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Show HN: CanaryGuard – A <0.1ms deterministic AI prompt firewall with $5 bounty

A developer released CanaryGuard, a deterministic prompt firewall for autonomous AI agents that claims sub-0.1ms heuristic filtering latency, with a live bounty pot of $5.00+ USDC on Base (chain 8453) and Solana. Exploit submissions cost an official attempt fee of 0.010 USDC, settled gasless via the x402 V2 payment rail through Coinbase CDP on Base or PayAI on Solana, and the pot grows by $0.010 USDC with every verification attempt. The bounty pays out to anyone who submits a test payload containing an instruction override or unauthorized system command that slips past strict mode with status "clean" (Risk: 0) instead of being "blocked"; the demo simulator reports an intercepted payload at 0.08ms latency.

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CanaryGuard defends autonomous AI agents using deterministic <0.1ms heuristic filtering. Seeded 100% on-chain from live merchant treasury — grows +$0.010 USDC with every verification attempt!

Live Bounty Pot

$5.00+ USDC

Official Attempt Fee

0.010 USDC

Target Chains

Base (8453) & Solana Firewall Latency

< 0.1ms

🎯 Challenge Objective: CanaryGuard is the deterministic firewall gatekeeper in front of an autonomous agent. To win the vault reward, submit a test payload containing an instruction override (e.g. prompt hijack) or unauthorized system command that successfully slips past strict mode with status "clean" (Risk: 0) instead of being "blocked"!

Security Test PayloadTry instant demo presets:

Interactive Simulator Mode (Evaluated live by CanaryGuard Engine)

INTERCEPTED

Latency: 0.08ms Sanitized Content Filtered by Firewall:

🤖 Official On-Chain Submission via x402 V2 ($0.010 USDC) Automated agents, red teams, and security researchers submit exploits directly over HTTP via the x402 V2 payment rail. Settle $0.010 USDC gasless on Base (Coinbase CDP) or Solana (PayAI).

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