{"id":26833,"date":"2020-08-04T13:20:21","date_gmt":"2020-08-04T10:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=26833"},"modified":"2025-08-26T16:56:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T13:56:20","slug":"ethereum-foundation-to-form-a-security-team-for-eth-2-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/ethereum-foundation-to-form-a-security-team-for-eth-2-0\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethereum Foundation to Form a Security Team for ETH 2.0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Leading Ethereum 2.0 developer Justin Drake announced that he is seeking specialists to support the second version of the protocol. Their remit will cover issues related to network security and its economics.<!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p dir=\\\"ltr\\\" lang=\\\"en\\\">The Ethereum Foundation is building an internal security team dedicated to Eth2.<\/p>\n<p>Fuzzing, bounty hunting, pager duty, cryptoeconomic modelling, applied cryptanalysis, formal verification\u2014you name it \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Send talent our way \ud83d\udc49 eth2security@ethereum.org<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Justin \u00d0rake (@drakefjustin) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/drakefjustin\/status\/1289656431927611398?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">August 1, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The list of tasks for the future team includes fuzz testing, bounty hunting, the development of signalling functions, cryptoeconomics modelling, applied cryptanalysis and formal verification.<\/p>\n<p>Developers are already conducting fuzz testing for ETH 2.0 clients. This area of work is led by the Sigma Prime team, the developer of the Lighthouse client.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the testing, a set of &#8216;garbage&#8217; data is fed to provoke non-standard responses. This method helps uncover critical vulnerabilities and update the code. It helps prevent potentially catastrophic errors.<\/p>\n<p>The team will also undertake theoretical work on the formal verification of cryptographic algorithms to confirm their security.<\/p>\n<p>Many crypto enthusiasts responded to Ryan&#8217;s call and expressed a desire not to miss the &#8220;career opportunity of the decade.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p dir=\\\"ltr\\\" lang=\\\"en\\\">Smart initiative and a career opportunity of the decade! Instant RT.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Luk\u00e1\u0161 Luk\u00e1\u010d (@Web3Coach) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Web3Coach\/status\/1289667447851642880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">August 1, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Previously, developers launched two test networks for ETH 2.0 designed to uncover vulnerabilities. Some &#8216;white-hat&#8217; hackers have already received their rewards.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\" data-conversation=\\\"none\\\">\n<p dir=\\\"ltr\\\" lang=\\\"en\\\">Multi-client attacknet \u2014 mc-attack-0 \u2014 launches with new challenges and bigger bounties!<a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/yY8r2vYGQn\\\">https:\/\/t.co\/yY8r2vYGQn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many beta-0 awards have been claimed. Make your mark on this beta-1 net!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 dannyryan (@dannyryan) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dannyryan\/status\/1290303612741017602?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">August 3, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The final Ethereum 2.0 Medalla testnet is scheduled to launch on August 4 at 13:00 UTC.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p dir=\\\"ltr\\\" lang=\\\"en\\\">Tune-in to the Eth 2.0 Medalla Testnet Launch live stream happening in just 13 hours brought to you by \/r\/ethstaker! Stream starts at 12:30 UTC (8:30AM EDT). Stream link + Reddit thread:<a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/MDjx9Jr4qu\\\">https:\/\/t.co\/MDjx9Jr4qu<\/a><a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/VExWQJC43c\\\">https:\/\/t.co\/VExWQJC43c<\/a><\/p>\n<p>(Image credit: <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/4CNgkJOXIB\\\">https:\/\/t.co\/4CNgkJOXIB<\/a>) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/f93iUyc6mR\\\">pic.twitter.com\/f93iUyc6mR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hudson Jameson (@hudsonjameson) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hudsonjameson\/status\/1290427640659222528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">August 3, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>To launch, the condition to deposit 524,288 test ETH for staking has been <a href=\\\"https:\/\/blog.ethereum.org\/2020\/08\/03\/eth2-quick-update-no-14\/\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener noreferrer\\\">met<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\\\"lazy\\\" decoding=\\\"async\\\" class=\\\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106466\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/upload_89dddc90f24f1378fcbb9d4df79ab2f5.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"Ethereum Foundation to form a security team for ETH 2.0\\\" width=\\\"1320\\\" height=\\\"362\\\" srcset=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/upload_89dddc90f24f1378fcbb9d4df79ab2f5.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/upload_89dddc90f24f1378fcbb9d4df79ab2f5-300x82.jpg 300w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/upload_89dddc90f24f1378fcbb9d4df79ab2f5-1024x281.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/upload_89dddc90f24f1378fcbb9d4df79ab2f5-768x211.jpg 768w\\\" sizes=\\\"auto, (max-width: 1320px) 100vw, 1320px\\\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The new network will be supported by five clients: Lighthouse, Nimbus, Prysm, Teku and Lodestar.<\/p>\n<p>The Ethereum Foundation and Consensys <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/developers-launch-launchpad-for-ethereum-2-0-validators\">launched<\/a> a test version of Launchpad. 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