README.md

description
Community-driven competitions for smart contract audits

Code4rena

The players in the arena:

• Wardens protect the DeFi ecosystem from threats by auditing code.
• Sponsors create prize pools to attract wardens to audit their project.
• Judges decide the severity, validity, and quality of findings and rate the performance of wardens.

How Code4rena works

These docs provide detailed information and guidelines for current and potential community members, and aim to answer the most frequently-asked questions about how Code4rena — and our competitive audits — work.

Here are some of the most-visited sections:

For Sponsors

• Scoping and scheduling your audit
• Overview of the Code4rena competitive audit process
• How to prepare for a Code4rena audit
• Appealing a verdict

For Wardens

• How to get started as a Code4rena warden
• Submission policy and reporting guidelines
• Becoming Certified (KYC’d): benefits and process
  • Certified Security Researchers: overview, criteria and process
  • Validator role: overview, criteria and process
  • Scout role: overview and selection process
• Awarding model and process
• Judging criteria and severity categorization
• Notes on fairness and validity

For Judges

• How to apply for the Judge role
• How to judge a Code4rena audit

Philosophy

• Security is about people
• The culture we’re building
• Intentionally structured
• How consensus is built