Ethereum wouldn't exist without validated cryptographic primitives. Now, EIP-7212 introduces a P-256 (secp256r1 EC) precompile. But, for P256, the seed is c49d360886e704936a6678e1139d26b7819f7e90 and we still don't know how it has been exactly calculated! We want to change that! Very proud to announce the seeds-bounty.eth. An initiative collecting donations to further incentivise the existing NIST Elliptic Curve Seeds Bounty (https://words.filippo.io/dispatches/seeds-bounty/). Let's show the world that Ethereum is a collective power of folks who truly care about what essentially powers the foundation of Ethereum: cryptography.
This is the first time in this space that a compiler is conducting a competitive audit contest! I strongly recommend reading my article as a preparation for the upcoming Vyper compiler audit contest: https://hackmd.io/@pcaversaccio/how-vyper-compiles-into-byte.... It will give you insights deep down the rabbit hole.
A pre-note was released here: https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/news/berliner-hacker-knacken...