Congratulations on your first bounty reward, I know how you feel because I also felt that way when I receive my first bounty rewards last year . But its also my biggest regret because I did not hold it at least for a month because If I had I would be able to get 3x to 6x more than what I had sold.

I like ethereum because it is the third coin in the cryptocurrency coinmarketcap , it has a great and big community, It has great use especially for the ICOs and most of the ICOS are smart contract platform.

Very encouraging post, As a participant of bounty campaigns we need to be happy on what we receive because Its a blessing that we still get paid during this downtrend season, Many ICOs nowadays did not reach hardcap because of the uncertainty of the market. We just really have to be patient because in the future, (we dont know when will it be but our small number of coins would be big gains in the future.

Bounty hive is an automated bounty platform which is very easy to use because you dont need any reposting but I still prefer Bounties that are handled by the top campaign managers of the forum like Sylon , olcaytu2005  (tokensuite), btcltcdigger and Amazix.

I think there is no reason to be panic with the recent crypto meltdown, with so much positive news that are coming, its is very odd that the crypto market is experiencing this kind of downward pace. In my own opinion this is purely manipulation to drive out retailers in the market. For me, instead of panic why not consider this a very very rare opportunity to buy up good coins in ready for the next bull run.

Before joining any bounty campaign, I always check first the rating of the ICO on ICObench , if it does not have a rating yet, I check if the campaign is managed by the trusted campaign manager here in the forum and lastly I also check if the bounty pool is big enough. These are the things that affect me in joining bounties.

I dont mind to have some sleepless nights while doing bounty campaigns because I really enjoy doing it especially during the bull market. But with the current situation of the market, doing bounties and having sleepless nights because of it is not worth it.

I really believe will hit 200usd or more because of the differents projects that is being  built on top of it. But definitely the above mention price will not reach this year because it has to prove many things and survive the altcoin crash that is happening across the market.

I think the role of community managers is very important because they are the immediate support system of a certain ICO. They have to be well verse in the project because they are the ones who will answer any inquiry that an ico participant would like to know.

with the recent price action of XRP, ongoing partnerships of XRP and rippleLabs with different companies and money service providers and the use case of XRP in remittances, I think XRP will be the Standard in the future.

I think no one will argue that end of 2017 and first quarter of 2018 is the best time/year of crypto, most of cryptotraders and hodlers even bounty participants between those months. I just hope that before the end of this year there will be a good rally to end the year with a bang.

With the bear situation of the market right delayed payment of bounty ang listing of exchange is now common on ICO bounties. No one can assure if you would be able to get your payment because I too has been waiting for at least 10 bounties where the distibution should be done almost 5 to 6 months ago but I have not yet received any payment.

It is very hard to detect a fake ico and bounty, but with proper research on the project itself (Checking whitepaper, team, working product, website) you can avoid those fake icos and bounty.

Usually participants get Big number of tokens if he/she participated in a campaign where the pool of that campaign has a bigger share of the whole bounty pool and lesser participants. One common example of this is participating in a signature campaign. But nowadays bounty hunters get less and less payment because bounties are being reduced multiple times during campaign period.

With the recent drop again in the prices of the coins in the market, I think the coins in the top 20 of the coinmarketcca are quite a steal. Better to divide your cash in 2 or 3 parts and use the first part to buy now and use again the other part of your cash to buy every time the price drops again.

We really dont know if this is the last time that the market will drop hard all I know is for every nose dive of any market there is a big possibility that It will also reverse back to itself and goes up.

I've been scammed multiple times especially with this bear season. Aside from that there are plenty of bounty payments that I have not yet received as of this time even though the ICO sale have been finished for 5 months.

I'm still hoping and praying that a start of the bull for 2019 will be in this of the year (Santa Claus rally). I think all of us are hoping that this will happen. just accumulate while its still low and dollar cost average if possible ( for those who buy on the top)

Both of the coins are back with good fundamentals. Better give half of each so you will have also the other half, So when both coins goes to moon, both of you are happy with your gains.

Yes, last year was good for bounty hunters until feb of this year but when we done those bounties the market is not that good. Example : Ethlend campaign (started august 2017 and finished dec 2017), credits campaign started (sept 2017) those months are not good.   So for other bounty hunters, dont lose hope just join and join to accumulate more tokens so when the bull market comes you would not miss the train.