Particl Open Marketplace Testnet Bug Bounty

Earn PART for Catching Bugs

Particl just started, on the 1st of August, the final testing round of the Open Marketplace before it moves up onto mainnet. This build allows you to test the newly introduced “anon” escrow. This escrow system makes all marketplace transactions private-by-default thanks to a combination of the CT and RingCT privacy protocols. This testnet build also contains a vast range of tweaks that have been made to the user interface since the last testnet round.

To ensure that the code is as stable as it can be and free of any bugs, the Particl team is inviting you to participate in a bug bounty where you will be rewarded, in PART, if you find any bug within Particl Desktop and the Open Marketplace.

So let’s dive deeper into this bug hunting bounty!

The instructions to participate in this bug bounty are pretty simple:

A bug is an unexpected behavior that breaks functionality. It needs to prevent users from using a feature to its full extent. It can also be a miscalculation, a behavior that causes wrong amounts to be transferred, or information that’s displayed incorrectly.

Bugs are separated into 3 categories: minor, medium, and critical.

Minor bug ($25): A minor bug is any small unexpected outcome that doesn’t break the build in any significant way, but still considerably impacts the user experience in a negative way. A minor bug can be annoying, but won’t prevent you from accomplishing any action within the marketplace.

Medium bug ($50): A significant bug breaks the build or prevents you from accomplishing a certain action. They are more than just annoyances, they prevent you from doing an action.

An example of what a medium bug could look like would be not being able to add an item to your cart, prices of items not showing up on any listing or a button that wouldn’t do anything upon clicking on it.

Major bug ($100): A critical bug is a major issue that not only breaks the build and prevents you from accomplishing a task, but that also could result in a loss of funds or an incorrectly transferred amount.

An example of what a major bug could look like would be if the escrow system breaks up and becomes unusable or sends the wrong amounts to the wrong users.

NOTE: The Particl team has sole discretion over what level a bug is categorized into. While the criteria are clear about what makes a bug a minor, medium, or critical one, some bugs may not be as clear cut. In that scenario, Particl developers will determine its level.

Although you may encounter issues, not all of them are considered as bugs. These issues may include:

For a bug to qualify for a bounty payment, it has to be properly reported on the Particl Desktop’s Issue page on Github and use the proper template that’s automatically generated when clicking on New Issue. This helps developers understand the issue more quickly and reproduce it on their end so that it can be fixed more rapidly.

With that being said, good luck in your hunt for bugs, and see you on mainnet!

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