The Ethereum Foundation organization, which supports the development of the namesake network, announced a competition for auditors to verify the update #Fusaka on the Sherlock platform. The prize fund amounts to $2 million.

According to the official press release, the competition will last for four weeks starting from September 15, 2025. The goal of this audit is to identify vulnerabilities and prevent possible failures before the deployment of the upgrade. The co-sponsors of this auditors' competition are Gnosis and Lido. They contributed $100,000 and $25,000 respectively.

To support the activity of auditors, the Ethereum Foundation introduced multiplier incentives: x2 for tickets submitted in the first week, and x1.5 in the second.

The organization also reminded about the official Bug Bounty program. It allows for a reward of up to $250,000 for vulnerabilities or bugs affecting the entire Ethereum project $ETH .