# Ripple's $550,000 Audit Contest Found Two Critical Bugs in XRP Ledger Features Before Release

Reviewers logged 2 critical, 6 high, 29 medium and 59 low findings across five unreleased features, and $309,000 of the prize pool in Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin was paid out.

- Published: 2026-08-15T05:40:49.580Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/crypto/2026-08-15/ripple-s-550-000-audit-contest-found-two-critical-bugs-in-xr
- Publisher: Polylog (Crypto desk)
- Section: crypto
- Sources: [crypto.news](https://crypto.news/ripple-sherlock-audit-96-bugs-before-single-wallet/), [Sherlock](https://audits.sherlock.xyz/contests/1260), [The Block](https://www.theblock.co/press-releases/397376/sherlock-and-ripple-launch-550k-security-audit-contest-to-secure-upcoming-features-on-the-xrp-ledger)

A two-week open audit contest run by Sherlock on behalf of Ripple's developer arm produced 96 accepted findings against features that had not yet shipped to the XRP Ledger. The tally was 2 critical, 6 high, 29 medium and 59 low-severity iss…

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