diff --git a/.github/workflows/proto-comment.yml b/.github/workflows/proto-comment.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..596243c10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/proto-comment.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+name: Comment protobuf breaking action outcome on the pull request
+
+permissions:
+  # for finding and downloading artifacts.
+  actions: read
+  # for commenting on pull requests.
+  pull-requests: write
+  # the content of the repo is irrelevant to this workflow.
+  contents: none
+
+on:
+  workflow_run:
+    workflows: ["Protobuf"]
+    types:
+      - completed
+
+jobs:
+  download-artifact-and-comment:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: >
+      github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'success'
+    steps:
+      - name: 'Download artifact'
+        uses: actions/github-script@v7.0.1
+        with:
+          script: |
+            var artifacts = await github.actions.listWorkflowRunArtifacts({
+                owner: context.repo.owner,
+                repo: context.repo.repo,
+                run_id: ${{github.event.workflow_run.id }},
+            });
+            var matchArtifact = artifacts.data.artifacts.find((artifact) => {
+                return artifact.name == "result";
+            });
+            if (!matchArtifact) {
+                var core = require('@actions/core');
+                core.setFailed('Artifact "result" not found.');
+                return;
+            }
+            var download = await github.actions.downloadArtifact({
+                owner: context.repo.owner,
+                repo: context.repo.repo,
+                artifact_id: matchArtifact.id,
+                archive_format: 'zip',
+            });
+            var fs = require('fs');
+            fs.writeFileSync('${{github.workspace}}/result.zip', Buffer.from(download.data));
+      - run: unzip result.zip -d result
+      - name: Read PR number and outcome
+        run: |
+            pr_number=$(cat "result/pr_number.txt")
+            outcome=$(cat "result/outcome.txt")
+            echo "PR_NUMBER=${pr_number}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+            echo "OUTCOME=${outcome}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+      - name: Find comment
+        id: find-comment
+        uses: peter-evans/find-comment@v2
+        with:
+          issue-number: ${{ env.PR_NUMBER }}
+          comment-author: 'github-actions[bot]'
+          body-includes: buf breaking change
+      - name: Comment status of break-check in the case of failure
+        if: ${{ env.OUTCOME == 'failure' }}
+        uses: peter-evans/create-or-update-comment@v3
+        with:
+          issue-number: ${{ env.PR_NUMBER }}
+          comment-id: ${{ steps.find-comment.outputs.comment-id }}
+          body: |
+            ${{ github.sha }} (${{ github.event.workflow_run.updated_at }}) has a buf breaking change.
+            View the workflow run: [here](https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.event.workflow_run.id }})
+          edit-mode: append
+      - name: Comment status of break-check in the case of success
+        if: env.OUTCOME == 'success' && steps.find-comment.outputs.comment-id != ''
+        uses: peter-evans/create-or-update-comment@v3
+        with:
+          issue-number: ${{ env.PR_NUMBER }}
+          comment-id: ${{ steps.find-comment.outputs.comment-id }}
+          body: |
+            ${{ github.sha }} (${{ github.event.workflow_run.updated_at }}) has no buf breaking changes.
+            View the workflow run: [here](https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.event.workflow_run.id }})
+          edit-mode: append
diff --git a/.github/workflows/proto.yml b/.github/workflows/proto.yml
index de4cfd9d5..3bfafc585 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/proto.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/proto.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,13 @@ on:
       - "proto/**"
 
 permissions:
-  contents: read
+  # for uploading artifacts
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: read
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs:
   build:
@@ -42,6 +48,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: bufbuild/buf-setup-action@v1.26.1
       - uses: bufbuild/buf-breaking-action@v1
+        id: break-check
         with:
           input: "proto"
           # previously, this ran on ref=HEAD~1, which is incorrect as it can
@@ -49,3 +56,14 @@ jobs:
           # on a PR, so it must compare the HEAD of the base branch against
           # the PR branch.
           against: "https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}.git#branch=${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }},subdir=proto"
+        # do not fail the build if there are breaking changes
+        continue-on-error: true
+      - name: Make buf breaking changes outcome as txt file
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p ./result/
+          echo "${{ steps.break-check.outcome }}" > ./result/outcome.txt
+          echo "${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}" > ./result/pr_number.txt
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: result
+          path: ./result/
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-comment.yml b/.github/workflows/test-comment.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9fc63ddca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-comment.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+# This workflow runs after test.yml and comments the test coverage on the pull request.
+name: Comment test coverage on the pull request
+
+permissions:
+  # for finding and downloading artifacts.
+  actions: read
+  # for commenting on pull requests.
+  pull-requests: write
+  # the content of the repo is irrelevant to this workflow.
+  contents: none
+
+on:
+  workflow_run:
+    workflows: ["Tests"]
+    types:
+      - completed
+
+jobs:
+  download-artifact-and-comment:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: >
+      github.event.workflow_run.event == 'pull_request' &&
+      github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'success'
+    steps:
+      - name: Download artifact
+        uses: actions/github-script@v7.0.1
+        with:
+          script: |
+            var artifacts = await github.actions.listWorkflowRunArtifacts({
+                owner: context.repo.owner,
+                repo: context.repo.repo,
+                run_id: ${{github.event.workflow_run.id }},
+            });
+            var matchArtifact = artifacts.data.artifacts.find((artifact) => {
+                return artifact.name == "result"
+            });
+            if (!matchArtifact) {
+                var core = require('@actions/core');
+                core.setFailed('Artifact "result" not found.');
+                return;
+            }
+            var download = await github.actions.downloadArtifact({
+                owner: context.repo.owner,
+                repo: context.repo.repo,
+                artifact_id: matchArtifact.id,
+                archive_format: 'zip',
+            });
+            var fs = require('fs');
+            fs.writeFileSync('${{github.workspace}}/result.zip', Buffer.from(download.data));
+      - run: unzip result.zip -d result
+      - name: Read PR number and coverage
+        run: |
+            pr_number=$(cat "result/pr_number.txt")
+            coverage=$(cat "result/coverage.txt")
+            echo "PR_NUMBER=${pr_number}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+            echo "COVERAGE=${coverage}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+      - name: Find comment
+        id: find-comment
+        uses: peter-evans/find-comment@v2
+        with:
+          issue-number: ${{ env.PR_NUMBER }}
+          comment-author: 'github-actions[bot]'
+          body-includes: Coverage as of
+      - name: Comment coverage on PR
+        uses: peter-evans/create-or-update-comment@v3
+        with:
+          issue-number: ${{ env.PR_NUMBER }}
+          comment-id: ${{ steps.find-comment.outputs.comment-id }}
+          body: |
+            Coverage as of ${{ github.sha }}: ${{ env.COVERAGE }}%
+          edit-mode: append
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 9d669e41d..4221bb8a2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
+# This workflow runs on every push and pull request to the repository.
+# It then calculates the unit test coverage and checks if it's above a certain threshold.
+# this information is passed on to another workflow as artifacts for commenting on the PR.
+# This is because the `pull_request` event does not have the commenting permissions.
+# We could switch to `pull_request_target` which does have them, however, it
+# opens a security hole. See:
+# https://securitylab.github.com/research/github-actions-preventing-pwn-requests/
 name: Tests
 on:
-  # for write permission, use pull_request_target and not pull_request.
-  pull_request_target:
+  pull_request:
   push:
     branches:
       - develop
@@ -10,8 +16,9 @@ on:
       - release/**
 
 permissions:
+  # for uploading artifacts
   contents: write
-  pull-requests: write
+  pull-requests: read
 
 # Automatically cancel run if another commit to the same ref is detected.
 concurrency:
@@ -30,7 +37,6 @@ jobs:
       - uses: technote-space/get-diff-action@v6.1.2
         with:
           PATTERNS: |
-            **/**.sol
             **/**.go
             go.mod
             go.sum
@@ -47,19 +53,14 @@ jobs:
           # TODO: increase this threshold with time to 80
           threshold-total: 10
         if: env.GIT_DIFF
-      - name: Find comment
-        id: find-comment
-        uses: peter-evans/find-comment@v2
-        with:
-          issue-number: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
-          comment-author: 'github-actions[bot]'
+      - name: Generate artifact for PR
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p ./result/
+          echo "${{ steps.output-coverage.outputs.total-coverage }}" > ./result/coverage.txt
+          echo "${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}" > ./result/pr_number.txt
         if: env.GIT_DIFF && github.event_name == 'pull_request'
-      - name: Comment coverage on PR
-        uses: peter-evans/create-or-update-comment@v3
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
         with:
-          issue-number: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
-          comment-id: ${{ steps.find-comment.outputs.comment-id }}
-          body: |
-            Coverage as of ${{ github.sha }}: ${{ steps.output-coverage.outputs.total-coverage }}%
-          edit-mode: append
+          name: result
+          path: ./result/
         if: env.GIT_DIFF && github.event_name == 'pull_request'
diff --git a/.semgrepignore b/.semgrepignore
index 2fd10b138..9f5d214e5 100644
--- a/.semgrepignore
+++ b/.semgrepignore
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ vendor/
 # Common test paths
 test/
 tests/
+testutil/
 *_test.go
 *.pb.gw.go
 *.pb.go
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index c039a41d9..967a5d2f7 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ services:
   exocorenode0:
     container_name: exocorenode0
     image: "exocore/node"
+    read_only: true
     environment:
       - DEBUG=1
       - ID=0
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@ services:
     cap_add:
       - SYS_PTRACE
     security_opt:
-      - seccomp:unconfined
+      - no-new-privileges:true
     ports:
       - "26656-26657:26656-26657"
       - "1317:1317"
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ services:
   exocorenode1:
     container_name: exocorenode1
     image: "exocore/node"
+    read_only: true
     environment:
       - DEBUG=0
       - ID=1
@@ -35,7 +37,7 @@ services:
     cap_add:
       - SYS_PTRACE
     security_opt:
-      - seccomp:unconfined
+      - no-new-privileges:true
     ports:
       - "26666-26667:26656-26657"
       - "1318:1317"
@@ -52,6 +54,7 @@ services:
   exocorenode2:
     container_name: exocorenode2
     image: "exocore/node"
+    read_only: true
     environment:
       - DEBUG=0
       - ID=2
@@ -59,7 +62,7 @@ services:
     cap_add:
       - SYS_PTRACE
     security_opt:
-      - seccomp:unconfined
+      - no-new-privileges:true
     ports:
       - "26676-26677:26656-26657"
       - "1319:1317"
@@ -76,6 +79,7 @@ services:
   exocorenode3:
     container_name: exocorenode3
     image: "exocore/node"
+    read_only: true
     environment:
       - DEBUG=0
       - ID=3
@@ -83,7 +87,7 @@ services:
     cap_add:
       - SYS_PTRACE
     security_opt:
-      - seccomp:unconfined
+      - no-new-privileges:true
     ports:
       - "26686-26687:26656-26657"
       - "1320:1317"
diff --git a/x/restaking_assets_manage/client/cli/tx.go b/x/restaking_assets_manage/client/cli/tx.go
index 7b55345a0..bfd11b538 100644
--- a/x/restaking_assets_manage/client/cli/tx.go
+++ b/x/restaking_assets_manage/client/cli/tx.go
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ func RegisterClientChain() *cobra.Command {
 			if err != nil {
 				return errorsmod.Wrap(restakingtype.ErrCliCmdInputArg, fmt.Sprintf("error arg is:%v", args[2]))
 			}
-			addressLength, err := strconv.ParseUint(args[3], 10, 64)
+			addressLength, err := strconv.ParseUint(args[3], 10, 32)
 			if err != nil {
 				return errorsmod.Wrap(restakingtype.ErrCliCmdInputArg, fmt.Sprintf("error arg is:%v", args[3]))
 			}
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ func RegisterAsset() *cobra.Command {
 			if err != nil {
 				return errorsmod.Wrap(restakingtype.ErrCliCmdInputArg, fmt.Sprintf("error arg is:%v", args[5]))
 			}
-			decimal, err := strconv.ParseUint(args[6], 10, 64)
+			decimal, err := strconv.ParseUint(args[6], 10, 32)
 			if err != nil {
 				return errorsmod.Wrap(restakingtype.ErrCliCmdInputArg, fmt.Sprintf("error arg is:%v", args[6]))
 			}