According to CryptoPotato, the Solana Foundation is offering a $400,000 reward for anyone who can discover the code that could potentially turn off the Solana network. This comes as the price of SOL, the network's native token, has dipped by 8.4% in the past week following several mentions in Sam-Bankman Friend’s trial.

Jacob Creech, the Head of Developer Relations for the foundation, announced the bounty as part of the Solana Foundation’s broader security bug bounty program. This program encourages white hat hackers to scrutinize the blockchain for vulnerabilities, with various rewards available. Among these bounties is $2 million in locked SOL tokens, set aside for a 12-month lockup period, for those who can uncover vulnerabilities such as theft of funds without user signatures, unauthorized fund transfers, or vote program exploits that drain delegated stakes.

One standout bounty worth $1 million is reserved for those who can expose the Solana network’s consensus violations or safety issues. This includes the recently publicized $400,000 reward, which incentivizes hackers to identify vulnerabilities that could lead to remote attacks capable of partitioning the Solana network. As a blockchain hailed as an “Ethereum killer,” Solana acknowledges that no network is immune to vulnerabilities and is determined to address these issues proactively.

Meanwhile, Bankman-Fried’s criminal trial has caused a negative impact on SOL, which is the eighth-largest cryptocurrency. SOL’s performance has been poor recently, with its current price at $21.36, down by 8.4% in the past week, according to CoinGecko data. This decline may be linked to its frequent mentions in Bankman-Fried’s trial, in which his lawyer, Mark S. Cohen, discussed his interest in this cryptocurrency during the trial. SOL serves as the currency for transactions on the Solana blockchain, which developers use to create decentralized apps like DeFi lending platforms. Additionally, it was favored by FTX, with its former CEO Bankman-Fried supporting Solana, launching a Solana NFT marketplace, and investing in various native projects.