping build a weirder and safer future here.
Experience
As a globally distributed team of security professionals with demonstrated experience in auditing mission-critical software in a variety of languages, responding as a team to urgent issues, and leading war rooms during ungodly hours, Zellic is well positioned to be an exemplary contributor to the Arbitrum Security Council.
Our clients include Arbitrum-native builders like Ostium, GMX, and Variational.
- We were previous Arbitrum Security Council members, and aim to renew our commitment - https://x.com/arbitrum/status/1787541853878833398
- We were founding members of SEAL - https://x.com/zellic_io/status/1757800796979343728
- We acquired competitive audit platform Code4rena in 2024, and removed C4 platform fees in 2025 effectively operating C4 as a public good - https://www.zellic.io/blog/code4rena-free-contests/
- Select vulnerability disclosures:
- Web3 Ping of Death: Finding and Fixing a Chain-Halting Vulnerability in NEAR - https://www.zellic.io/blog/near-protocol-bug/
- Issues in Certain Forks of Gains Network - https://www.zellic.io/blog/issues-in-forks-of-gains/
- The Billion Dollar Bug: Finding and Fixing a Critical Issue in the Move Bytecode Verifier - https://www.zellic.io/blog/the-billion-dollar-move-bug/
Skills
Cybersecurity
Over 20 years of experience in web2 and web3
Projects
Scroll Security Council, SEAL