---
id: 901
title: "Points don’t matter; Your skills do"
source_domain: bugcrowd.com
source_url: "https://www.bugcrowd.com/blog/points-dont-matter-your-skills-do/"
published_at: "2021-07-22 00:00"
tags: ["bug-bounty", "bugcrowd", "vdp", "crowdmatch", "points-system", "researcher-ranking", "kudos", "private-program-invites", "skills"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/901"
lang: en
---

# Points don’t matter; Your skills do

## Summary

Bugcrowd removed points from VDPs: private program invites now depend on proven, target-specific skills and dollars earned on the platform, as CrowdMatch replaces the old flat kudos metric.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** bugcrowd.com
- **Published:** 2021-07-22 00:00
- **Original:** https://www.bugcrowd.com/blog/points-dont-matter-your-skills-do/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/901