The ARK team has opened its private Bugcrowd security bounty program to the public, allowing over 100,000 eyes to review and test the ARK core codebase, potentially leading to improved security and faster bug fixes. The platform has proven successful in helping companies like Netflix and Tesla identify vulnerabilities, and the team is now seeking contributions from security researchers and penetration testers. To participate, researchers can learn about recent issues and use them as a starting point for testing strategies on ARK's Security Vulnerabilities repository, and access important resources such as API documentation and development network links to help them get started. The goal of crowd-sourced security is to harness white hat security researchers to find and eliminate vulnerabilities, providing rapid and focused results, and the team believes that this approach will enable it to reach a wider group of individuals with an interest in cyber security.