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GOLDMA started their bounty campaign in April, and then 1 week before the end (in October) they said they require full KYC meaning:

- Proof of address
- Government issued card
- Selfie holding the ID

Is there any ICO requiring such information from bounty hunters?! To me this is a SCAM to get private details and sell on dark markets. Imagine what they can do with such information! I have never seen anything like this, be careful of these scammers from GOLDMA.

Has anyone experienced something similar from other bounty?

*edit* It stated first that NO KYC REQUIRED FOR BOUNTY, this changed 1 week before the end

KYC for bounty hunters is a common thing now. This is not a sign of a scam, moreover, many of the ICO warned about this in advance.

That is the point, it said "No KYC required for bounty", then 1 week before the end (after 6 months) they said full KYC required, + a selfie! If they were honest at the beginning no-one would join this bullshit

More and more projects require KYC for bounty hunters, it becomes a common condition. It's not fair that team made a statement 1 week before the end, but  unfortunately there's nothing you can do about it.


The laws were changed for this time, crypto is not more  anonymous.

right, there is a risk to do a KYC as you say, but almost all of the bounty campaigns ask for KYC, this procedure has been more massive this year especially for investors. I think there's always a profit and a loss, and it's not a scam.

Ive doing and submitting KYC since last few months already and its a common thing now in bounty, this is done because a lot of spammers and pretenders nowdays who will used your accounts in any campaigns, so i think there is nothing wrong with KYC, its just a normal procedure.

There are many such projects but you should choose a reputable project management team to send your information to them. Because bad projects will sell your information or when you get KYC, they will leave us and we'll call them scams. so be careful.

It's normal on this day, usually you are asked to provide a passport, driving license, or identity card and you only need to give one of these choices. For me ID card is the best choice.
Aitheon is one of the ICO projects that asks bounty hunters to do KYC too and they are not scammers.
Know Your Customer (KYC) has become a natural thing in the ICO project. Even now the founder of the ICO project must also verify his identity to get a good rating from the experts if registered in ICO Listing Site.

They were not true to their word if, at the beginning, they already mentioned that KYC is not needed only to require them at the end.
Unfortunately, they have this irritating rule that "we reserve the right to change....." and that gives them every right to change.
This practice is really unfair to all honest bounty hunters who wish to remain anonymous. The weeks/months of work goes down the drain with just one change. Policy on KYC once stated at the very beginning should be irreversible.

I don't have join goldma bounty campaign, but you can't call it scam if they require kyc at the end of campaign, owner allow to change rules in anytime, just check your bounty reward is worth to pass the kyc or not, I only call a project scam if they don't paid or cut bounty reward at the end of campaign 

This is obviously a Scam because such information they absolutely do not need. They most likely want you to provide their data, which they then later sell on the black market for a good amount of money

Just choose another ICO that does not need KYC, there are a lot of them.

Requiring KYC for bounty hunters does not mean that the ICO is a scam. It is just frustrating to know that they change the rules only after the bounty campaign has ended. This thing is not the first incident that they require KYC after the campaign so as a bounty hunter we should e prepared if we want to get that bounty token.

so many things like that happen, because many exchanges ask KYC for their community so that after entering the token / coin exchange does not die there, because of the large number of community token holders

The bounty campaign that asks for kyc is not just GOLDMA, if you try to look at the bounty managed by Team amazix, almost all of the bounties ask for kyc, I personally like the bounty campaign that uses kyc and our selfies, one person only has one face,

I understand how you feel on this latest development about the GoldMA bounty campaign. The already issued an apology on this recent turn-around as far as KYC is concerned. The project team obviously failed to project about the possibility of the KYC that's why they specifically wrote in the thread that there is no KYC required. I am also sad but for an ordinary guy like there is nothing I can do but to follow what they wished for since doing otherwise can mean risking the time and effort I put into the program. Again, I sympathized with you and this is kinda sad though it would be sadder if we will not get anything because we don't comply with KYC as there is no higher body that we can complain to on this matter.

It doesn't mean it's a scam, but it is certainly poor communication, which may be indicative of a lack of professionalism in the project team. So not necessarily a coin to stay away from, but given that the purpose of bounties is to create good publicity and awareness of a project, it does seem a bit like they are damaging their reputation.
KYC is becoming a requirement quite often now, and you are right to be cautious. I hope you have better luck with future bounties.

Sometimes such a requirement can be made during the company, although of course it looks suspicious.

Due to the fact that the project team wants to be sure that their assets do not fall into the hands of fraudsters, they carry out a KYC procedure for bounty hunters. This is normal and you should not call the project a scam because of this.

KYC requests in campaigns is required now in some of it
But it is disgusting to ask for this after months of campaigning
All details must be clear from the beginning.

This project is not a scam in my opinion. I think that for the team to ask fora KYC makes this project more legitimate for me. The timing on the asking of KYC is the one that frustrates bounty hunters. The trend now is that ICO will ask for KYC to bounty hunters after the campaign maybe because they want to catch cheaters off guard and lessen the distributed bounties.

I give this view does not mean that I am siding with one party. But more to the experience I have experienced. There were several bounty projects that I participated in, KYC participants were not needed initially, but towards the end of the project, the bounty participants also had to send KYC (identity). Many think that such a thing is normal because on the basis of the request of the party who will pay. But, more clearly, we don't know it.

KYC for bounty hunters is only to ensure that the participants do not commit fraud and really follow the bounty rule. And in my opinion it is natural,because now a lot of people play multi accounts

currently kyc is indeed a necessity for several projects, because currently there are many who try to cheat by entering multiple accounts in one project.
so i think it's normal for them to ask the bounty participants to fill the kyc.

indeed it will be very scary if we get caught up in the wrong project, it's good that we have to check their project first.
if their project is good and their team can be trusted, there is no harm in filling in kyc.

Yes, there were many ICO that required the same exact information as stated above. I did kyc to a few proj and had gave same exact information. 😁
I had joined goldma too at start of the campaign but I got busy with my daily job thus I did not had enough time to read the WP and could not make 3 tweet per week. I got no choice but to dropped the campaign.

I don't think Goldma proj is a scam. If you are really concern about your personal information. Then it's better for you not to do KYC.

Yes, I had first hand experienced of something similar from a few bounties. I did kyc to projects that I thought worth it. Each of us has a choice.

KYC for bounties is a norm nowadays. We could not do anything about it. They have to abide the laws.

Well as many people already replied that KYC is not that things which proves that project is scam. KYC is good things and almost every ico do now days. For bounty participants some ico also want to do KYC. It's not important but if they do its ok. For scam project something need to research like members, white paper and website design etc. Also the team members how much they connected with their community. Transparency is the most important thing in any project. If you find lack of transparency then somthing is bad. So this things consider if the project is scam or not.

I think KYC on bounty hunter is a common thing nowadays. But i didnt like KYC at all because i have no idea the give information used for. Just do it bro the rules changing doesnt mean the project scam. No other choice to claim our reward without pass KYC.

KYC Requirement is almost like a thing now.
Some projects do what you have said, a last minute KYC requirement.
I think its for them to eliminate fraud in some sort.
But still it really depends on the project owners.
It doesnt make them scam, but they have their reasons.

many bounty projects require this. You either fulfill their requirements and expect to receive tokens or you do not start participating in bounty campaigns at all. everything is very simple

You did not read the whole post it says they change it and now required that bounty hunters do a KYC, some bounty hunters do not participate on bounty campaign that requires a KYC and changing the rules at the last minute only proves that they do not want to pay their bounty hunters.

It is a regular thing that the bounty hunters need to pass the KYC process. It helps to protect any projects, from different art of scammers, that are using multi accounts to prove their identity. On the other hand, you never know, what they are going to do with this information. But it is not a scam.

I don't really think this is a scam , any bounty that demand KYC from main crowdsale participants are likely to also do kyc at the end despite the fact that they say from the beginning that no KYC for bounty participants. Sometime the rules can change and this is part of the rules.

It is scam now? They didnt scam someone for now. Bounty manager needs to collect KYC from bounty hunters because GOLDMA team changed their opinion about bounty KYC.
If they do not pay after KYC - then it is a scam.

Most ico make use of this new strategy, though i can't fathom reasons why most new projects think asking kyc  at end of project is the best thing, stating all terms and conditions at commencement of bounty campaign look professional, whoever wants to participate also whoever not happy with it will look elsewhere.

In my opinion, you are cluttering the forum, many topics have already been created on it in which people post scam bounty, you could use this, but you decided to create another useless topic.

Or at least use this forum section.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=83.0

almost all projects are currently asking for charging kyc,
if their project is good and their team can be trusted, it won't be a problem for me to follow their rules. because that is also to reduce fraud that will harm us.

i hope, scary events like fraud and selling our data will not happen.

Tons of ICOs need KYC now.  More common they do then they dont

Yeah, actually the team should tell first if the project needs KYC so the bounty hunter will not be surprised and feel cheated. I think KYC is not a sign of a scam but in this case, the problem is the team didn't tell at the first but 1 week before the end of the project.

KYC procedure for bounty hunters is becoming an ordinary thing nowadays.
But it is a good sign when the team warns about this beforehand at the start of campaign.
And also introducing KYC closely to the end of campaign is not the 100% sign of the scam, may be some legal issues got in the way or it could be means of deleting bots and bot accounts or just to grab the tokens of those people who do not want to pass KYC or simply forget about it.

Not new to me. But most bounties that I joined have already indicated it on the bounty thread whether they require KYC or not.

I also feel the same way, now Kyc is a must for every ICO project, but what makes me doubt is that there is no legal entity that guarantees the security of my personal data

That is great idea which can be form as canvas if that bounty is good or not. We all know scammers sorrounds all over the world just to big crypto that can make them happy. Possible their are KYC which is good for bounty hunters that can give idea to everyone who joined ICO.

there have been many like this and I've been like that too, maybe too many multiple accounts, if suddenly notified, I think they (dev & bounty manager) have the right to change their rules, if you already participate from the beginning and get a big stake, I don't think it's wrong to follow the kyc procedure, you can check whether the KYC procedure is for fraud or not

That's the rule, and you know every rule is worth following, in my opinion, projects that don't pay for new prize hunters can be said to be fraudulent project, now I ask you, is GOLDMA finished sending tokens to bounty hunters?
 I am happy with the project that does kyc, because the payment that I feel is very satisfying. By the way, your account is a newbie with a sense of pro  :D

i would be annoyed if a week before the bountie suddenly kyc is required. it is just unfair not to announce something like that in front of a bounty. but unfortunately you can not do anything about it. every project has the right to change the requirements.

Unfortunately, according to the rules of any project. Managers can make changes at any time. This does not say. However, this is not a pleasant moment, and you should think well about how much you have earned in this project. If the amount for you is not great you should not go through the KYC procedure.

Bounty campaign that requiring a KYC is sadness, I think that is too much, cause we can't really sure how many reward do we get from the bounty campaign, if it's just a small amount and we need to do that full KYC, then its not worthy of our effort.

Nowadays, bounties require all bounty hunters to do KYC to receive their reward and i couldn't see negative with that. Now if you want not to receive your reward so don't participate on kyc. That's as simple as a bounty hunter.
If you don't trust them. Maybe you should stayaway from them.
And you don't have any strong proof to mention that the project is a scam.

in this forum there is no or no legal entity that guarantees the security of our data. so we need to be aware of that too. because of the fear that our data will be misused.

Horrible change done one week before the end of the campaign. I don't know what is going on to the project behind but I think it is clear enough that it is unfair. The team are not honest to their rules unless they say if necessary change is possible. Motives and interest of the team are the possible reason why they change in a short period of time.

I will stay away from KYC's bounty. Because this is very uncomfortable. Why do I need to submit my personal data for bounty? How to protect this data privacy? Before solving this problem. I won't do any KYC bounty activities.

I think kyc in the bonus campaign is ridiculous. They are not investors so kyc does not make sense.

Kyc is a very touchy subject around ICO and frankly speaking, many people don't like giving their personal details on the internet to none verifiable company or person. If I had participated in the said bounty campaign, I might do kyc or not, it depend what is at stake for me!

I agree that this is not a sign of a scam, i think OP maybe missed something in the details. There are some ICO that they provide some rules that they have the right to change the rules in some cases. I think this is where OP missed it, or maybe he's not into KYC thing that's why he's just complaining it now, though KYC these days is so common in most ICO.

I don't think so, because there are some people who change their minds and think that bounty hunters are the same as an investor so they need kyc as investors do.

It is not a thing last year as it is rare to see some projects that require KYC and now it is normal for them to put KYC for $100k - $200k bounty pool even for the airdrops which is now commonly not profitable to waste time, what's wrong for me with the OP's complaint is that the campaign announced that it is not required then suddenly they change the rules to require the week before the end of campaign, they should bound for that rule even if they fail to raise the hard cap.

Asking KYC is common these days as more and more countries are putting regulations on their population not to invest in ICO's and even many projects are not providing their services in many countries. There is a risk of selling our data but this cant be called as scam.

Many ICO required that from bounty hunters of course,  requesting kyc from bounty hunters is not enough to tag a project a scam. In this case,  the only mistake the manager and the team did was just for them no to inform bounty hunters before commencing the campaign earlier. Thanks

There are many projects that later make KYC/AML a must for bounty hunters though it was not initially indicated but the level of the KYC is not high like this one. For them to be asking for all these information it means that are not ready to pay because not all bounty hunters will be able to provide them

This is not an acceptable behavior at all. To me this is called as betrayal. It must be an unreliable ICO if this has happened. If an ICO doesn't obey their own words how can the investors have faith on the project and the team. It should have definitely been a terrible situation for you. This is the reason why many potential ICO investors are backing out when investing in ICOs these days.
I have myself stopped investing in ICOs for I know it will however turn up to be a mess. It's better to invest in a coin once it is developed and the project is functional.

I already know a lot about bounty campaigns that require KYC, so you don't have to worry about fraud. KYC is needed to avoid the number of fake accounts, or one person who has many accounts.

You have no proved at all and can be tagged for a false alarm about creating fud to the project. You make a new account just to say a bad thing about the project that you mad on. What a way bro.

I see KYC with the bounty is normal. You should not be so suspicious. There are some reasons that the project suddenly forced members to do KYC, and this is quite normal with current ICO projects. And you should not have such negative thoughts, please do KYC to get Token.

Why people against to pass KYC for bounty campaigns? Because know your customer (KYC) is only for ICO investors not for bounty hunters. There are possibility that our identity/ personal information can be used for illegal, I know there some reasons why bounty projects needs kyc, like to avoid scam, cheaters or multiple accounts in campaign.

I think that not only GoldMA is implementing KYC like that, many of the bounty projects that I follow require KYC
Complete KYC, like GoldMA, was previously in the Multiversum project

Yes, the existence and absence of KYC in a bounty is not a guarantee that the bounty will be successful or a scam, because KYC has no effect on the legality or not of an ICO.

Bounty rules can be changed anytime by the project team or the bounty manager. Possible reason is to help fight scammers or farmers. Anyone could pretend to be the bounty hunter out there and receives the tokens/coin for using someone elses account or alternate account. I would actually prefer KYC bounties because this will also help who really deserves to be rewarded. You also have a point that they may sell your information if that really is their intention behind the KYC requirement. It's all up to you to decide if you will submit or not. You can research more about the project and team so you will be convince if they're really legitimate.

Do you join the telgrm community. How is the discussion there. You will read a lot of information there.

KYC is often asked and needed after the project is finished, so this is common not new. If you want to get a reward, you should just follow the rules, but if you don't want a reward, you don't need KYC verification. OP seems to be a newbie but has made news that he doesn't fully understand.

This is not surprising, because lately very often they have started asking KYC for bounty hunters!

Well, I've joined one of the project in this forum and it took quite long time to get into an ICO, till now the ICO's still not going yet. Then the rules has came for the KYC system, it was really confussing before till I found out a lot of thread which explained and talk about the KYC system. So, what I meant is the KYC is one of the common thing in the bounty project nowadays.

Those conditions that the OP has listed are the common ones when participating in the ICOs. And more and more serious projects will adopt those when doing rewards campaigns as it is better to possess those information if the regulatory standards change etc, so get used to it. But yes, its on them if they primarily claimed that the KYC is not necessary and then they changed their minds. But what is your option in this situation? Protest and dont do the KYC even if that means not getting your reward.  

Kyc is no scam ,infact with KYC I believe it will help projects alot because some cheaters uses many accounts to cheat a bounty program so with KYC know will reduce cheating ,its for our own good but some won't like it because of privacy

Yeah I see most of the bounty projects here in crypto have started asking KYC, why? Of course there's a reason why bounty hunter like me, need to pass KYC for the bounty rewards, because there's a lot of members here is cheaters, greedy people like using multiple accounts. For me it's a good idea to pass KYC for bounty hunter and ICO investors.

It is normal for bounty managers to request KYC for participants, or for many projects. So that's not a sign of Scam. You should do KYC on request and wait to see if the reward is paid according to plan. If rewards are not paid in time, then the scam can be said. Good luck to you

Now your reminder, generally do not need KYC for bounty activities, unless it is a scam project, deliberately steal your personal information.

If you say a project that requires a KYC scam might be wrong. Because now there are many bounties that require participants to KYC. And that's all there is a risk. But I think the Goldma project did make a mistake at the beginning of the bounty, they said or wrote NO KYC REQUIRED FOR BOUNTY. I think it's like stealing.

Giving personal data to a project that cannot be said to be successful when it is launched I don't thing is a good idea. I prefer to look for another project bounty that doesn't have to provide us with identity information.

is still acceptable for me, I think they do KYC process to all their bounty hunters to minimize the risk of bounty cheaters.

at least you should remember this rule and I think this rule always there in every bounty...


If you want to be paid, you should accept their rules...

This is not necessarily a fraud, although it is not excluded. In this case, they still do something dishonest with bounty hunters, demanding this kind of verification. These actions are caused by the fact that they want to reduce the payments to bounty hunters in this way, because some of them refuse to undergo such a test or will not be able to pass it for some reason. In any case, such actions should be considered fraudulent, although the project itself may not be fraudulent.

I consider the requirement to undergo KYC verification from bounty hunters in any case illegal, since we are not investors in this case, and such verification should be carried out only against investors.

It is impossible to change the bounty rules once after they decided because we are joining their bounty according to the rules set by them. So it is always good to check the rules before joining any bounty because without rules it impossible for them to reach their target users.

Currently a lot of projects are phishing. What should newbie do?

I think the KYC now is one of the requirement to follow for bounty hunter besides the investors. If the bounty campaign rules changed from no KYC require to Need KYC to require I think because the rules are changing for some reason and better we follow it. That's my opinion.

Many bounty campaign are now becoming more strict and that is the reason why you should always follow some bounty managers you have enjoyed their previously manage campaign. Not every bounty worth joining. in fact majority of the bounty campaign will have this days are either going to pay penny or not pay at all. Probably the project discover that they are going to be giving out large amount of money to the hunters and they probably do not reach hardcap and so they are looking for a way to reduce the numbers hunters that qualify to recieve token. It is very common for ICO to change Rules this days.I cant forget Globitex bounty campaign. they did the same for hunters and when the hunters are annoyed the bounty manager was telling them to indicate their number on the spreadsheet so that he can remove their token. that was the worst bounty campaign I have witnessed here on BTT.

I think there is nothing wrong if the team changes to become KYC compulsory, some of the projects that I followed were like that. and that doesn't mean entering into a scam category, they only change the rules as long as the project continues to run it doesn't matter. and maybe you can read on https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=83.0 there we can find reviews of several projects that are likely to be scams review user member on bitcointalk.

you don't need to accuse a bounty project of being a scam just because it asks KYC from participant bounty, I think it is normal for now, and I feel that KYC for participant bounty doesn't need to be that detailed, maybe ID and selfie are enough. too risky if you have to provide detailed information about us, KYC is actually used to prevent spammers and in my opinion, it is effective and does not need details, you are not allowed to accuse SCAM just because of this, the developers have the right to determine or change a regulation related to bounty campaign.

I can understand why you are upset by this. They should have made you aware at the begining that you would have to go through a KYC process. There is actually no jurisdiction on the planet that would legally require KYC since no money has changed hands. Having said all that it is likely that you will find it difficult to join any reputable bounty in the future that will not require you to prove your identity before collecting your reward. The reason is that people cheating by signing up to bounties with multiple identities has become a very big problem.

There is a possibility that that campaign is scam but no one really knows unless you read something really suspicious in the whitepaper. However, KYC is not a proof that a bounty is a scam.  There are a lot of bounty campaigns that requires KYC. And I have an experience where the campaign ask for a KYC and they gave me the number of tokens they promised.

Goldma project seems like legal.if you want tokens you need to  submit your kyc. now even airdrops was required kyc so kyc is required to find multiple accounts and some other reasons.

No it was not a scam for me. They have the authority to change the rule anytime of the bounty period and requiring KYC is complying only with the law and to prevent multi accounts of bounty hunters.

Well it is normal for us to do the KYC, it is avoid the fake account to be paid. You want your work shared to people that cheated in the project? If you don't want to do the KYC then you will not receive your payment, it's not scam is avoid the project to pay fake people. Your identity might not safe but it is only the way to get paid.

That is one way to make the bounty hunters disappointed. Supposedly if it is needed by KYC, it will be more transparent to write on the rules since it was first announced on the bounty. I think this doesn't make sense, it will really disappoint participants. :(

it seems wrong to the bounty hunters but ICO teams have the right to change their rules. if they don't require KYC they might get sued. government are strict now because many use crypto in illegal activities.

Hard to say, I would not say that it is a Scam. It is quite possible that this new features will only help the market, but I'm not sure yet, see what happens and then make conclusions. KYC know not where we will, on the one hand is a plus, on the other, nothing good will.

its a common thing now for us bounty hunters, most of the bounty campaign required KYC now.. And for the rule stated their i think it depends on the team, maybe they change their mind..Its quiet upsetting because they stated that its not necessary but at the end need kyc to claim the rewards.

i also participate in goldma bounty campaign and i hope that i will be good. They changed rules in last week about KYC.  its hard to trust . When i will see final spreadsheet with earned tokens then i will make desision to send id or not, if its woth or not. i feel like little  bit cheated but will see. i hope that they will not reduce % for signature campaign.

Bounty rules altered depends on the project team so we must be ready at all times, if you want to give your kyc then you can continue or not because you think that they are scam then leave that campaign.

Yes, absolutely agree with you, nowadays it is so common to ask KYC for the bounty hunters. And due to this information or data they are not scamming you, they just need some proofs or security verification for our safety.

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What if they found out that there are many participants and running multiple accounts, they had no choice than doing the KYC just to avoid cheat in the game so you can't easily decide they are scam you just have to do it if you want your stake to be reward to your wallet if not trust me you aren't getting a dine. Since is theirs they have the right to do what they want

Be careful now many scam projects, they seem to have very good projects. but after they get investors and are not responsible. they don't care how people help him in his project

thing is the game rules change, it pretty much a requirement for bounty hunters.

yeah, regulation sucks but too bad, we can't do nothing to it. if you wish to continue, you must follow the rules.

nowadays there are indeed more unclear projecks that even aim to cheat if we are a bounty hunter, so you should be careful in following the available projeck

 Yes anonymity in crypto is now gradually changed because of many ICO's are now asking KYC, maybe due to some issue like multiple accounts in one person in which clearly illegal and I don't think a scam at all or being used in a bad purpose because there is no such report about this, I'm sure if there is then KYC will be stopped immediately.

This is happening more and more.
Projects hope hunters won't read the new rule or will be too lazy to comply.
That's less people for them to pay.

If they announce KYC after the bounty ends. Well I think they are a scammer, and do not want to distribute to the bounty hunter. KYC is not bad, but it must be given when launching the bounty. You should give it up and do not KYC to ensure the safety of your personal information

I do not think that this is a sign that this bounty is a scam or bounty manager scammed bounty hunters, he didnt know it, team changed their opinion about bounty KYC.

I am not familiar with this company, but I think the requirement to provide documents to the participants of the bounty is a normal practice, so many do. So I don't think we should worry about that. I myself have repeatedly sent my data for the KYC procedure and everything was fine. And even if our documents fall into the hands of scammers, most likely they will not be able to do anything with them

I am not surprised by such a thing, because I often find the same case ico project. and almost on average currently ico always includes KYC for prize hunters. You don't need to say it's a scam. like it or not if you don't do it in other words you won't be rewarded.

There are a lot of scam coins and we need to know about that and to learn how to tell them apart in order to save our money and business.

indeed it is very risky to give all of our personal information to someone we don't know but here if we don't do KYC then we will never get a payment and we will work in vain :'( So what should we do? I'm just a bounty hunter who always wants tokens for free  :-[

If the bounty manager suspects a lot of cheating in their campaign, they have the right to request KYC, and your choice is KYC or give up. Maybe it will make you uncomfortable and take time but no other way. There are many bounty requests for KYC and I find it very normal

Classic movement. Sometimes such call is made under the pressure of investors, who already passed KYC and want it to be passed by bounty hunters.

In April there were several ICOs that had used pretty the same trick: they offered good profits and completely anonymous investments and then there were a KYC.

Started campaign on April and still not finished? It sounds very strange, so I did not get surprised because of unexpected KYC, which had appeared on horizon.

I know it is unfair but it doesn't mean that it is scam necessarily , They should have asked KYC at the beginning or said that they would ask for KYC later , I don't like KYC either but some bounties do that to reduce duplication and scams , Still they cant stop it 100% even with KYC!

Oh, the worst thing that it happens not with bounties only. I mean that sometimes project teams allow people to invest without KYC, but to get your tokens you have to undergo it!

I would not consider such a thing fair, but the bountie operators themselves set the rules and can change them at any time. Therefore it is not a scam, but an ugly thing for the bountie participants. I would probably be angry, too, because i do not want to do kyc, but unfortunately you can not do anything about it.  :(

This type of change in rules do often happen.

And there's no way to stop this if they are the ones who are running these bounties. A bounty manager that has integrity would save your time from avoiding these type of bounties that suddens requires KYC when the bounty is about to end.

But the problem is they were charging the bounty participants to do KYC 1 week before the bounty ends. That's is the problem.

I think you haven't understand my point.

Yes, I know the problem and I'm aware that this is one of your concerns as a bounty hunter because I've seen someone complains about this before. And my suggestion is choose a bounty manager that is firm and reliable with such ruling of the bounty he's managing and won't have this sudden change prior to the end of the bounty.

If KYC is compulsory for investors, it may also be mandatory for bounty hunters. I don't know why people get mad at this.