The long-awaited and highly anticipated 'Firedancer' independent validator client for the Solana blockchain, built by Jump Crypto, will soon begin its first bug bounty program. 

The program, which was announced by pseudonymous developer Cantelope Peel, will begin on July 10 and last 6 weeks. The program, powered by Immunefi, will distribute a maximum of $1 million to developers who find significant bugs in Firedancer v0.1, nicknamed "Frankendancer," the first version of the client. 

Work on Firedancer appears to be progressing well, according to Cantelope Peel, who wrote on X that "Millions of slots of execution have been tested and match the Solana protocol." 

The Firedancer client is meant to boost Solana's resiliency, as any issues with the current spate of clients …