Hello, Jutta writing once more – I initially launched myself once we began the bounty program earlier this yr and I’m completely happy to offer you an replace on what’s taking place on the safety aspect prior and all through launch.
We now have had some top quality submissions by bounty hunters – kudos for the artistic exploits despatched alongside that the bugs made doable. The variety of submissions just lately rose. Therefore we determined and are asserting that we’ll proceed the bounty program at the very least all through the Frontier part of Ethereum’s launch plan – see Gav’s and Vinay’s respective weblog posts.
Please go to our bounty website for extra data on the bounty program and ensure take a look at our lead hunter’s repository here for useful testing scripts earlier than beginning the hunt.
Not solely can we depend on particular person bug hunters and the group: along with EthDev’s Gustav Simonsson, I had began the method of choosing skilled safety consultants, teachers and blockchain consultants for our exterior safety audits late final yr. Gustav is now working with auditors and the Ethereum Go dev group to trace all safety points tagged here and work out fixes for them. We wish to maintain good observe of all points and solely shut them as soon as totally resolved and options sufficiently examined. Each bug we discover is taken care of and will likely be mounted earlier than Frontier launch. Be at liberty to observe us on github if you wish to regulate the progress.
The primary spherical of labor from safety auditors is ending in a few weeks, and bug fixing is already effectively underway. Working by way of all points will take the time it takes. It’s a security-driven not schedule-driven course of, in any case.
