one day they would call us lucky💜

one day they would call us lucky💜

It was a great interview, I forgot a lot of areas I wanted to discuss cause I get distracted easily but still covered a good amount. There was an interesting timeline back in may 2025 where there was a global consensus around the capability of AI in cybersecurity, codex still didn’t exist and Claude code was nowhere near what it is today and so people really didn’t believe in it and it was quite taboo to bring it up, however I was working on what I used to call specific algorithms (now they call them harness) that fine tune the models at the time which was o3 to specifically reduce the amount of false positive and actually make it find big exploits that were real, and after a lot of research and testing, and it worked surprisingly good, very good we did well above 200k in less than 2 months after, Oris was a whole fundamental harness of its own like the way codex or Claude code is. But still I intentionally stayed silent and never mentioned it till a year after Just because well there was no need to talk about such capability publically and even if I did majority of people were already extremely skeptic at the time anyways. I was monitoring the public opinion around AI in cybersecurity for a long time now and operating just in the shadows. Things flipped in summer around August where a lot of cybersecurity companies started making random bs AI agents and claiming it found actual vulnerabilities which was completely false and just advertising scheme. Then OpenAI and Anthropic also realized their models can be quite capable in cybersecurity so they focused on that and published more cybersecurity focused models and advertised it as such which made the public less skeptic and made the topic a lot less taboo and now here we are today barely a year later. Oris is to not just make it find big exploits but also to allow it to exploit freely on the blockchain which does make it dangerous in the wrong hands but it would make the industry a lot more secure in the right hands. Currently there are so many different “AI agents” running that makes people scared that they would find many bugs but at the same time the same AI is actively introducing bugs as many large protocols keep using AI to vibe code their codebases, so I believe there’s even more opportunities in cybersecurity than ever before, the industry is having a huge boom like never before and the need for security in DeFi is increasing rapidly specially now that many financial institutions have decided to enter in some way or another in this field. The blockchain technology is really beautiful and it allows products that could never be possible using the traditional banking system by allowing finance to move through code which allows endless possibilities but what makes it powerful is also what makes it more vulnerable for exploits. A lot of SRs seem to be threatened by the advancement of AI in cybersecurity but I believe there will be a lot of demand for human SRs just in a different context and not manual audits as much but to keep improving the algorithms and come up with new breakthroughs like an actual researcher.

if you love God, watch this *asap*😭❤️

𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐕𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐱 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐈𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐲 Most liquidity in DeFi sits around waiting for trades to happen. When people swap tokens, liquidity providers earn fee But when trading slows down, a lot of that capital is basically doing nothing, That's the problem Vortex is trying to solve. ◈𝐒𝐨 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐕𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐱? ◈ Vortex is a new DeFi protocol built on Uniswap that turns idle liquidity into something productive. Instead of letting liquidity sit unused, Vortex puts part of it to work generating yield through established platforms like Aave and Ethena. The income generated from that yield is then used to buy back and burn $VRTX tokens. So this means liquidity creates yield ➙ Yield buys $VRTX ➙ Bought tokens are burned ➫ 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗼𝗳 $VRTS 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗰𝗼𝗹 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆. ◈𝐖𝐇𝐘 𝐈 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐊 𝐕𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐗 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐎𝐔𝐓◈ Most DeFi projects rely on token emissions to attract users. That usually means creating more tokens and giving them away as rewards. So the problem there is “𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲”. Vortex takes a different approach. Instead of printing new tokens, it focuses on generating real yield from existing liquidity and using that value to strengthen the ecosystem. ◈𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐈𝐭 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬◈ ➩ 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝟭: 𝗟𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗰𝗼𝗹 Users provide liquidity through Vortex powered pools on Uniswap ➩ 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝟮: 𝗜𝗱𝗹𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 Special liquidity mechanics create USDC reserves that don't just sit there. These reserves are deployed into yield-generating opportunities. ➩ 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝟯: 𝗬𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝗜𝘀 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 The reserves earn yield through trusted DeFi platforms such as Aave and Ethena. ➩ 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝟰: 𝗕𝘂𝘆𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝘂𝗿𝗻 The profits are automatically used to purchase $VRTX from the market. Those tokens are then permanently removed from circulation. So this results to ☟ 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗶𝘁𝘆 ➙ 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗬𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱 ➙ 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗕𝘂𝘆𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀 ➙ 𝗟𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 ◈𝐈𝐧 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐬◈ Vortex has no admin keys, no owner controls, and no centralized decision making, The protocol runs entirely through smart contracts. ◈ 𝐍𝐨 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐃𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐚 ◈ There are no votes, proposals, or governance battles, The system is designed to operate automatically. ◈ 𝐈𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐰𝐚𝐩 ◈ Vortex uses Uniswap new hook technology to create liquidity behavior that wasn't possible before. ◈ 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 ◈ Liquidity providers can benefit from: ➥ Trading fees from swaps ➥ Additional yield generated from reserves ➥ A deflationary buy and burn system for $VRTX 𝐒𝐨 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐢 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐅𝐢 𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 The industry is moving beyond simple reward farming and looking for more sustainable ways to create value. Vortex is part of that shift. Instead of relying on endless token emissions, it uses productive liquidity to generate yield and strengthen its ecosystem over time. ＞𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝗶𝗱𝗹𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲＜ That's what makes Vortex one of the more interesting experiments emerging from the Uniswap ecosystem. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 ,𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴.

The Lord your God will always be there for you and lead you through the storm,anxiety,depression and even fear. For the Lord has not given you the spirit of fear but of faith,let’s go harder together and see what the Lord has installed for you today Stay blessed Amen 🙏

prayer. manifestation. delusion.

We reported a critical loss of funds bug to @Thorchain (32M TVL, 150M FDV) They silently patched it and told us their bug bounty program is permanently retired. We have more Thorchain chain halt DoS vulns. We intend to release them (open disclosure) in the coming few days

soon soon

“really want to make a big win from bug hunting in June” don’t know how,but I got faith

🧵[1/6] Last week I privately disclosed a valid vulnerability affecting Alephium’s Wormhole bridge integration. The issue was confirmed by the team. It allowed a permissionless attacker to drain the entire balance of a live mainnet contract.

This is my “I am still worthy” moment. Finally found a High Severity issue in a Blockchain/DLT bug bounty program on @HackenProof . It has been an incredibly tough journey for me. In August 2024, After reaching all time #35 on the @CodeHawks leaderboard. I felt like I had built a good foundation in auditing. I decided to take a short break from contests and prepare for an interview with a highly reputable firm that had reached out to me. But after a few days of preparation, I realized something was off. It started with brain fog and slowly turned into very strange neurological symptoms. My memory felt slower, had this constant gloomy feeling, weakness in my hands, and sometimes an electric-like sensation in my head. and symptoms worsened whenever I tried to sleep. My health kept deteriorating, and with it, opportunities slowly slipped away. Around March 2025, after nearly 6 months of recovery, most neurological symptoms had improved, but I still could not sit continuously for 2 hours without discomfort. Yet, with limited strength, I chose to start again. I applied to the @pashov internship program because I wanted to work in a team, but unfortunately, I did not make it through. That rejection was a reality check. By mid-2024, I had made 5 figs from auditing and 4 figs from judging. A strong firm had reached out to me. And now, I was being rejected from an internship program. I understood how brutally competitive this space is, and how constantly you need to prove yourself to stay in the game. Past results matter, but only for a while. What once looked like a very promising auditing journey felt completely derailed. I decided to let go of my past achievements and start again like a beginner. Slowly, small results started showing up, and I even secured 3rd rank in one contest. But overall, It was a difficult year, as I was still in the recovery phase. With only a few recent achievements, I reached out to several audit firms, hoping for a private audit opportunity. Most did not respond, but I truly appreciate @DevDacian for always taking time to reply to my DMs politely and respectfully. In 2026, I almost fully recovered. worked hard with full potential and deep-dived into bug bounties, faced a few duplicates, kept pushing, and eventually got this bounty. After everything that happened, I needed this win more than I can explain. It reminded me that setbacks can push you back, but you can always come back stronger. The comeback has started. My DMs are open for private audits, security reviews, and meaningful opportunities.

rich is what you see wealth is what you don’t see extreme wealth is what you don’t see,have and keep investing…..

I guess Christmas came early, lol With this bounties I have officially earned more than $100k in bounties this year already, within five months. 4 Critical bugs to one project, and a chain halt bug for another project.

done with my post mortem emphasis on the last number…..:)😗

ahhhh shit here we go again…

didn’t qualify this time it’s time to go harderrrrrr

I will keep on clapping for others until it’s my turn👏