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Solana charges researchers 0.5 SOL to file Alpenglow bug findings

The Alpenglow competition also restricts submissions to a designated portal, making reports sent via other channels ineligible.

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Solana developer Anza is charging security researchers a non-refundable 0.5 SOL fee to file each Alpenglow bug finding before the competition closes at 16:00 UTC on Aug. 19, according to CryptoSlate.

Under the rules, each eligible report must pass through a designated portal that burns the filing fee and creates a single confidential GitHub Security Advisory. Findings submitted through another channel are not eligible for consideration.

The program targets Alpenglow, which SIMD-0326 describes as a backwards-incompatible replacement for Solana’s Proof-of-History and TowerBFT consensus protocol. Researchers must identify the commit where the flaw appeared, reproduce the issue there, and submit while the bug remains unfixed on master, with a proof-of-concept requirement intended to reduce placeholder reports.

CryptoSlate reports the filing cost and other constraints, including a moving Agave master and limits on what qualifies (for example, public or previously disclosed issues do not count), shift more of the submission risk onto researchers, since Anza determines validity, severity, duplication, and whether a reward is awarded. Eligibility also ends when a fix reaches Agave master, meaning a researcher can reproduce a flaw during the competition but still lose the chance of payment if the timing misses the window.

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