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 # HoneyPause
 
-HoneyPause is an onchain exploit bounty linked to a circuit breaker. HoneyPause lets whitehats safely and atomically prove a smart contract exploit on chain, `pause` the affected protocol, then collect the bounty-- all in a single transaction. Projects opt into the system by registering a bounty on the smart contract. The entire system is permissionless, non-custodial, and free!
+HoneyPause is an onchain exploit bounty linked to a circuit breaker. HoneyPause lets whitehats safely and atomically prove a smart contract exploit on chain, *pause* the affected protocol, then collect the bounty-- all in a single transaction. Projects opt into the system by registering a bounty on the smart contract. The entire system is permissionless, non-custodial, and free!
 
 For Ethereum protocols that can be exploited in a single transaction (which are often the case), this offers a novel form of proactive defense that can complement traditional (off-chain) bug bounties, threat monitoring, and in-protocol circuit breakers.