---
id: 3399
title: "Brace yourself: $50 Million in Bounties is Coming—and we are celebrating the whole way there!"
source_domain: hackerone.com
source_url: "https://www.hackerone.com/blog/brace-yourself-50-million-bounties-coming-and-we-are-celebrating-whole-way-there"
published_at: "2019-02-01T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["bug-bounty", "community", "hackerone", "milestone", "hacker-stories", "earnings"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/3399"
lang: en
---

# Brace yourself: $50 Million in Bounties is Coming—and we are celebrating the whole way there!

## Summary

HackerOne's community hit $45 million in bounty payouts, celebrating hackers on the road to $50 million. Top-earning hackers make 2.7 times the average software engineer salary at home.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** hackerone.com
- **Published:** 2019-02-01T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.hackerone.com/blog/brace-yourself-50-million-bounties-coming-and-we-are-celebrating-whole-way-there
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/3399