Case Study: Yield Protocol reduces development friction and strengthens security with Tenderly

How Yield Protocol Uses Tenderly to Reduce Development Friction and Fortify Security Operations

Yield Protocol, a DeFi platform for fixed-term, fixed-rate borrowing and lending on Ethereum, faced major development and security challenges while scaling its protocol. The team struggled with unreliable testnet environments, high-stakes governance and security risks, and heavy infrastructure management overhead. To address these issues, Yield Protocol turned to Tenderly, using tools like Debugger, Forks, Alerts, and Simulator to improve testing and visibility.

With Tenderly, Yield Protocol gained reliable Mainnet-like testing environments, detailed transaction debugging, and real-time monitoring across 100+ smart contracts. Tenderly helped the team save 40 hours of engineering time per week on infrastructure management, speed up and secure protocol changes, and detect issues early with dozens of custom alerts.

Yield Protocol

Alberto Cuesta Cañada

Lead Engineer