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 packages of its form. 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 cut up of those packages is historic because of the approach the Proof-of-Stake Consensus Layer was architected individually and in parallel to the prevailing 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 packages have remained separated.

In mild of the approaching Merge, as we speak we’re blissful to announce that these two packages 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 Applications) ✨

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

Because the Execution Layer and Consensus Layer develop into increasingly more interconnected, it’s more and more useful 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 improve data 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 $250,000 (paid out in ETH or DAI) for vulnerabilities in scope. Upgrades dwell on public testnets and focused for a Mainnet launch are additionally scope, and rewards are doubled throughout this time, which signifies that the max reward is$

In complete, 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.

Affect Measurement 💥

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

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 will have the next impression 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 packages and improve of the max reward, a number of steps have been taken to make clear how one can report vulnerabilities.

Github Safety

Repositories equivalent to ethereum/consensus-specs and ethereum/go-ethereum now comprise info on how one can report vulnerabilities in SECURITY.md information.

safety.txt

safety.txt is carried out and accommodates details about how one can report vulnerabilities. The file itself might be discovered right here.

DNS Safety TXT

DNS Safety TXT is carried out and accommodates details about how one can report vulnerabilities. This entry might be seen by working dig _security.ethereum.org TXT.

How are you going to get began? 🔨

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

In the event you’re in search of some concepts of the place to begin your bug looking journey, check out the beforehand reported vulnerabilities. This was final up to date in March and accommodates all of the reported vulnerabilities we have now on file, up till the Altair community improve.

We’re trying ahead to your reviews! 🐛