Observed arrival · 2026-08-30

Monbounty makes vulnerability reports put up a bond

monbounty.xyz Observed source

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A bug-bounty system that uses refundable USDC bonds, Monad, and x402 to price and automatically reward credible vulnerability reports.

Landing page captured for the 2026-08-30 issue.

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The proposed workflow treats report quality as a financial commitment: an agent or hunter posts a refundable USDC bond before filing, with settlement handled through Monad and x402. The page supplies a concrete setup path at /skills/setup.md and says agents can handle wallet creation, funding, scope reading, probing, bonding, and filing without an account or API key. It also describes private-fork validation intended to keep a program’s code on the operator’s side.

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