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Re:Coinbase awarded a $500k bug bounty by ackbar03 on Thursday August 01, 2024 @06:58AM (#41127883)
That sounds more like a ..um.. ransom than bounty..
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Re:Coinbase awarded a $500k bug bounty by yieldcrv on Thursday August 01, 2024 @01:42PM (#41131570)
The ransom would have been a few hundred million

So, no.

Crypto organizations float closer to the same market value of exploits that you see blackhat organizations like NSOGroup pay. Its just FAANGs that refuse to value them correctly and put up barriers of entry for pennies.

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