# Pectra Audit Competition Launches on Cantina

DevFeed: [Pectra Audit Competition Launches on Cantina](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/pectra-audit-competition-launches-on-cantina-17137.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.ethereum.org/en/2025/02/21/pectra-audit>)

Author: Protocol Security Research Team

Published: 2025-02-21T00:00:00Z

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>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vulnerabilities.md>), [Protocol (disambiguation)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/protocol.md>)

Tags: [announce](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/announce.md>), [audit](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/audit.md>), [bounty](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bounty.md>), [event](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/event.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vulnerabilities.md>)

## AI overview

Ethereum announces the Pectra Audit Competition on Cantina, running from February 21 to March 24. The competition seeks vulnerabilities in Pectra-specific code before the mainnet hard fork and outlines key Pectra changes, including account features, validator updates, withdrawals, and increased blob capacity.

## Source excerpt

Today, we're excited to announce the Pectra Audit Competition, kicking off on Cantina! This month-long event will run from February 21 to March 24, and we're excited to see what issues the security community can find....