Virtuals Protocol fixes a contract bug and promises rewards for white hat researchers

An unexpected vulnerability was discovered in an audited smart contract, and Virtuals Protocol released a timely fix and restarted its bug bounty program. On December 3, 2024, a security researcher under the pseudonym Jinu contacted Virtuals Protocol after discovering a vulnerability in one of its audited contracts. However, after reporting the issue, Jinu learned that the company had not activated the bug bounty program, meaning that the discovery was not eligible for the bounty. Virtuals Protocol confirmed the white hat bug discovery. Although Virtuals Protocol has promptly fixed the bug, it has not announced a bug bounty for Jinu. In a message sent to the researcher, the company thanked Jinu for reporting the issue and apologized for previous miscommunication.