# Crowdfunded Security Tournament **Domain:** Defensive cybersecurity / Collective finance **Doc Type:** Developed Wiki Node **Maturity:** Developed **Collection:** [[collections/Gamification|Gamification Collection]] ## Definition A **crowdfunded security tournament** is a defensive audit competition whose reward pool is capitalized by multiple outside contributors and allocated to participants according to adjudicated security findings. ## Significance The Ethereum Protocol Attackathon demonstrates the form in production: crowd capital, a transparent vault, published scope, self-selecting researchers, severity-based review, leaderboard reputation, and crypto-denominated payout. The form proves collective capitalization of defensive cyber labor, not military use. ## Sources - [[articles/gamification/Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed|Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed]] - [Ethereum Protocol Attackathon](https://immunefi.com/audit-competition/ethereum-protocol-attackathon/) ## Routes [[wiki/Ethereum Protocol Attackathon|Ethereum Protocol Attackathon]] · [[wiki/Programmable Tournament Treasury|Programmable Tournament Treasury]] · [[wiki/Crowd Capital|Crowd Capital]] · [[wiki/Attackathon|Attackathon]]