Firedancer requires 1 SOL burned per vulnerability report.

ChainCatcher report, according to CoinDesk, a surge in AI-assisted vulnerability reports has prompted the Solana validation client Firedancer team to require researchers to permanently burn 1 SOL (approximately $100) for each submitted report to curb spam submissions. This fee is non-refundable, even if the report is invalid, out of scope, or duplicated; reports without burned SOL are ineligible for rewards. Between April 9 and May 9, a $1 million audit contest attracted 162 researchers who submitted 809 reports, yielding 127 unique security findings—nearly half of the valid submissions were duplicates. Jump Crypto believes that nearly all submissions involved AI agents in discovery or writing, causing a backlog of up to 299 pending reports. Meanwhile, Jump has raised reward standards: eligible findings submitted before November 20 will receive double the standard bounty, triple for Alpenglow-specific vulnerabilities, and up to $300,000 for critical discoveries.