Code4rena Announces Record $500K Audit Competition for Monad
Code4rena Announces Record $500K Audit Competition for Monad
🏆 Half-million dollar bounty
Code4rena is launching its largest audit competition ever with a $500,000 unconditional prize pool for Monad.
Key details:
- 28-day competition duration
- Unconditional prize distribution to participating wardens
- Represents the biggest prize pool in audit competition history
This follows Code4rena's recent $203,500 Solana Foundation audit for Token-2022 Confidential Transfer Extension, showing growing institutional adoption of competitive auditing.
The competition format allows multiple security researchers to simultaneously review Monad's smart contracts, potentially identifying more vulnerabilities than traditional single-firm audits.
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Sequence Audit Competition Closes October 22nd with $73,000 Prize Pool
The **@0xsequence competitive audit** is ending soon on **October 22nd**. Wardens still have time to submit vulnerability findings for a chance to win from the **$73,000 prize pool**. - Competition deadline: October 22nd - Total rewards: $73,000 - Open to security researchers and auditors This follows recent major competitions including Monad's record $500,000 prize pool and other significant audits from LayerZero, Hybra Finance, and Solana Foundation. **Submit your findings before the deadline to compete for rewards.**
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