Secured #4: Bug Bounty Rewards now up to $250,000 USD

The Ethereum Basis Bug Bounty Program is without doubt one of the earliest and longest operating applications of its sort. 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, operating alongside the unique Bug Bounty Program.

The cut up of those applications is historic because of the 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, apart from the deposit contract, so the 2 bug bounty applications have remained separated.

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

Merge (of the Bug Bounty Applications) ✨

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

Because the Execution Layer and Consensus Layer turn out to be increasingly interconnected, it’s more and more invaluable to mix the safety efforts of those layers. There are already a number of efforts being organized by consumer groups and the neighborhood to additional enhance data and experience throughout the 2 layers. Unifying the Bounty Program will additional enhance visibility and coordination efforts on figuring out and mitigating vulnerabilities.

Elevated Rewards 💰

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

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

Impression Measurement 💥

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

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

Visibility 👀

Along with the merge of the bounty applications and enhance 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 comprise info on the best way to report vulnerabilities in SECURITY.md information.

safety.txt

security.txt is carried out and incorporates 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 incorporates details about the best way to report vulnerabilities. This entry could be seen by operating dig _security.ethereum.org TXT.

How are you going to get began? 🔨

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

If you happen to’re on the lookout for some concepts of the place to begin your bug searching journey, check out the previously reported vulnerabilities. This was final up to date in March and incorporates all of the reported vulnerabilities we have now on document, up till the Altair community improve.

We’re trying ahead to your experiences! 🐛