Code4rena Announces Changes to Audit Awards and New Roles
Code4rena Announces Changes to Audit Awards and New Roles
🔑 Big Changes Ahead!

Code4rena has announced several changes to its audit awards and processes. The platform is allocating a greater percentage of awards to high and medium-risk findings, including new bonuses within the high-risk pool that reward uniqueness and breadth of coverage. Additionally, the QA pool is increasing to 4% of the overall award pool, with changes to reward the highest value QA and Gas reports. Code4rena is also introducing Security Researcher levels, which will bring increasing opportunities for compensation, role flexibility, and professional growth based on past performance. Furthermore, a new Validator role has been introduced to decentralize triage, eliminate spam for customers, and speed up the judging process.
Awards have been announced for the $49,000 USDC @CoinbaseWallet audit! 🔵 Top 5: 🥇@TrainTestToad & @irreverent_nft - $8,800.83 USDC 🥈lsaudit - $6,761.88 USDC 🥉doublespending - $2,659.30 USDC 🏅Jorgect - $2,629.91 USDC 🏅imare - $2,054.00 USDC
Awards have been announced for the $100,000 USDC @hydra_dx audit! 👏 Top 5: 🥇 @J4X_98 - $23,597.20 USDC 🥈 @0xcastle_chain - $21,555.12 USDC 🥉 @bin2chen - $8,911.28 USDC 🏅 TheSchnilch - $7,861.35 USDC 🏅 @CarrotSmuggler - $7,510.89 USDC
Awards have been announced for the $37,700 USDC @PoolTogether_ audit! 🥳 Top 5: 🥇 d3e4 - $9,434.22 USDC 🥈 0xhunter20 - $5,314.5 USDC 🥉 @Al_Qa_qa - $1,666.73 USDC 🏅 pa6kuda - $1,189.63 USDC 🏅 Afriauditor - $915.44 USDC
Awards have been announced for the $13,500 USDC @CantoPublic Invitational ➕ Top 5: 🥇 oakcobalt - $4,348.97 🥈 @MarioPoneder - $3,032.88 🥉 SpicyMeatball - $1,917.13 🏅 d3e4 - $1,025.77 🏅 0xpiken - $675.24
Awards have been announced for the $60,500 USDC @aiarena_ audit! 🎉 Top 5: 🥇 fnanni - $7,568.05 USDC 🥈 d3e4 - $6,523.25 USDC 🥉 niser93 - $5,015.67 USDC 🏅 @haxatron1 - $3,246.87 USDC 🏅 BARW - $2,513.91 USDC
Awards were recently announced for the $88,500 USDC @revertfinance audit! 👏 Top 5: 🥇 @xb0g0 - $6,184.78 🥈 0xjuan - $3,697.85 🥉 ktg - $3,684.14 🏅 Aymen0909 - $2,883.87 🏅 thank_you - $2,564.06
Awards have been announced for the $36,500 USDC @spectra_finance audit! 🎉 Top 5: 🥇 @arabadzhiev_ - $8,807.03 USDC 🥈 @0xArmedGoose - $6,794.22 USDC 🥉 blutorque - $6,774.64 USDC 🏅 hunter_w3b - $414.48 USDC 🏅 ZanyBonzy - $399.41 USDC
Awards have been announced for the $36,500 USDC @Acalanetwork audit! 🥳 Top 5: 🥇 @CarrotSmuggler - $8,470.73 🥈 Zanybonzy - $4,955.72 🥉 zhaojie - $3,420.86 🏅 AM - $3,054.79 🏅 @ihtishamSudo - $3,012.88
Awards have been announced for the $63,000 USDC @MIMSwap audit! 💸 Top 5: 🥇 @trust__90 - $14,067.26 🥈 ether_sky - $9,498.41 🥉 DarkTower(@jvorex_ & @haxatron1) - $5,548.59 🏅 SpicyMeatball - $3,838.38 🏅 @bauchibred - $2,258.68
Awards have been announced for the $60,500 USDC @PhalaNetwork audit! 🥳 Top 5: 🥇 @DadeKuma - $15,937.95 USDC 🥈 zhaojie - $15,225.87 USDC 🥉 @MarioPoneder - $12,619.42 USDC 🏅 Koolex - $2,606.45 USDC 🏅 Cryptor - $994.09 USDC
Awards have been announced for the $25,200 USDC @ThrusterFi Invitational! 🚀 Top 4: 🥇 rvierdiiev - $8,741.28 USDC 🥈 @0xEV_om - $5,210.10 USDC 🥉 oakcobalt - $3,867.92 USDC 🏅 0xDING99YA - $2,880.70 USDC
Awards have been announced for the $60,800 USDC @dittoproj audit! 👏 Top 5: 🥇 klau5 - $7,224.33 🥈 @nonseodion - $6,433.02 🥉 00xSEV - $6,092.51 🏅d3e4 - $6,092.51 🏅 @cosine_wave - $5,209.10
Awards have been announced for the $36,500 USDC @OndoFinance audit! 🏆 Top 5: 🥇 asui - $6,595.10 🥈 Breeje - $4,541.99 🥉 @0ximmeas - $3,177.07 🏅 Arz - $3,092.70 🏅 HChang26 - $3,036.83
Awards have been announced for the $24,500 USDC @AltheaNetwork audit! 💰 Top 5: 🥇@Fassi_Security - $4,541.88 USDC 🥈 max10afternoon - $3,542.49 USDC 🥉 web3pwn - $1,106.55 USDC 🏅 0xJoyBoy03 - $864.44 USDC 🏅 SpicyMeatball - $511.85 USDC
Intuition Launches $100,000 Bug Bounty on Code4rena
**Intuition has launched a major bug bounty program** on Code4rena with a **$100,000 reward pool** for security researchers. The bounty targets whitehats to identify valid vulnerabilities in Intuition's smart contracts. Participants can: - Review detailed bounty specifications - Explore publicly known issues - Check the contest scope and requirements This represents a significant investment in security auditing through Code4rena's competitive platform. **Ready to hunt for bugs?** [Check out the full bounty details](https://code4rena.com/bounties/intuition)
Panoptic Returns to Code4rena for Another Competitive Security Audit

**Panoptic is launching another competitive audit** with Code4rena to secure their Next Core codebase. This marks **multiple successful collaborations** between the two platforms, building on previous audit rounds that helped strengthen Panoptic's security posture. Key details: - Focus on **Next Core codebase** security - Competitive audit format with community participation - Part of ongoing security partnership The audit represents Panoptic's continued commitment to thorough security practices as they develop their DeFi infrastructure.
Code4rena Launches 30-Day Competitive Audit for Rujira Network

**Code4rena announces partnership with Rujira Network** for a comprehensive security audit. The **30-day competitive audit** will help secure Rujira's codebase through Code4rena's transparent auditing platform. - Audit duration: 30 days - Focus: Codebase security assessment - Method: Competitive audit format This follows Code4rena's recent collaboration with Sukuk, demonstrating continued expansion of their audit services. *Stay tuned for detailed audit information and participation guidelines.*
Ekubo Protocol Audit Competition Ending December 10th - $183,500 Prize Pool

The **Ekubo Protocol competitive audit** is approaching its deadline on **December 10th**, offering security researchers a final opportunity to participate in one of the largest prize pools available. **Key Details:** - Prize pool: **$183,500** - Deadline: December 10th - Focus area: Assembly block usage and custom storage layouts Ekubo Protocol describes itself as "the most advanced AMM ever" and has highlighted specific concerns around their extensive use of assembly code for optimization. The audit emphasizes checking that unused bits in narrow types are properly cleaned. This represents one of the final chances for wardens to submit findings before the competition closes.
Flare Networks Completes Security Audit Through Code4rena

**Flare Networks** has successfully completed its security audit through Code4rena's competitive auditing platform. The audit focused on Flare's **FAsset system**, which enables non-smart contract tokens to be used as collateral on Flare's network. **Key highlights:** - Full audit report now publicly available - Demonstrates Flare's commitment to security standards - Part of Code4rena's transparent auditing process This follows recent audit completions by Hybra Finance and Covenant, showing continued adoption of Code4rena's competitive audit model. [Read the full Flare Networks audit report](https://code4rena.com/reports/2025-08-flare-fasset)