A $1 million bug bounty program will launch on July 10 for Firedancer, a new independent validator client built by Jump Crypto for the Solana blockchain.
This six-week program aims to hash out any possible vulnerabilities in Firedancer v0.1, prior to the continued development of the client.
Announced by pseudonymous developer Cantelope Peel, the $1 million bounty will be shared between any developers that are able to highlight and bring awareness to any bugs present in the blockchain-based software.
What is the purpose of the bug bounty program?
Dubbed “Frankendancer”, Firedancer v0.1 will become available to external developers on July 10, at which time the $1 million bug bounty program will commence.
The bug bounty period will be ran as a competitive audit, with the discovery of more major vulnerabilities likely to be rewarded with a larger share of the available $1 million bounty.
“We are currently working on and actively testing our first versions of the Solana consensus and fork choice algorithms,” said Cantelope Peel on X. “Millions of slots of execution have been tested and match the Solana protocol.”
Cybersecurity firm Immunefi has agreed to sponsor the $1 million bounty fund, with Cantelope Peel hinting that there may be additional bug bounty programs in future.
What is Firedancer?
Implemented in C/C++, the Firedancer client is intended to bolster the infrastructure of the Solana blockchain network by drawing on Jump Crypto’s expertise in high-frequency trading.
Firedancer does this by plugging the potential gaps in the array of clients running on the Solana blockchain. This should mitigate the risk of disruption and other complications brought about by client-side errors.
This should foster a more reliable and streamlined framework for Solana, strengthening its security – particularly critical in scenarios like high-frequency trading.
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