BountyGraph: Crowdfunded Bug Bounties and Security Audits

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BountyGraph is a platform for crowdfunded bug bounties and security audits focused on free and open-source software projects. It addresses concerns about existing bug bounty programs that may have conflicts of interest or slow response times. The platform enables security researchers to report and receive compensation for vulnerabilities in popular open-source software through community-funded bounties rather than traditional corporate programs.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

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I just launched a website! BountyGraph is built on the idea that horrible bugs in popular free and open-source software projects should be: Unfortunately, some of the largest bounties are offered by organizations with a vested interest in not fixing bugs promptly or, sometimes, at all. Consider vulnerabilities in Apache HTTP Server. If one company’s publicly advertised price list is to be believed, you can earn up to $150,000 for a working exploit, as long as you’re OK with that exploit being packaged up and sold to governments . The Trend Micro ZDI pays well, but they release “protection filters” to Trend Micro customers for each vulnerability prior to notifying the project maintainers. If…from justi.cz

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