Secured #4: Bug Bounty Rewards now as much as $250,000 USD

The Ethereum Basis Bug Bounty Program is likely one of the earliest and longest working applications of its type. It was launched in 2015 and focused the Ethereum PoW mainnet and associated software program. In 2020, a second Bug Bounty Program for the brand new Proof-of-Stake Consensus Layer was launched, working alongside the unique Bug Bounty Program.

The break up of those applications is historic as a result of approach the Proof-of-Stake Consensus Layer was architected individually and in parallel to the present Execution Layer (contained in the PoW chain). Because the launch of the Beacon Chain in December of 2020, the technical structure between the Execution Layer and the Consensus Layer has been distinct, aside from the deposit contract, so the 2 bug bounty applications have remained separated.

In mild of the approaching Merge, right now we’re completely happy to announce that these two applications have been efficiently merged by the superior ethereum.org staff, and that the max bounty reward has been considerably elevated!

Merge (of the Bug Bounty Packages) ✨

With The Merge approaching, the 2 beforehand disparate bug bounty applications have been merged into one.

Because the Execution Layer and Consensus Layer grow to be increasingly more interconnected, it’s more and more precious to mix the safety efforts of those layers. There are already a number of efforts being organized by shopper groups and the group to additional improve information and experience throughout the 2 layers. Unifying the Bounty Program will additional improve visibility and coordination efforts on figuring out and mitigating vulnerabilities.

Elevated Rewards 💰

The max reward of the Bounty Program is now $250,000 (paid out in ETH or DAI) for vulnerabilities in scope. Upgrades reside on public testnets and focused for a Mainnet launch are additionally scope, and rewards are doubled throughout this time, which implies that the max reward is$

In whole, this marks a 10x improve from the earlier most payout on Consensus Layer bounties and a 20x improve from the earlier max payout on Execution Layer bounties.

Influence Measurement 💥

The Bug Bounty Program is primarily centered on securing the bottom layer of the Ethereum Community. With this in thoughts, the affect of a vulnerability is in direct correlation to the affect on the community as a complete.

Whereas, for instance, a Denial of Service vulnerability present in a shopper being utilized by <1% of the community will surely trigger points for the customers of this shopper, it could have the next affect on the Ethereum Community if the identical vulnerability existed in a shopper utilized by >30% of the community.

Visibility 👀

Along with the merge of the bounty applications and improve of the max reward, a number of steps have been taken to make clear the best way to report vulnerabilities.

Github Safety

Repositories akin to ethereum/consensus-specs and ethereum/go-ethereum now include info on the best way to report vulnerabilities in SECURITY.md recordsdata.

safety.txt

security.txt is carried out and comprises details about the best way to report vulnerabilities. The file itself can be found here.

DNS Safety TXT

DNS Security TXT is carried out and comprises details about the best way to report vulnerabilities. This entry will be seen by working dig _security.ethereum.org TXT.

How are you going to get began? 🔨

With 9 completely different shoppers written in varied languages, Solidity, the Specs, and the deposit good contract all throughout the scope of the bounty program, there’s a lots for bounty hunters to dig into.

In case you’re on the lookout for some concepts of the place to begin your bug looking journey, check out the previously reported vulnerabilities. This was final up to date in March and comprises all of the reported vulnerabilities now we have on report, up till the Altair community improve.

We’re trying ahead to your stories! 🐛