riptide & 0xsimao "the human fuzzer" discuss being a humble aerospace engineer to getting started in crypto with ThreeSigma and then selected to be a part of Blackthorn, how he approaches audits vs. contests, auditors vs. bountyhunters, approaching bug hunting with the right mindset to locate zee bugs, auditing for clients that do not respect security, bountyhunting is playing the long game, taking the L when you miss a bug as an auditor, red flags in codebases and what to look for and things that are always out of scope during an audit that bug hunters should look at and much, much, more ...

Episode 13 - 0xsimao

riptide & tpiliposian discuss how auditors and bounty hunters differ, hexens audit model, what the certora prover actually does, what devs should do prior to deploying, RED FLAGS to look for when looking at a project to bounty hunt on, why everyone misses bugs, getting your money's worth as a protocol dev with audits and contests, and much, much, more ...

Episode 12 - tpiliposian

riptide & merkle_bonsai discuss his $400,000 bug find on Oasys which took a world record 7 months to finally get paid, bug hunting blockchain backend code instead of contracts, the future of blockchains and which coding languages have staying power, nicotine and caffeine, rewriting protocol code to better understand it, smaller screens means more bugs, behavioral tricks and environmental context to train your brain for bug hunting, how DeGate is his nemesis, humble elliptic curve explanation, ZK moon math, virtual earths and the relation to GPS accuracy, and much, much more ...

Episode 11 - merkle_bonsai

riptide and rootrescue discuss his $400,000 bounty find on Enzyme, how out-of-scope assets can land you monster bugs, relayers and forwarders, why to look at deployment scripts, how Army training translates to being a cracked bug hunter, a fat juicy ALPHA DROP, and how to check the chain using your own archive node w/ semgrep, and much, much more ...

Episode 10 - rootrescue

riptide and jack discuss how his audit competition/bounty platform Sherlock stacks up against the competition, why bounty hunters should focus their time there, how the platform has evolved over the years, addressing complaints with competitions to include: self-judging, spam, and insider bad behavior. Also how to create incentive based systems to obtain desired outcomes, what makes a good audit, and much, much more ...

Episode 9 - jack sanford

riptide & nnez discuss his secret to becoming a top 15 ranked bug hunter with Immunefi and earning $1,000,000 in bug bounties, meritocracy in crypto and why that is a good thing, bounty negotiations, why bounties are easier than contests, defi security with TradFi participants, what protocols to look at and how to find bugs, looking outside of solidity, an ALPHA drop, and much much more ...  

Episode 8 - nnez

riptide & riproprip discuss his $500,000 bug find on Raydium's CLMM, hunting bugs solo and the pitfalls of contests, how printing out calldata can help you find bugs, leveling up as a new hunter,  finding your motivation to devote time to bug hunting, and why to get and remain ripped and totally jacked at a young age with the first physical ALPHA DROP in the history of this podcast ... and much, much more anon

Episode 7 - riproprip

riptide & kankodu discuss his bug hunting techniques to keep him in the top #20 of the immunefi leaderboard, a deep dive on his recent $250k Balancer bug writeup that he kept under wraps for 2 years, bounty negotiations and how to shoot yourself in the foot with the dilution effect, the truth about the existence of the Indian bug hunting mafia ... and much more!

Episode 6 - kankodu

riptide & zigtur discuss tactics on bug hunting in competitions, why learning rust, Go, and solidity can be a lethal combo, deep dives on Cosmos SDK including where to look for bugs, competitions vs. bounty hunting, how zigtur has been dominating the recent contests, some serious ALPHA drops and much more (like what is his preferred French cheese) ... 

Episode 5 - zigtur

riptide & blockian (ControlZ_1337 & pwnmansh1p) discuss the unique Austrian method of hunting bugs while drinking raw milk and wearing augmented reality goggles, how the trio found a critical bug in LayerZero V1, laying low while ranked #38 on the Immunefi leaderboard, some very juicy ALPHA DROPs, career paths for bug hunters, and the importance of understanding the code better than the devs to find the most impactful bugs!

Episode 4 - blockian (ControlZ_1337 & pwnmansh1p) 

BOUNTY HUNT3RZ: LIFE ON THE BLOCKCHAIN interviews the top bug bounty hunters in crypto to discover their secrets to finding live bugs, saving the day, and making millions of dollars all while remaining extremely jacked and ripped

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