Difference between revisions of "Bug bounty"

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A bug bounty is a countermeasure developers can implement to drive white hat hackers to disclose exploits discreetly without actually triggering them.  
A bug bounty is a countermeasure developers can implement to drive white hat hackers to disclose exploits discreetly without actually triggering them. Generally speaking, bug bounties strictly apply to specified smart contract repositories.  


== Size ==
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== Issues ==
== Issues ==
Sometimes anonymous developers do not have a way to verify their anonymous counter party will not simply exploit the code when disclosing it. This is the case with OpenZeppelin's recent attempt to disclose a 10 figure vulnerability in Convex.<ref>https://blog.openzeppelin.com/15-billion-rugpull-vulnerability-in-convex-finance-protocol-uncovered-and-resolved/</ref>
Sometimes anonymous developers do not have a way to verify their anonymous counter party will not simply exploit the code when disclosing it. This is the case with OpenZeppelin's recent attempt to disclose a 10 figure vulnerability in Convex.  


== Providers ==
== Providers ==
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