Bounties
The examples listed below are not exhaustive and the bounty amounts listed above are only rough guidelines. The exact amounts depends on the actual bug, feedback or suggestion.
We need and want your help to improve Numerai so we will aim to be generous and fair with our bounties where possible. If you feel like you deserve more/less bounty for your contribution just let us know!
If you see anything that is broken, report it! If it turns out to be a real issue and your report helped us fix it then we will give you a bounty!
Bug report | Bounty |
Small website display issues, broken email, broken links | 0.1-1 NMR |
Minor exploits or vulnerabilities that do not risk user funds | 0.1-1 NMR |
Medium data errors, incorrect payouts, cannot submit/stake | 1-5 NMR |
Major exploits, security issues, smart contract vulnerabilities | 1-100 NMR |
Note: You must have a Numerai Tournament account to receive bounty payment. US persons receiveing a bounty valued > $600 USD will be required to submit W9 taxpayer information.
While researching, we'd like to ask you to refrain from:
Denial of service
Spamming
Automated scanning of any kind
Missing Security Headers (eg. HSTS, CSP)
Missing Secure Flags on Cookies
SSL issues (weak ciphers/key-size/BEAST/CRIME)
CSRF without any security impact
Rate limiting attacks (unless it constitutes a significant risk)
Email sending checks
Misconfigured DNS records (unless it constitutes a significant risk)
Message us on the RocketChat #support channel.
Tell us what you expected to happen, what is broken and whether or not it is still happening. Please include your username where appropriate. Please also include any instructions on how to reproduce the error or any screenshots / error messages.
If the issue is with the website, please include information about your browser and any extensions you may have installed (anti-virus, ad-blockers). If you are not comfortable posting this information in public you can also send us a direct message or send us an email to [email protected]
If you have any good ideas about how to improve the Numerai propose it to us! If it is a good idea and we end up using it then we will give you a bounty!
Feedback & Suggestions | Bounty |
Small website features | 1 NMR |
Medium data, submissions and staking improvements | 1-5 NMR |
Large tournament rules/payouts, reputation | 10-100 NMR |
Message us on the RocketChat #feedback channel.
If you are going for a large bounty, it would be helpful if you wrote up your idea in a document (pdf or google docs) or a notebook (google colab, github).
