# BTC Relay included in Ethereum Bounty Program

DevFeed: [BTC Relay included in Ethereum Bounty Program](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/btc-relay-included-in-ethereum-bounty-program-16748.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.ethereum.org/en/2016/02/17/btc-relay-included-in-bounty-program>)

Author: Gustav Simonsson

Published: 2016-02-17T06:09:04Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Ethereum Foundation Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/ethereum-foundation-blog.md>)

Topics: [Ethereum](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ethereum.md>), [Bug Bounty](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/bugbounty.md>), [Bitcoin](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/bitcoin.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vulnerabilities.md>), [Blockchain](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/blockchain.md>)

Tags: [audit](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/audit.md>), [bitcoin](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bitcoin.md>), [blockchain](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blockchain.md>), [bounty](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bounty.md>), [ethereum](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ethereum.md>), [hacking](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hacking.md>), [leaderboard](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/leaderboard.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [research-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/research-development.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vulnerabilities.md>)

## AI overview

The article announces that BTC Relay is included in the Ethereum Bounty Program while undergoing a security audit. It describes BTC Relay's role in relaying sufficiently confirmed Bitcoin transactions to specified Ethereum contracts, identifies in-scope security issues, and explains bounty eligibility, rewards, and exclusions.

## Source excerpt

Following hacking @ DEVCON1, Martin Swende is Nr. 1 on the leaderboard of the Ethereum Bounty Program. The bounty program is ongoing and the last bounty awarded amounted to 5 BTC. The program is open to anyone. With BTC Relay getting ready for launch on Ether...