THELOGICALINDIAN - The third best accepted aphotic net bazaar Hansa has afresh appear a bug compensation affairs which offers rewards of up to ten bitcoins for anniversary vulnerability begin in its marketplace
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Bug Bounty Program
Hansa Market’s bug compensation program offers rewards of up to ten bitcoins (worth over $10,200 at columnist time) for anniversary aegis aperture or added botheration found. Open to anyone, users can anonymously abide bugs begin on the armpit and get paid back they are 
patched.
There are three levels of vulnerabilities that Hansa Market is considering. Those that could “severely disrupt” the candor of user or bell-ringer advice reel in the better accolade of ten bitcoins per bug found. Noncritical vulnerabilities that could alone booty the exchange bottomward briefly acquire their finders a one bitcoin bounty.
In addition, for “simple affectation bugs or adventitious behavior” which are non-critical but could abate the user experience, Hansa Market offers 0.05 bitcoin, about $52 anniversary at today’s price.
Each submitter has to “demonstrate a aegis accommodation on our bazaar application a reproducible exploit” in adjustment to win a bounty, again access a chump abutment admission account it. At columnist time, two developers accept about announced on Hansa Market’s Reddit folio that they accept submitted bug allegation to the marketplace.
Recent Bugs Highlight Security Risks
As darknet markets abound in popularity, exchange aegis vulnerabilities are actuality more exploited. Last month, for example, two bugs were exposed on Alphabay, the better darknet bazaar with the best articles and users.
One bug apparent over 218,000 claimed letters beatific amid their users aural the antecedent 30 days, while the added 
allowed the hacker to access a account of all usernames and their corresponding user IDs. “The antagonist was paid for his findings, and agreed to acquaint us the methods acclimated to abstract such information,” said Alphabay admins, and the aggregation anon anchored the bugs.
Shortly after, the aforementioned hacker found a bug in Hansa Market which accustomed him to abridge a account of the market’s usernames.
Third Most Popular, Highly Rated Market
Launched in July 2015, Hansa Bazaar is the third-most popular aphotic net market, according to cyber accident intelligence aggregation SurfWatch Labs. At columnist time, there are 32,895 articles and casework assuming in the marketplace.
According to Deepdotweb, Hansa Market has the fourth better alternative of appurtenances and the fourth most reviews amid ranked aphotic web markets. It has 98 ratings with 4.3 stars, which is a college appraisement than added sites ranked, including Alphabay and Dream Market.
Hansa Market takes a 3% agency on all sales and requires a 0.3 BTC band for vendors. The exchange reportedly facilitated over $3 actor account of sales amid September 2015 and December 2016.
Using Bitcoin to Minimize Scams
One of Hansa Market’s methods to aspersing scams includes application multisignature addresses. Previously, best aphotic web markets acclimated alone a accepted Bitcoin abode for their escrow account. After barter deposited money into it, the armpit ambassador 
would delay to apprehend from both parties afore absolution the funds. While aural acceptable in theory, this adjustment allows the marketplace’s ambassador to accomplish an ‘exit scam’, which is back they abandon with all of the money in the site’s abounding escrow accounts, never to be heard from again. Unfortunately, this has been a accepted accident in darknet markets.
Hansa Market uses 2-of-3 multisignature wallets, so that the customer, the vendor, and Hansa admins all accept a Bitcoin clandestine key for anniversary sale. The money is appear to the vendor, or beatific aback to the buyer, alone back two of the three keys are acclimated to move the money.
According to its website, the marketplace’s primary focus is to abbreviate betray opportunities for vendors and bazaar admins alike, abacus that:
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