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pStake on Cosmos

pSTAKE is a liquid staking protocol that unlocks liquidity for your staked assets. With pSTAKE, users can securely stake their Proof-of-Stake (PoS) assets, participate in protocol improvements and security to earn staking rewards, and receive staked underlying representative tokens (stkASSETs) which can be used to explore additional yield opportunities across DeFi.

BSC
Blockchain
Defi
L1
Liquid Restaking
Liquid Staking
Staking
Go
NextJS
Maximum Bounty
$100,000
Live Since
18 April 2023
Last Updated
24 July 2024
  • PoC required

Rewards

pStake on Cosmos provides rewards in USDC, USDT on Ethereum, denominated in USD.

Rewards by Threat Level

Blockchain/DLT
Critical
USD $10,000 to USD $100,000
High
USD $10,000
Medium
USD $5,000
Low
USD $1,000
Smart Contract
Critical
USD $10,000 to USD $100,000
High
USD $10,000
Medium
USD $5,000
Low
USD $1,000
Websites and Applications
Critical
USD $10,000
High
USD $5,000
Medium
USD $2,000
Low
USD $1,000

Please review how rewards are distributed based on the Immunefi Vulnerability Severity Classification System V2.2. This is a simplified 5-level scale system with separate scales for Blockchain/DLTs, Smart Contracts and Websites/Apps.

Payouts and Payout Requirements:

Payouts are handled by the pSTAKE on Cosmos team directly and are denominated in USD. However, payouts are done in USDC or USDT. pSTAKE on Cosmos commits to honoring payouts according to the terms set out in this program at the time of report submission, and to treat this program as the agreement and source of truth concerning bug reports and responsible disclosures.

For the purposes of determining report validity, this is a Primacy of Impact program.

Learn more about report validity best practices here: Best Practice - Primacy of Impact vs Primacy of Rules.

Rewards for critical blockchain/DLT and smart contract vulnerabilities are further capped at 10% of the funds at risk. In cases of repeatable attacks, only the first attack is considered unless the smart contract cannot be upgraded or paused. However, there is a minimum reward of USD 10 000.

pSTAKE on Cosmos does not have a Know Your Customer (KYC) requirement for bug bounty payouts.

Audit Discoveries and Known Issues:

Bug reports covering previously-discovered bugs are not eligible for any reward through the bug bounty program. If a bug report covers a known issue, it may be rejected together with proof of the issue being known before escalation of the bug report via Immunefi.

Previous audits and known issues can be found at: https://github.com/persistenceOne/pStake-auditReports/tree/main/stkATOM.

Program Overview

Liquid staking ATOM on pSTAKE generates high yields by auto-compounding ATOM staking rewards while enabling you to easily use your staked ATOM in Cosmos DeFi.

For more information about pSTAKE on Cosmos, please visit https://pstake.finance/

For Whitehats: It is highly recommended that you review the details of this program in full. Although many Bug Bounty programs have standard terms and conditions, each also has their own unique details that are critical to your success.

Prior to submitting a report please review the Immunefi Bug Report Template and Best Practices.

KYC not required

No KYC information is required for payout processing.

Proof of Concept

Proof of concept is always required for all severities.

Prohibited Activities

Default prohibited activities
  • Any testing on mainnet or public testnet deployed code; all testing should be done on local-forks of either public testnet or mainnet
  • Any testing with pricing oracles or third-party smart contracts
  • Attempting phishing or other social engineering attacks against our employees and/or customers
  • Any testing with third-party systems and applications (e.g. browser extensions) as well as websites (e.g. SSO providers, advertising networks)
  • Any denial of service attacks that are executed against project assets
  • Automated testing of services that generates significant amounts of traffic
  • Public disclosure of an unpatched vulnerability in an embargoed bounty
  • Any other actions prohibited by the Immunefi Rules

Feasibility Limitations

The project may be receiving reports that are valid (the bug and attack vector are real) and cite assets and impacts that are in scope, but there may be obstacles or barriers to executing the attack in the real world. In other words, there is a question about how feasible the attack really is. Conversely, there may also be mitigation measures that projects can take to prevent the impact of the bug, which are not feasible or would require unconventional action and hence, should not be used as reasons for downgrading a bug's severity. Therefore, Immunefi has developed a set of feasibility limitation standards which by default states what security researchers, as well as projects, can or cannot cite when reviewing a bug report.