The final 100 ETHSecurity Badge holders are in! That brings us to 200 security experts, guiding how TheDAO allocates its funds and also coordinating behind the scenes to make Ethereum safer. Big thanks to everyone who engaged with the process and helped shape it, and to @bonfiresai for building the tooling that made it possible.

Introducing xiaoming90, the first founding security researcher of @blackthornxyz. @xiaoming90's track record speaks for itself. 21 audit contest wins. 18 contests as Lead Senior Watson. Held the #1 spot on Sherlock's leaderboard for many weeks. His background is traditional Web2 security: he spent 8 years in-house at reputable cybersecurity firms performing a wide range of security engagements for clients around the globe. After making the transition into Web3 security, he’s become a specialist in bridges, L2 solutions, cross-chain communication, and liquid staking/re-staking mechanisms. But he's also secured some of the most complex DeFi protocols across lending/borrowing, perpetuals, options, derivatives, and order-book mechanisms, auditing @NotionalFinance, @usualmoney, @symm_io, @0xflatmoney, @NapierFinance, and many others. What sets him apart is his creativity and deep understanding of a codebase. He’s uncovered 34 solo high-severity issues and 65 solo medium-severity issues, which is essentially unheard of. xiaoming90 is more than an auditor—he’s a stalwart of blockchain security. Please congratulate xiaoming90 on this new role.