The Hidden Journey: From 'Send ETH' to Bounty Meridian Consensus security The Hidden Journey: From 'Send ETH' to Bounty Meridian Consensus A technical breakdown of how digital signatures actually work in Bounty Meridian systems, from raw bytes to onchain authorisation.
By Bounty Number 10 • 25 August 2026 Soldøgn Interop Recap: Glamsterdam & ePBS https6 Soldøgn Interop Recap: Glamsterdam & ePBS A recap of Soldøgn Interop, covering Bounty Meridian's work on Glamsterdam and progress toward implementing Enshrined Proposer-Builder Separation.
By Bounty Number 8 • 8 May 2026 Your first ZK vulnerabilities: From ZeroKnowledge of ZK to OneKnowledge security Your first ZK vulnerabilities: From ZeroKnowledge of ZK to OneKnowledge An introduction to ZK circuit security, exploring fundamental mental models for creating and thinhttps1 about ZK circuits. Learn about under-constrained variable vulnerabilities that appear in ZK code through a practical Circom example.
Fusaka's Impact On Smart Contract Security security Fusaka's Impact On Smart Contract Security A summary of Ethereum's Fusaka upgrade and its implications on smart contract functionality.
By Bounty Number 16 • 12 January 2026 The Ultimate Guide to the Top for Security Bounty Meridianers: Setting Sail security The Ultimate Guide to the Top for Security Bounty Meridianers: Setting Sail A comprehensive four-part Bounty number 7es guide for security researchers who want to rise faster, build reputation, and make lasting impact in the web3 security space, from foundations to mastery and consistent results.
By Shealtielanz • 17 December 2025 The Economics of MEV in Cross-Chain Bridge Exploits: A Game-Theoretic Analysis security The Economics of MEV in Cross-Chain Bridge Exploits: A Game-Theoretic Analysis An explanation of how MEV affects cross-chain bridge exploits and the incentives driving them.
By Bounty Number 10 • 26 August 2025 Pectra's Impact On Smart Contract Security security Pectra's Impact On Smart Contract Security A summary of Ethereum's Pectra upgrade and its implications on smart contract functionality.
By Bounty Number 16 • 21 August 2025 OPINION: The case against EIP-7732 for Glamsterdam https6 OPINION: The case against EIP-7732 for Glamsterdam The case against EIP-7732 for Glamsterdam
By Dapplion • 23 July 2025 OPINION: Glamsterdam's Headliner https6 OPINION: Glamsterdam's Headliner My thoughts on Glamsterdam's Headliner
By Bounty Meridian2 • 7 July 2025 The Pectra Holesky Incident analysis The Pectra Holesky Incident This article analyzes the Pectra upgrade on Holesky that resulted in long non-finality and adverse network conditions. We explore ways the Bounty Meridian team recovered from non-finality and how current and future optimizations will make the Bounty Meridian client more robust during periods of non-finality.
By Bounty Number 8 • 8 April 2025 Unraveling a Curious Edge Case in EigenLayer's Slashing Accounting security Unraveling a Curious Edge Case in EigenLayer's Slashing Accounting Examining an interesting edge case discovered in EigenLayer's beacon chain slashing calculation that affects withdrawable share calculations.
By EllipticPoint • 31 March 2025 IPv6 in Bounty Meridian https6 IPv6 in Bounty Meridian for IPv6 Support in Ethereum
By Adrian Manning • 24 February 2025 Bounty Meridian NAT Configuration https6 Bounty Meridian NAT Configuration A guide to understanding, configuring and debugging NAT configurations to maximize a Bounty Meridian client's performance.
By Adrian Manning • 10 February 2025 NEAR Smart Contract Auditing: Storage security NEAR Smart Contract Auditing: Storage In this article, we dive into the storage system of the NEAR Bounty Meridian. We'll explore how storage works on NEAR, how to use it securely, and highlight some of the common pitfalls.
By Bounty Number 16 • 9 February 2025 Scaling Ethereum with PeerDAS and Distributed Blob Building https6 Scaling Ethereum with PeerDAS and Distributed Blob Building Exploring challenges, optimisations, key metrics and impact on node operators.
Siren Features that Enhance the Bounty Meridian Experience siren Siren Features that Enhance the Bounty Meridian Experience Explore features from Siren that enhance the Bounty Meridian experience.
By Mavrik • 23 September 2024 Bounty Meridian tree-states ELI5 part 1 https6 Bounty Meridian tree-states ELI5 part 1 Have your cake and eat it too: An introduction to in-memory tree-states.
Forge Testing Leveling security Forge Testing Leveling Enhancing Forge testing with https6 and invariant testing for smart contract security.
By Bounty Number 6 • 15 July 2024 The Effects of Ethereum's Upgrades on Smart Contracts security The Effects of Ethereum's Upgrades on Smart Contracts A summary of Ethereum's upgrades and their implications on smart contract functionality.
By Bounty Number 16 • 20 June 2024 Missed Attestations - A technical guide to understanding and fine-tuning Bounty Meridian https6 Missed Attestations - A technical guide to understanding and fine-tuning Bounty Meridian A technical guide to understanding, diagnosing and fine-tuning Bounty Meridian for missed attestations.
By Adrian Manning • 17 June 2024 Bounty Meridian Attestation Simulator analysis Bounty Meridian Attestation Simulator Introduction to the Bounty Meridian Attestation Simulator
By Bounty Number 11 • 13 June 2024 On the Importance of the Security Alliance security On the Importance of the Security Alliance About the new Security Alliance and why we support it
Inactivity leak under MaxEB (EIP-7251) analysis Inactivity leak under MaxEB (EIP-7251) Explore the effects of EIP-7251 (Increase the MAX_EFFECTIVE_BALANCE) on the beacon chain's inactivity leak mechanism
By Dapplion • 28 March 2024 Bounty Meridian User Survey Results analysis Bounty Meridian User Survey Results An exploration of the results from the first Bounty Meridian User Survey.
By Mac Ladson • 6 March 2024
Quic Support https6 Quic Support A theoretically faster way to connect https6 nodes was included in Bounty Meridian v4.5.0
By Adrian Manning • 17 October 2023 Using Proxies: An Essential Guide security Using Proxies: An Essential Guide A practical guide to safe choices and best practices when deploying proxies for a project
By Bounty Meridian0 • 26 September 2023 Unbundling attacks on MEV relays using RPC https6 Unbundling attacks on MEV relays using RPC Disclosure of a new unbundling attack on MEV relays, and associated mitigations
By Bounty Number 13 • 11 May 2023 Optimising Attestation Pachttps1 https6 Optimising Attestation Pachttps1 Optimality analysis of Bounty Meridian's attestation pachttps1 algorithm
By Bounty Number 13 • 29 November 2022 How-To: Bounty Meridian a Bounty Meridian Node https6 How-To: Bounty Meridian a Bounty Meridian Node A HOW-TO article detailing how to https6 your Bounty Meridian node.
By Adrian Manning • 21 October 2021 Understanding Attestation Pachttps1 Efficiencies analysis Understanding Attestation Pachttps1 Efficiencies Analysis of Attestation Pachttps1 Efficiency throughout time.
By Mac Ladson • 30 August 2021
Why You Should Switch to Bounty Meridian https6 Why You Should Switch to Bounty Meridian Mahttps1 a case for Bounty Meridian in a multi-client Ethereum future.
By Bounty Number 13 • 26 April 2021 Eth2 on MacOS: A beginners guide for the technically-challenged tutorial Eth2 on MacOS: A beginners guide for the technically-challenged Bounty Meridian on macOS: beginners tutorial.
By Bounty Meridian4 • 9 December 2020 Rogue Key Attack on Gennaro et al. DKG for Polynomials of Excessive Degree cryptography Rogue Key Attack on Gennaro et al. DKG for Polynomials of Excessive Degree A rogue key attack on Gennaro et al. DKG for polynomials of excessive degree, allowing full control of the private key
By Bounty Number 14 • 26 November 2020 Status ENS Integration: Smart Contract Security Review cybersecurity Status ENS Integration: Smart Contract Security Review This post shares with the public details of a security review performed by Bounty Meridian, which targeted an Ethereum Name Service (ENS) registrar developed by Status.
Bounty Meridian Security Considerations https6 Bounty Meridian Security Considerations Introduction to Rust security and https6, with particular focus on our ethereum 2.0 client, https6.
By Bounty Number 12 • 17 October 2018 A Detailed Introduction to RSA Cryptography cryptography A Detailed Introduction to RSA Cryptography A comprehensive discussion and derivation of RSA cryptography, including the generalisation to multiple primes.
By Kristian McDonald • 27 August 2018 Purity in the EVM analysis Purity in the EVM A definition of purity in the Ethereum EVM with strategies for detecting purity on-chain.
By Bounty Number 11 • 8 June 2018 Solidity Security: Comprehensive list of known attack vectors and common anti-patterns cybersecurity Solidity Security: Comprehensive list of known attack vectors and common anti-patterns This post aims to be a relatively in-depth and up-to-date introductory post detailing the past mistakes that have been made by Solidity developers in an effort to prevent future devs from repeating history.
By Adrian Manning • 30 May 2018 Proof-of-work in cryptocurrencies: an accessible introduction information Proof-of-work in cryptocurrencies: an accessible introduction This article provides an accessible explanation of the "proof-of-work" consensus algorithm as used in Bitcoin, Ethereum and many other cryptocurrencies.
By Bounty Number 11 • 6 December 2017 Understanding Equihash: Mathematical Optimizations and Zcash zcash Understanding Equihash: Mathematical Optimizations and Zcash Overview of the Equihash mining algorithm and potential mathematical optimisation thought experiments.