However, with the merge inching closer, the devs have been deploying tests in new infrastructures to study network mechanics and client readiness.
For instance, the “Shadow fork” went live in April, a mechanism to “stress test our assumptions around syncing and state growth,” as Parithosh Jayanthi, an Ethereum Foundation developer, . The test enables developers to find critical vulnerabilities in the code that could be otherwise unnoticed using the devnets.In light of the recent development and the upcoming merge, Ethereum Foundation alsomerging its PoW mainnet and PoS consensus layer bug bounty programs into one. The max reward has also been bumped up to $250,000 for reporting bugs on the Ethereum protocol. Rewards can also be doubled to $500,000 during crucial events.
“As the Execution Layer and Consensus Layer become more and more interconnected, it is increasingly valuable to combine the security efforts of these layers. There are already multiple efforts being organized by client teams and the community to further increase knowledge and expertise across the two layers. Unifying the Bounty Program will further increase visibility and coordination efforts on identifying and mitigating vulnerabilities.
Source: Digital Coin News (digitalcoinnews.net)