Question 1

What is IMU?

Accepted Answer

IMU is the core value-creation asset of the Immunefi ecosystem. Immunefi positions it as a tool for coordinating incentives among onchain security participants, enabling security researchers, protocol teams, and partners to collaborate around the shared goal of protecting user funds. This positioning does not mean that IMU is evidence of ownership in a protocol, company, or its assets. Current official materials emphasize incentive coordination and responsible vulnerability disclosure within the security ecosystem, rather than granting holders corporate equity.

Question 2

How does IMU support onchain security?

Accepted Answer

IMU supports onchain security by incentivizing responsible vulnerability disclosure: after security researchers identify vulnerabilities, they should report them through appropriate channels so that protocol teams can address issues before they are exploited and cause losses. IMU links the incentives of different roles. Researchers identify and report issues, protocol teams respond to security risks, and partners participate in building security infrastructure; Immunefi describes this arrangement as aligning participants toward protecting user funds. The token itself cannot guarantee that a vulnerability will be found or fixed, as security outcomes still depend on subsequent stages such as discovery, disclosure, and response.

Question 3

What is Hacker Pledging?

Accepted Answer

Hacker Pledging is Immunefi’s mechanism for supporting researchers. Users can pledge IMU in support of a security researcher; when that researcher finds a vulnerability, the supporter and the researcher receive rewards together. It links support to a researcher’s future vulnerability-discovery results, rather than directly turning a supporter into a researcher or protocol party. The existing page describes the outcome of shared rewards, but it does not provide a universal reward ratio, lockup period, or calculation formula for each vulnerability. Those conditions therefore cannot be inferred from the word “pledge” itself.

Question 4

How can I use IMU to support a security researcher?

Accepted Answer

On the Hacker Pledging page, users can connect a wallet, choose a researcher, and pledge IMU in support. The page displays information by researcher, including rankings, vulnerabilities, rewards earned, pledged IMU, and the number of supporters, making public records easier to compare. Completing a pledge does not mean receiving a reward immediately. The trigger for rewards is that the supported researcher finds a vulnerability; whether a reward occurs, when it occurs, and its amount depend on later security-research results and applicable arrangements. Historical rankings or rewards shown on the page are therefore records of past activity, not promises of future discoveries or returns.

Question 5

Which participants does IMU serve in the Immunefi ecosystem?

Accepted Answer

The ecosystem role served by IMU includes security researchers, protocol teams, and partners. Researchers find and responsibly disclose vulnerabilities, protocol teams address risks in their products, and partners participate in security and risk-management infrastructure; IMU is used to align the incentives of these roles. The practical purpose of this division of responsibilities is to direct resources toward identifying and fixing vulnerabilities before they are exploited. It does not change each party’s original responsibilities: researchers’ discoveries, protocol teams’ responses, and the execution of security infrastructure each separately determine whether the security process can be completed.

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