Vrisan Gaur

ZK Security researcher

[Vrisan Gaur @v10g_]

Feels great to contribute in such a great project as a bug hunter.😄

[KausaLayer @kausalayer]

Shoutout to @v10g_ for joining the KausaLayer community and contributing to the security of KausaLayer Resolver Network.

As a ZK security researcher, he identified 3 critical vulnerabilities in KausaLayer Resolver Network's ownership circuit and commitment system. All were fixed and deployed within the same day.

Having a dedicated ZK security researcher reviewing our code strengthens everything we build. KausaLayer is not just a dev team shipping code. It is a growing community of builders, researchers, and contributors who care about getting the cryptography right.

Welcome aboard, @v10g_

[Sock @sockdrawermoney]

Or that contests remain the most effective form of audit when it comes to finding more bugs faster per dollar than any other method.

@zellic_io should open source the @code4rena platform and operational manual so projects or foundations or VCs or @ethereum or @_SEAL_Org can run these as I always felt they were: public goods. cc @samczsun

[Vrisan Gaur @v10g_]

@_mayurc Hey @_mayurc please check your personal Mail, it is urgent!

[Jack Sanford 🛡️ @jack__sanford]

End of an era.

I've never had a front-row seat to a product going from 0 to 100 back to 0 before.

I still remember in 2022 when @sockdrawermoney said audit contests are a great thing for the Web3 space and that others should launch contest platforms.

That was part of the green light that encouraged us to create Sherlock's audit contest platform.

The irony is that I truly think Code4rena died due to competition.

Sherlock was the 2nd entrant to the field, and Cantina and Immunefi came 1-1.5 years later and turned the space into a bloodbath where fees to audit contest platforms approached zero.

I think if there had only been one audit contest platform (impossible I know), it would have been a very healthy, lucrative business.

And the irony is that I think we'd see more contests and higher SR payouts in that scenario than we do today.

On the bright side, I think competition made Sherlock's audit contest platform a much better product. Our customer-facing dashboards are more user-friendly. We reinvented our judging process 4x and it's now 10x better than it was 3 years ago.

And our team as a whole was forged by fire thanks to the intense competition. I am a better founder and CEO because of the experience.

I'm really grateful for the lessons that we learned by competing against Code4rena. Their team was truly mission-driven and cared about security outcomes in a way that some others sadly didn't (and still don't).

Sherlock has fought hard to keep the security-first ethos in the audit contest space and in all our products. And we'll continue to fight hard for this.

For any team that experiences a gap in the market due to Code4rena's exit, I hope you'll ask protocol teams and security researchers you trust for their recommendation.

I'm grateful for everything Code4rena has given to the space and our team. And I look forward to Sherlock continuing to carry the torch of a security-first approach in audit contests.

[Vrisan Gaur @v10g_]

@brandon_shi All the best sir!! 🔥🔥🚒

[Vrisan Gaur @v10g_]

@kausalayer Hey, can you check the X DM and github issues for this repo of market+ circuits?
Thanks !!

[Vrisan Gaur @v10g_]

This one is for the people who want to understand the working of Groth16 along with the code implementations

I have explained almost everything needed in the latest Groth16 blog!!
https://t.co/NcVGB6ZXZc

[Vrisan Gaur @v10g_]

@pashov Zksecurity : 👀

[Vrisan Gaur @v10g_]

I have been learning about the ZK and cryptography, I have done the challenges by @zksecurityXYZ now am starting some of the @__zkhack__ puzzles you can read my first ever writeup here below!!!
https://t.co/uDfsHZF0ky

[Vrisan Gaur @v10g_]

@TheTradMod Congrattss sir !!!

[Vrisan Gaur @v10g_]

@banteg @zerocipher002 3/10 ragebait, atleast get good at ragebaiting. Oh....or is it something that you vibecode as well?

[Vrisan Gaur @v10g_]

@narendra_dogga @tejas_warambhe @sherlockdefi @CyfrinUpdraft is probably is the best one, i was reading docs and watched the videos of the concepts of i could not understand and then jumped to the contest.

[Vrisan Gaur @v10g_]

My first contest result from @sherlockdefi. Just two months ago, I had no idea what blockchain really was. Big thanks to my cat friends for helping me get started with Web3 security.

[Vrisan Gaur @v10g_]

@tejas_warambhe @sherlockdefi Not letting you guys down

[Vrisan Gaur @v10g_]

@v_nishaaa @sherlockdefi Go through cyfrin updraft or docs of solidity or rust(i did solidity), start competing contest on sherlock,cantina etc

[Vrisan Gaur @v10g_]

@bbl4de_xyz @sherlockdefi ❤️

[Vrisan Gaur @v10g_]

@AifosSi @sherlockdefi Thank you sir ❤️