Dedicated Judge

A dedicated judge is dedicated to judge all issues in the contest and gets a 300% reward boost.

The offer to be a dedicated judge will be available in the Sherlock Discord's Judging channel. The signup deadline is 24 hours before the audit contest ends.

Requirement

If it takes more than seven days to announce the final results (from the moment the audit contest ends), the lead judge must judge all issues.

If it takes less than seven days, there is no requirement on the number of issues being judged.

Penalty

If the final results are announced after more than seven days and you don't judge all issues, you will be penalized.

1. You will not receive the 300% reward boost. Like any other judge, you will receive a 100% reward boost.

2. Your leaderboard signal score will be decreased by 50%, this is a significant penalty.

Reward

If you don't receive the penalty and successfully fulfill your obligations as a dedicated judge. You will receive a 300% reward boost.

This boost applies to your

1. USDC pool rewards

2. Signal rewards

3. Signal penalty

Note that incorrect judging amplifies your penalties; this will increase the drop in signal score due to the boost.