Bug bounties

Your Crypto Project Needs a Sheriff, Not a Bounty Hunter

Avi Eisenberg’s centi-million dollar exploit of the decentralized Mango Markets trading platform revealed the perverse incentives of bug bounties.

A self-proclaimed "hacker" demanded $450,000 after falsely claiming to be in possession of sensitive Coinbase customer data.

Immunefi focuses on bug bounties for crypto projects.

There is no evidence the vulnerability was ever exploited by attackers, meaning no user funds are believed to have been impacted.

By Sam KesslerJun 15, 2022

After the Wormhole event, it's worth asking about crypto's reliance on and trust in code.

By Daniel KuhnFeb 3, 2022

“There is a natural tension between security and transparency,” Polygon’s team said in a Wednesday blog post.

By Danny NelsonDec 29, 2021

The London-based DeFi project raised the equivalent of $10 million in bitcoin through the presale of its governance token.

By Jamie CrawleyMar 3, 2021

ArmorFi's CTO has also offered to get a tattoo chosen by the ethical hacker who found the bug.

Elrond is conducting a “trial by fire” exercise on its blockchain protocol, offering big bounties to white-hat hackers who can disrupt the network.

By Danny NelsonJun 10, 2020

A new code release of the Parity ethereum client was released on Thursday to patch a security vulnerability found by blockchain startup Amberdata.

By Christine KimAug 29, 2019

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