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Most of the project nowadays are fraud or scam if I am not wrong. Others may not agree with because they earn that much. Yes, there are really few good project to join with and this is why there things you need to consider. Here are my few cents of things I know in bounty hunting.

1. Join a bounty project promoted by reputable bounty managers here. You can try to search a thread here in the forum for them and there are quite few results of them in a list form.
2. Do not be greedy and put too much trust on the project. If you can earn then good if not then let it be. As long as you get a reward then that would do already. If you try to join all of the bounty in that project then it will be a load of work and if ain't pay you then that is really a waste of time and resources.
3. If the team offering the bounty hunters to pay a small amount for the bounty hunters to process the rewards then pretty sure they are scam. They just trying to scam even the bounty hunters.
4. Join an organized group or team handling bounty projects scrutinizing the project before accepting will likely to be legit.
5. You can search google for incoming good projects but some of these projects are not offer here in bct instead they just use other platforms to promote the project. However some offer the project has offer it here in BCT so it will be a  good chance to join that kind of project.

Then do not forget the rules and regulations of bitcointalk forum. Plagirism is the most reason getting ban in this forum. You would not likely to get ban especiay if you get ank up already. Many here likes to report and investigate copy and paste post.

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The best one to look out for is to check the utility of the token. In the project and the infrastructure that they are going to make and of the token value will appreciate without any speculation on the token over long term.

Utility is what drives investors into a particular project, that's what you need to focus on, most new projects team only have one aim, they want quick money so they create fake hypes, a bounty hunter must be very hard working and smart too

I guess it will not apply in scam project. I had join a good project to which token is used to bet football games. They had even advertise their project in a football league. They even sold their tokens at the same time. So.much promise was being made and all were expecting a good result and will be listed soon as the token was sold out during the token sale. They had already develop the platform for betting and we even tested the platform by betting using free tokens when one sign up into that platform and could also buy or transfer tokens in that platform.

Now they became inactive and no update at all. No exchanges just a pure scam. It was really a good project but things change because they were really scammers.

Let me add a few things.

6. Check their whitepaper and the team it's plagiarized/stolen or not (using plagiarism tool and reverse image), if you found it plagiarized/stolen... it's a red flags from their project and you should not join the bounty.
7. You can follow the recommended safe bounty of both this thread Safe Campaigns in the Altcoin section to join. Dont waste your time with others  (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5228629.0) and list of bounties good quality (new update 23_06_2020) (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5228203.0). This is just recommendation and not force you to join, you can choose bounty whatever you want.

some good points and I totally agree, but for bounties using platfrom this seems to be a bit cautious, because I see this year project who use platforms to publish their bounties are not so reliable, it's better to follow bounties on bitcointalk because I think it's more safe and also if the project is indicated a scam project there are usually several of senior members who are quick to make accusations on suspicious project.

It's just somehow hard to get good paying bounties nowadays, that's why if it is only one or two projects someone will promote per month, it must be good ones.  In addition to above hints and others by those that have commented.  Try and study if the idea or concept of the project is achievable, some projects do give white papers full of ideas similar to building castle in the air.  Also, be careful of projects that promises heaven and earth as reward; you know what I mean by that, because at the end of the day, you might not likely to get anything.

The easiest decision is to follow a reputable manager with the bounty campaign because, in the first place, they would be the ones who would be vetting the campaign and token itself. After all, if they accept some kind of scam-related project, then he would be held responsible for what he is marketing and managing. That’s the best way, IMO.

I think it’s quite easy to make a project look like a legitimate one. Just by doing active stuff and making sure that the community is around, a few months probably, they are going to get away with the bitcoin that you deposited.

Utility is an important thing but there was the main consideration before try to join in any bounty and it should be the token must have listed into the exchange site and that will bring use the more guarantee to not get scammed.

Many scam projects have a good whitepaper which they used to attract more investors. Scammers nowadays are evolving too, they already adapt the forum phase that's why they are already very cautious on all documents and information they post in there website. The only thing they can't avoid is too fake the team member. They don't want to risk there identity that's why most scam are using fake member profile.

Checking whitepaper for plagiarism is least to worry because only incompetent scammers are doing that.

Agreed. This was the thing I mostly consider before joining in a bounty campaign. Simply because, as you were said, there's no reputable person in this forum who will waste his/her time in managing a scam project besides, I doubt that they will put their credibility in a risk that could possibly ruin their account.
Moreover, I even also consider to conduct some background check about the project like their whitepaper, their roadmap and more.

I commented on this in the past, the biggest problem has been this model used, because the reward hunters are participating in something that still has no value and with that has a very uncertain future the correct thing would be that bounty hunters receive bitcoin weekly as payment, this would be the only solution


this still doesn't guarantee that everything goes well, these scammers have taken advantage of the fragility of this system

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6. Make every effort to find bounties which are already listed in exchanges, it's will give guarantee and reduce the risk of working for free

It's so hard especially for newbie, i join in so many bounty platforms but it's not good, For newbie better focus to find bounty in bitcointalk forum

You forgot to mention complaints or reports in the scam section, this is very important even if they have all the points but they have complaints like faking their team and their whitepaper blocking people in their telegram channel because of asking legit questions but the team refuse to answer, projects should be clean and transparent.

You gave very good points on how to avoid issues carrying out bounties  in the forum. In my opinion, the major challenge we have is on how to detect legit projects because several bounties end up not being lucrative for hunters.

You can also add to look on whitepaper and search if its plagiarism  or not if its plagiarism then its most likely they are scam project.

Those who don't have announcement thread created here is afraid to be asked by veterans members here .If they have nothing to hide, they should have room for those who want to ask questions and this forum is the best room for that .since ,we have many professionals here that works in many different project .

Bounties can be very deceiving and tricky some times, you might think a project is good enough where as it's a scam project, I almost fall for ibid signature campaign until I saw a bad review about this project called ibid in scam section on the forum then I quickly have a change of mind

Alright, everything has been explained and I think most of them here have understood the tips and tricks to join the bounty campaign, also about the rules there. the last of me, don't expect too much. once again, don't you think that by joining the project, you get money. not like that, there are still many processes. The first bounty was launched, various bounty, investment, pre-sale jobs were underway. then proceed to the development, distribution, then listing to the market exchange. if all the stages are successful, then we will certainly be happy because the payment will definitely occur. but if one fails, it is not impossible we will not get anything. I talk like this because of experience, where some bounties that finally failed to penetrate into the market exchange and until now I am still waiting.

basically patience and don't expect big, rest assured.

Aside from that, I think every bounty hunter must do a little bit of research about the project and its core team's identity. Also there are a handful of steps as listed below that I think one should do first in order to verify the integrity of a project and steer us away from possibly joining a scam project.

1. Verify project's viability
2. Verify core team's identity
3. Check if they have a working MVP already
4. Check repository / Github activity
5. Ask the team on related questions on the project's social media channels, etc...

If we do these things, I think there is a high possibility that we could encounter some red flags and should already be doubtful about it and avoid that particular project. In this way, we will not be wasting our time and should discourage possible scammers from doing such awful acts.

What should hunter do, if the projects passes all the 5 points you wrote, or simply dont have some the points. For example, bounty campaign of an exchange. Do you often see they put their team on public or post a lot in github?
Or MVP - often the team is in a processes of collecting funds, decides to run a bounty campaign. They wont have a MVP.
"5. Ask the team on related questions on the project's social media channels, etc..." - I've tried asking CZ questions about Binance in twitter, but he ignore me. If he ever run a bounty campaign, I'd better skip it. They seems shady, except CZ I dont know any representative from Binance.

Reputable bounty managers don't provide any guarantee, the project under their management will success. So don't just trust it, always do research before joining

Maybe you can add no 6
Make sure go to Scam Accusation board (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=83.0) and find the project you want to join there

Bounty hunting though has troubles due to scams and low rewards but still i enjoy it. Our job is to select the top quality project to promote preferably with a working platform and then we should promote it with all our heart and effort because if the project will be successful your reward will be worth more in coming months due to increase in the price of the projects token. So just keep working, stay positive and hopeful of good times ahead.

And you missed the very important one of participating in bounty, escrow the bounty pool should be the best because some projects scam the bounty hunters too. They promise to pay xxxxxz but later they don't keep their promise and pay lower or sometimes no reward at all. So, it's very important to check whether campaign manager is considering escrow the bounty pool or not.

I am not agreed with this point. A project which promises to paya little amount to the hunters can not prove the project is scam. Rather than promising of giving more reward which is unrealistic has a very chance to be scam after finishing their advertisements. Because when a project make a plan of scam they arrange their advertisement with a greedy offer for the hunters so that they get a huge traffic.

The newbie who have intention become a bounty hunter they must active in the scam accusation board https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=83.0

At least if they are active in that board they will be aware how to spot scam project and they can report if they find a scam project.

Or they will know the way of scammer when they try to scam many people. Also, there are a lot of information that will be useful for them.

Ibid bounty is a scam project using Ponzi scheme, this is very easy to find out if you visit the website, all information about their Ponzi schema in there. So I think to visit the website is also important thing before joining in any bounty campaign.

My general avice would be to look for promising projects outside of the bount section of the forum or on the internet in general.
And then afterwards look if a project that looks good to you offers a bounty in any form.
Don't just go to the bounty section and pick the campaign who offers 1.000.000 $ in shit-toxen XX, because then you are chance of getting a totally worthless shitcoin or nothing at all are close to 100.  :)

Yes, this escrow service must be applied at every bounty manager because it will be safer and more timely when the distribution has been determined, and bounties without escrow such as digitalbits do not pay the hunters at all even though the price is quite good.

I've never seen anything like this but if you encountered one that must have been difficult for him to pursue you, since the main reason you want to join bounty is to earn for free if you're willing to let go of any resources you currently have I think you'd rather invest or trade.

1. It's better to join bounties from reputable bounty managers on the forum
2. If you are promoting a project that's been managed by team be prepared for the worse
3. Stay away from any self moderated bounty threads on this forum, something is always fishy with self moderated threads
4. Don't bother promoting projects that aim to list on p2pb2b exchange or plan to list on such exchanges or others like exmarket or latoken, price dump is possible

I hope someday all bounty managers, both new and old will start using escrow instead, few bounties have turned back on bounty hunters saying they work cheaply and they don't deserve their tokens because it was never escrowed, some team likes cheating bounty hunters

If this advice is strictly for Newbies only then it's just a lot easier and safer to follow popular bounty managers like bounty detective, bubbalex, arteezy, Hhampuz, etc, and make sure you do research, the use case for each bounty project is the most important

Lastly, if you have the coins or tokens in your possession and the value is good enough then sell it.
Don't wait for a long time.
Trust me.
I bought a lot of tokens before and before I knew it, the value is already dropping.
I told myself there might still be a chance. But no, it will just be dust if you wait more.
Don't fall in love with their sweet words.

Good tips, If I remember there are only 2 good and reputable manager in the forum It is Hhampuz and yahoo62278, but they are rarely having a full bounty campaigns which has social media, blogging, etc. They focus on Bitcoin paid signature campaigns. When I join a bounty before my mindset was join as much as you can, but that is completely wrong, quality over quantity, just select those who has more potential with facts.

Number three is a big no no project that will do that will be labeled as a scam project, you don't ask payment to your bounty hunters and it's always the other way around, managers and developers should be the one paying them and thanking them for promoting the project,if there is one it should be reported in the scam section.

This year so far I haven't seen either one of these bounty managers releasing any new bounty projects, that's the thing with bounty managers, not every time they will have something to offer bounty hunters, you just have to do your own research some times

   

   You forgot Bubalex! He is one of the good guys, all bounties where he was manager paid their participants, he chose bounties
carefully, and he takes care of his reputation!
    I agree these are good tips for newbies who are trying bounties for the first time. From choosing the right campaign will depend
will you be paid and will it be worth your time and energy!

I do agree with you. These points are essential for everyone, not only for the newbie; instead, everyone should follow these steps to find a better bounty to promote. Though reading the whitepaper, team past working experience, reliable partner, investors, media coverage like Nasdaq, Forbes, Coindesk, Yahoo Finance, Cointelegraph are important to verify a new bounty project. Never stopped researching before joining in any campaign! I feel good that the number of scam bounties is less now, people are aware enough from scammers!

You are absolutely right. I saw many bounty hunters they only join and do their task. They don't check their spreadsheet status even they don't check is this campaign finished or running. Some hunters Copy paste others tweet or post for social media & sig. they should stop it or they will be kicked out from the campaign & will get banned from the forum for plagiarism. Hunters should be smart, honest and Active.

The best thing is always try as much as possible to dig dip about a project bounty before joining or as already stated try and join a bounty that is managed by a reputable bounty manager, although it is not 100% guarantee of anything but having a reputable bm manage a bounty is much better and a bit safer because such bm won't support a fraudulent campaign.

I agree with your advice. For newbies, it's best to take a look at these worthy managers and get involved in the projects they lead. You do not need to register in a large number of projects, but first you need to participate in several projects. I say this from my own experience. There was a time when I was involved in 30-40 projects, and half of them were of poor quality, but now I am involved in 3-5 projects led by Bounty Detective and Bubbalex, and I am very pleased with the result.

No need to participate in projects that do not have a permanent address with a listing exchange date or IEO listing date. Also add some more points that if they are a professional bounty manager you can participate in that bounty. For newbies these things need to be considered and in the meantime they will be able to catch the right project which is a pleasure for hunters.

good advice. but please note that not all bounties that can be traded on the exchange are very profitable. we need to analyze the volume and buy order, because now there are many fake orders and the volume is very small.
if you want a safe, you can choose bounty with btc or eth rewards, but this is very rare and often the rule is more difficult so it's not newby friendly.

Very good advice but still we shouldn't trust anyone, still do our own research because our own research will give more satisfying results

Hhampuz and yahoo62278 are also my favorites, but newbies can't participate in their campaigns. Because they are very popular for signature and at least members hunters. These two Parodium and Bubbalex are also good but I missed "Bubbalex" last campaign. I think newbies should follow only the top 5-8 bounty manager.

seem these two bounty managers yahkk62278 and Hhamouz were really diligent in their work. This is what I love also about them. Unfortunately they managed good bounty projects before but now they only managed projects that pay btc to which lesser user are being qualified and getting accepted. But maybe I can add the Team Amazix however later on the team had change their names and parted ways.

If it is also the Bounty with a token as the payment, I think that we should also consider the followings as the additional notes:
1. Thee exchanges for listing the coins
2. target of the team to list their coins maximally
3. Recommend to join the bounty in which the project has rea use case product
4. Think and consider also about the percentage of the bounty campaign rewards and also the numbers of the participants.

Briefly never hope too much on bounty campaign. If the token reward has been calculated, never imagine the price will be the same with the IEO or ICO/ IEO. ANd you will calculate based on the ICO price, it will never happen nd will only may you regret your decision.

There have been many tips shared on this topic, some tips that I think are effective for newbie joining bounties are promoted join projects
by good bounty manager. Like Bounty Detective, Bubbalex, Murat and Masulum. After that I always check team projects whether real or fake,
and finally checking the social media activities of the project, if it is active it is likely that the project is legit.

Yes. We should always learn to DYOR because in this crypto project, we should always learn to trust ourselves and stand on our own and not just rely on someones elses opinions. There are still good and legit bounty projects out there if we just keep making good researches but we should also be careful in choosing bounty campaigns because scam projects have becoming rampant also these days.

Firstly, you must do your own research and don't trust anyone's recommendation. Check the project for it's usecases, the credibility of the devs and team member. Don't participate because of FOMO. Also don't expect to much from bounty campaigns, it's a gamble so you won't be disappointed

Things that can't be denied of. Many projects had come out but only a few of them have worth it. We can't make people to stop them in participating bounty campaign for they think that this could save them. How we could forget last 2017 which almost( probably all) bounty hunters become rich because of this? And it is absolutely they'll think that it will come back once again. But it is very unfortunate that it is impossible to see that moment will come again as we can know that most projects now are being hopeless.

relying on someone's recommendation is not a problem for me, the important thing is still doing your own research before joining any bounty. because sometimes someone can be wrong in doing research

The reviews are great, this is very true and I agree with every point. Especially the first point, a good BM will certainly do their own research before holding a project so as to minimize failures for us, but even then it is not guaranteed the same as the second point, if indeed the project fails to clarify this is the world of crypto

Who is going to hold funds? Bounty manager (like julerz12 does in some of his campaign) or a third independent person? If the project is likely to "shot" and its price is going to skyrocket, imagine how much funds this escrow hold. He could have a seed of temptation to run away with bounty pull. Bounty manager escrowing funds by himself is not also a best decision. Example: julerz12 escrows funds for Dao geoma campaign. He distributed all the rewards using his own money to pay transaction fees. But later he spent time waiting and asking the team for a refund. But if a campaign is greedy or scammy? They might not repay bounty manager spent money.

Maybe the word "rely" is not suitable in this situation. I can say "listening to other recommendations is not a bad thing", the bad thing is that you completely rely on their words and make a decision based on their word without doing any double-checking. In business, listening to other words, especially advices, is a good thing. However, you'll need to have the knowledge and skills to do research to double check the advice!

Tips for members who are new to bounty hunting

1. Find bounties that pays participants in USDT or ETH or BTC
2.  Choose bounty projects that have real use cases that will interest crypto investors, real demand brings early scarcity
3. The best way to start bounty hunting journey is through popular bounty managers like bubbalex, julerz12, etc

Even though there are so many project scams these days, that doesn't mean there are no good bounty projects. We just need
to do a few things to get profitable bounty projects. Among others, see the website design projects, learn the activities of their
developer team, whitepaper check, carefully examine the profile of the team projects and finally the bounty manager who holds
projects are trusted.

Even if it's a legitimate project, new projects are struggling in gathering funds and developing the project due to investors being skeptical in putting their money in new projects.

Reputable managers are less likely to manage scam campaigns because they are diligent in doing their research before accepting an offer. But, take note that this doesn't guarantee rewards since managers have no control whether a project may succeed or not.

Joining campaigns takes risks, effort, and time. And it is true that there are still hidden gems out there. You just need to keep and trying and joining.

Many scam projects can provide good whitepaper and real team just to confuse many investors into thinking that they are real but one thing seem impossible for them to achieve still till date and that is top exchanges, binance team and other top exchanges team are very strict when listing new projects or raising fund through IEO

Bounty rewards sometimes are a mess, you work for hundreds of dollars but in the end you get pennies when you sell on exchanges, newbies should know that bounties aren't always guaranteed, most times things tend to go side ways

How do you know that you work for "hundreds of dollars" ? You calculate or predict your reward based on token or coin sales price? But this is totally wrong. The project can set what ever the price they want, but that doesnt mean someone will buy anything with that price.

Participating in bounty is a double lottery. To success, you need to first receive a reward, second - hope project gets listed. A most important, when you pulled out a lucky ticket, pray it has no sigh "you have won another ticker".

How won't you know what your tokens worth before promoting? What's ICO price for? What's exchange price for? Few bounties have good value before bounty Campaign starts and dumps after bounty ends before distribution.

Indeed the scam section is the best place to look if there is a bad report about it, and if there is one and the developer of the project is not addressing the issue then might as well leave it, a good developer and a good project can always defend itself from any issues that may arise, so check the character of the developer.

I have to be sure about a bounty project use case and development or plans before promoting, I'm not always in rush to join bounty projects as it's not a must, I join project that's good enough in my eye with high possibility of success, I guess this is what many bounty hunters don't understand

The glory days of 2017 are gone where bounties are really making us a living (shame on me for not knowing this hidden gem in early months of 2017, I only started sometime in November 2017). However, I strongly believe that one day bounties will become relevant and giving us decent income again.

It’s just that right now, the cryptocurrency market is now mature and DeFi industry is in great progress, which Ethereum is going close now to $400 (it even peaked to $408 before crashing down and recovered again).

When I teach newbies in joining bounty campaigns, I always made some disclaimer that we should “participate at our own risk” because nothing is guaranteed. Even if they guarantee the distribution, the token price isn’t when it’s listed on exchanges.

Maybe DeFi projects with bounty programs are going to be something that most of us are going to keep an eye on. But we should be careful also of fake DeFi projects. 

All of what you said are really helpful for the newbies who want to join the bounty campaign but this is for me the best one. For sure, campaign managers have built their reputation here in the forum and they don't want that to get destroyed just because of one scam project. For sure they've reviewed it first before handling it so... yeah for me this is the best.

This is my mistake when I'm still joining in the bounty campaigns. I choose to keep a small portion of it and then old the large portion instead of just selling it all as they are getting listed in an exchange. My mindset at that time is that I will hold some so that if the project will be a successful one in the future then I can sell it at a higher price but it was the complete opposite. Either way, I still got some profits from altcoin bounty campaigns and bought a phone thanks to them :D.

If the newbies have low experience about crypto and they have real intents to promote projects it's best to follow reputable bounty managers like bubbalex and arteezy or bounty detective

It is not a total guarantee that a project is not a scam even if it had satisfied all of the points mentioned above that is why we continue to have due diligence or investigate further about the project.


Well at least they must have a working MVP or else it is highly unlikely that they will ever produce one. As far as I know, most  legitimate exchanges are already in operation before they had conducted a bounty campaign to promote their company.



Binance is already an established company, and I don't know if they had initiated a bounty campaign that could be related to your inquiries but I think you could try other support channels instead of using Twitter so that they can better address your concern. Moreover, I presume CZ is a very busy person that is why we should take such inquiries to their dedicated support team on different media channels accordingly.

Binance does not need to launch another project because they are successful already in their current project. Unless they try to improved the project and launches it through their current project. I have seen some projects that are finding ways to get into binance exchange for free in return of helping the Binance to promote.

Well, whatever crypto movement nowadays going to happen. The best thing that one should do is to get flexible in all terms.

If you have experience, I believe you will know it is a bullshit project. Take a look at how that project works, it's obviously a ponzi model and you need to stay away from it. Fortunately, people tagged this project and hope no one will fall into that project. They will surely lose money if they invest

Searching on the google for the good project is not a good idea because most of the time you will get the scam projects names since they are paying for them to be listed their via various sources.You can keep crypto tracking and news sites for the new projects and also ANN section of bitcointalk especially for the bounty hunters.

I never look for a bounty campaign on Google, because this is a regular search engine and it will give you whatever you want, including scam projects. I usually go to to managers at Telegram channels with whom I have already worked, and there are also special channels dedicated to bounties.

Yes only join the bounty that is being manage by reputable managers or teams you could also try to search some of the previous project of the bounty managers to see if they are having a good decision on which project to promote or hold.
There are so many new manager this days but I think it is good to stick with those who only had manage a successful project since they know how to choose a project not just accept any project that would be given to them.

Of course searching for a Bounty campaign on Google is not the right way, it's better to find information in this forum. Personally, for now I will only join the Bounty campaign managed by the Bounty Detective. I see they often get good Bounty projects, so we always get rewards if joining with them.

Well, many, many users have made threads similar to this and this one is an addition to them. Don't count me in on this since I don't do Altcoin bounties (except ETH) anymore for a long time as I only do ones that pay in BTC and Ethereum. I learned my lesson after the good old days of 2016 and 2017. Most bounties are no good anymore and even if they pay they pay only a dollers worth for a few weeks worth of your bounty labor. I would even compare this to slave labor camps. You get a good job outside crypto and then do the bounties so at least you still have something to earn in case your bounty payments can only buy you a meal at Mcdonalds.

It's best to look for new bounties in this forum, here are the best bounty and if you research before joining, I believe you will get a lot from them. Btw in 2020 has a lot of successful bounty and the market is supporting new projects, hopefully we will soon be able to see new bounty with big budget.

Those are really great points to know a good quality bounty projects. Don't see theirs greedy rewards, check whitepaper and social activities then decide to join. Join in every bounty is a bad idea, try to join in few bounty projects and try to participate in every campaign. Take good care of your social channels cause the more followers you have the more rewards you'll get.

Bounties that are run and managed on platforms outside of this forum do have some risks. For now, most bounties on platforms or bounties on bitcointalk are equally at risk of failing. Many scam projects are promoted. The inclusion of the bounty is not because the bounty is a scam, but the bounty cannot reach the sales target.

The thing that bounty hunters can do is to do a good and thorough analysis to find out whether the bounty is good or not and can produce or not. Following a bounty managed by experienced senior managers may be a safe choice, but must continue to do research before following it.

by choosing a trusted bounty manager, with a good reputation, and having a lot of experience handling successful bounties is indeed an effective choice. The bounty manager will definitely be careful to accept cooperation and have done in-depth analysis beforehand, to maintain his reputation.
in addition, choosing a bounty campaign with btc or eth rewards can also be a good choice. Recent trends also show that some projects prefer to give btc and eth rewards. this becomes a pretty good one. like the injective protocol.

The reason you are not to put your whole reliance on bounty managers, irrespective of how professional or trustworthy they might be is because they are also humans, who can make mistakes. Sometimes, they also issue out warning that they are not part of the team and that participants should also do their own research before joining.

For me, I'll just join the bounty that is recommended by the professional bounty hunters and there is a list of good bounty campaigns that's safer to participate.

You guys are right. It's hard to find a good project to join. The reputation of the bounty manager can ensure the project somehow. However, it's not all we need. Doing research is a critical step that is very important. It's not easy to do good research since there are many fake news and rumours that can affect our information. Scammers are getting smarter and ahead that we always have to be aware of them!

Maybe that is the best way for you to choose a Bounty project managed by Detective, but in my opinion Detective has a poor project appraisal, they don't see details about the participants who join the project they hold, so with so many people cheating using take or copying someone else's Bitcointalk name or a link from someone else's article, maybe this is just my perception of Detective. I know everyone is free to join any project and whoever manages the prize. So basically, join a prize campaign that you think is very good and fair, because that way you will not be disappointed with what you have done by helping promote their projects in the future.

These are the 2 best projects at the moment, especially DIA. Their ICO price was $ 0.05 but now it has risen to $ 1 after listing in exchanges, and those bounty participants are getting rich because the budget is also increasing by 20 times.

How is the budget increased by 20 times? The whole bounty allocation for DIA is 100,000 tokens and after the BM update the token to 200k the team went against their words and the bounty allocation dropped back to 100,000k, I know the bounty manager is a reputable one but dropping allocation is wrong.

Arteezy seems resting for a while cause his last campaign is hybrix but its only a short period campaign. While bubbleAlex is good manager he only pick good campaigns and project to launch.

Those what OP listed are all true but we cant enforced this to some pushy hunters if they dont want to follow then its up to them. Some hunters are keep joining on new open campaign not even checking whether its legit or not. They are betting their chance on all. But is it effective? Once it becomes scam they will only waste effort and time. Not a wise move.

The best advice I can give bounty hunters is never to rely on a ended Campaign, move into others unless no good bounties are available presently and do not always expect big rewards from bounties, most times rewards will be low because of many participants or token value

I don't think there is any harm in hoping more for the bounty campaign, just don't get too far because the hopes in the bounty campaign make someone frustrated and disappointed when their expectations are not what they want.

You mean they ask bounty hunters to send money to received their rewards?

If yes, this is most likely one of the old tricks, actually I have encountered this before, and yes, the project turn out to be a scam project. First thing to remember for bounty hunters, they should not produce any amount of money just to get their rewards. We should always remember that this is not how bounty campaign works, they are the one who's going to pay and not us.

I believe the best advice for a newbie nowdays is not to waste time on the bounty :) I didn't take part couple of years, I returned a couple months ago but I can't find something worth to participate. Just radix but it is also tricky with KYC and locks during 1 year

Still see you participating in a campaign and you're hanging their signatures, so why would you want new people not to be involved in bounty? If you're lucky and choose the right campaign, I believe they will still get a lot of money from it

Participating in one campaign once in a year? Ok, let them wait for the reward, it's their choise.

You can't predict which project will give good reward to bounty hunters that's why it's wrong to promote only a single project in a whole year, promoting more than 10 projects in a year isn't wrong if the projects are worth a try

Apart from reviews from people it's good to go to scam sections on Bitcointalk, this section have saved me few times before, few scam projects will look good in your eye but not everyone, you can find few smart members of this forum exposing many new projects through scam accusation in this forum

Bitcointalk is a treasure trove of valuable information that can used by users, provided they know how to use it and they know how to research well. Many things can be found that are related to scams and bounties that we can use to our advantage. The only problem that many users face, I myself included, is the research skill and the time you need to allot to find the information you need. I always tell my crypto colleagues that if we can divide ourselves into two so that we can organize more our thoughts and get the information we need at the shortest amount of time. You will get through this. Patience is the key above all.

Bounty hunting is really a challenging job, sometimes you can earn and sometimes you can loss, the best thong to do if you are a newbie is o research first the project and the background of the team who run the project to avoid falling into a scam project.

Here i want to give an additional,

1. The best way for newbie who want to join bounty is see how many participants who join in the campaign. Sometimes allocation looks good, when the BM choose a stake metode than fixed rates, the rewards for member will be not really good even the project was success.

2. Make a research, and see on scam accusation board.

3. Find tools to verifying team, see white paper and other additional information.

4. Don't join too many campaigns to prevent your Bitcointalk and Social Media getting banned.

5. Read and follow any rules

6. Don't acting as a 5 years old kid, don't ask about distribution every day, hours or even minutes. You can read and typing a text. Use search feature on telegram group, you will find the answer

Well, you have missed several opportunities to get easy money. Oikos, Ferrum Network, Cartesi, yobit signature campaign, Minter, MiracleTele. You could have earned about 3,000-5,000 thousand dollars if you were lucky to be in these campaigns from beginning till end and sell tokens at most high price.

You think getting $3k+ just for posting on forum is a waste of time?
I see you still wearing signature - what for ?

Maybe it will even be good for newbies to participate in every campaign to build an image of a successful one and to get experience. I remember myself being a total noob. I have participated in every campaign that has a sound name and good idea behind the project. After a year of participating for nothing I became more selective to where I participate. But still I make mistakes and get nothing. Good is that at least one out of five campaigns I was in gets listed somewhere and I earn my beer-money.