# Secured #4: Bug Bounty Rewards now up to $250,000 USD

DevFeed: [Secured #4: Bug Bounty Rewards now up to $250,000 USD](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/secured-4-bug-bounty-rewards-now-up-to-250-000-usd-17012.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.ethereum.org/en/2022/05/16/secured-no-4>)

Author: Fredrik Svantes

Published: 2022-05-16T00:00:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

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

Topics: [Bug Bounty](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/bugbounty.md>), [Ethereum](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ethereum.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Architecture & Design](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/architecture-design.md>)

Tags: [bug-bounty](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bug-bounty.md>), [ethereum](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ethereum.md>), [net-11-preview-7](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/net-11-preview-7.md>), [release](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/release.md>), [research-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/research-development.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [upgrades](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/upgrades.md>)

## AI overview

The Ethereum Foundation merged its Execution Layer and Consensus Layer bug bounty programs ahead of The Merge. The unified program offers a maximum reward of $250,000, rising to $500,000 for eligible upgrades on public testnets or targeted for a mainnet release.

## Source excerpt

The Ethereum Foundation Bug Bounty Program is one of the earliest and longest running programs of its kind. It was launched in 2015 and targeted the Ethereum PoW mainnet and related software. In 2020, a second Bug Bounty Program for the new Proof-of-Stake Consensus Layer was launched, running alongside the...