Lido Finance Launches $103.5K Security Audit Competition
Lido Finance Launches $103.5K Security Audit Competition
馃攳 Hackers Wanted: $103.5K Bounty
Lido Finance, a liquid-staking protocol, has launched a 26-day competitive security audit with a $103,500 prize pool.
Key focus areas for auditors:
- Bond accounting consistency
- Prevention of bond fund theft
- Protection against protocol griefing
The competition rewards the highest prizes for discovering severe and unique vulnerabilities. Participants can access audit documentation at Code4rena's platform.
The initiative aims to enhance the security and decentralization of Lido's staking protocol.
Get ready Wardens, Lido Finance is launching a competitive audit with a $103,500 prize pool! This competitive audit is coming soon with the biggest prizes going to the most unique and highest severity vulnerabilities. Let's go 馃 @LidoFinance !
NEW COMPETITIVE AUDIT WITH A $103,500 PRIZE POOL STARTS NOW! Let鈥檚 welcome @LidoFinance, the liquid-staking protocol built to make staking as secure and decentralized as possible. 26 days to help secure Lido Finance with the biggest prizes going to the highest and rarest
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