For those bounty hunters who can hardly relate

[Betwrong]

I can relate to the OP. Although it wasn't exactly bounty hunting, but I participated in the signature campaign promoting TV-TWO platform almost a year ago, and was promised to be paid with 6,000 TTV tokens additionally to my payments in BTC. All the payments in BTC were made in time, no complaints about that. But I've never received my TTV tokens, and the excuses I was getting from the TV-TWO team were almost word-for-word like those in the OP. I suggest to all bounty hunters to never agree to be paid for their work in some tokens that can worth nothing when unlocked or can be never transferred to you, like in my case. Demand payments in BTC, at least partially.

[killerfrost]

Most of 2018 bounty campaigns just like that. The thing i hate most is KYC. i have once failed to pass KYC after 6 months or more work for them. They wont give my reward after all my patiance and the price is very small. Worst bounty campaign i ever had. But im still hoping i will get big reward just like old days.

KYC for bounty is very easy, And why you failed with it. I also participated in a few bounties in 2018 and they all asked KYC, but I passed it easily with my passport.

[harrypotpot]

To all crypto bounty hunters who can hardly relate:

Situation: ICO started their main sale and will last 2 months and offers bounty program. ICO price was $0.5.
Bounty Hunter: I will join their signature campaign! Let’s do this!

After 1 month....

Admin: We decided to pause the campaign because our legal advisor suggests for our product to be fully compliant with the country’s regulations.
Bounty Hunter: (facepalm)

After 1 month....

Admin: Good news bounty hunters! We will now resume our bounty campaign. Since ICO was extended for a month, the same goes to our bounty campaign. Happy bounty hunting!
Bounty Hunter: Yippee!!!

After 1 month (one day before the ICO ends)....

Admin edits the ICO countdown timer and replied: Due to overwhelming demand, we decided to extend the ICO to another 2 months!
Bounty Hunter: Whaaaaat??? (But decides to continue the signature campaign).

After 2 months....

Admin: Congrats bounty hunters! Our ICO is successful! Here’s the final spreadsheet!
Bounty hunter looks at the spreadsheet and replied: 1,000 stakes for me! Yippee! I’m excited for my tokens to be distributed.
Admin: Good for you! We will distribute the tokens within 2 weeks!
Bounty Hunter: All right! My hardwork finally pays off in 2 weeks! Can’t wait!

After 2 weeks....

Admin: I received an advise from our legal advisor that bounty hunters must complete KYC process. Since we have an influx of bounty hunters, approving your KYC might take days to weeks.
Bounty Hunter: (sigh) Oh well, it’s better than nothing. I’ll just do it anyway. (Logs in to site and submits KYC verification).

After 3 weeks....

Bounty Hunter receives an email that his KYC was approved and was excited, however.....
Admin: We would like to congratulate those bounty hunters who have passed their KYC. Unfortunately, we had a meeting with the development team. It has come to a conclusion that our team voted for bounty hunter tokens to be locked and will be distributed after 6 months to avoid massive dumping in the exchange.
Bounty Hunter: Admin I HATE YOU!!!!

After 6 months....

Admin: Bounty hunter tokens are now unlocked. You can now transfer your tokens from the dashboard to your ETH wallet. Thank you!

Bounty hunter transfers his tokens to his ETH wallet. After successfully transferred, he goes to Etherdelta exchange where he can trade his token to BTC or ETH. Unfortunately, the token’s buying orders are empty. Only selling orders appear with the lowest bid at $0.001 per token.  

Bounty hunter: F*** you admin!!!!! My efforts are wasted coz’ they’re worth shitcoins!!!!
Admin: (blocks bounty hunter from Telegram channel).

Trust me guys, I’ve been here before. Are you too? 😂🤣😅

You deserve allot of merit dude! that post is the exact life of a bounty hunters right after december 2017's cryptocurrency festival! I think we can hardly earn today as the market is bad at the moment.

[zachyboy090118]

Also experience that kind of long waiting in a shitcoins at the end. Its make bounty hunters realist that thry wasting time and effort to promote a particular project through campaign. Thry dont know project success through the help of bounty hunters and they treated like that. Without bounty hunters project will not suceed so it should be paid in proper way and right amount.

[tamango]

This is the most common story happen to most of bounty campaigns which I partecipated in 2018..... it's sad but true man... bounty hunting it's 90% of time a waste of time now...

[nutriagrigia]

This is the most common story happen to most of bounty campaigns which I partecipated in 2018..... it's sad but true man... bounty hunting it's 90% of time a waste of time now...

I still continue to participate in the bounty campaigns and I believe that in the future those coins that I earn now will bring me profit in the future

[absurde]

He is completely right, he is not exaggerating the circumstance. The projects are not reliable therefore they are forcing bounty hunters to cheat. In my opnion the project should give eth for bounty hunters not their ico.

[Lpim01]

He is completely right, he is not exaggerating the circumstance. The projects are not reliable therefore they are forcing bounty hunters to cheat. In my opnion the project should give eth for bounty hunters not their ico.

It probably impossible cause they are promoting their tokens in the market, it doesn't make sense and a big shame for them if they never used it to pay for the participants.
The reality came into the statement of OP as it usually happen now, we can't deny it and mostly bounty hunters are shouting for their rewards which most likely they patiently wait for almost for nothing, it is really disgusting.

[pat4cryptoreal]

You are a good script written. there is a campaign we are still battling to get our bounty reward, till date the team are shifting the date from one week to another. To be precise the name of the campaign was OTPPAY. I know that it an undeniable fact that bounty hunters are those that brings success to most of the ICO.

[cudora]

Unfortunately it is true and we cannot do something about it. Admins do not want to share tokens when the value is high and are doing it only after a huge token dump to reduce the risks of another dump from hunters.

[5thFear]

Oh and i thought i was the only one. Atleast we all are in the same sh1t. Btw there is something that needs to be done for Admins as they are ripping the bounty hunters from their hardwork money.

[bitcoin-shark]

unfortunately is a very frequent situation in recent times and there is really little to do,team  always put a notice the rules can change at any time, i personally always choose short campaigns of one or two months that are promptly extended by two others month without the increase of token for the bounty hunters and in the end i do not know if they will pay or the final value of these tokens, the solution would be to deposit the bounty tokens at the start of the campaign at an escrow...

[KryptoKai]

As Michael Jackson says 'you are not alone'! This sad story is far to common now and our work is no longer being appreciated. It comes a point where we need to think if it is still worth our time, promoting a project that will never give you any worthwhile rewards

[South Park]

An absolute true and precise analysis of the bounty campaign in 2018, for me, most especially with the medichain campaign.
it is becoming a long and long wait for me.

I hope bounty programs this year, offers something different.

and one thing; you forgot to add, bounty hunter has to complete AML procedure too
lol

Unlikely and there are several reasons for that, first of all the bear market that is making many investors afraid to invest in icos, second the huge number of scams going on which are making that an increasing number of investors question if it is a good idea to invest at all and finally the huge number of bounty hunters, as long as they keep joining those campaigns that do not pay them and make all kind of demands out of them what the OP describes will keep happening.

[cheezcarls]

This is the most common story happen to most of bounty campaigns which I partecipated in 2018..... it's sad but true man... bounty hunting it's 90% of time a waste of time now...

I still continue to participate in the bounty campaigns and I believe that in the future those coins that I earn now will bring me profit in the future

Very well said. At least earning pennies are better than nothing at all, but who knows, one day it would skyrocket. Back then, I was excited, energized and motivated in doing a lot of bounties. Due to the bear market, almost all of the tokens I've earned are "super-dumped" and new ones would distribute like 10% every month or so, which is also one thing I hated about and it will not save us from getting the value dumped. They're not treating bounty hunters equally.

[harrypotpot]

Take my merit, dude
It's just a wonderful, the most exact, widespread, short and true story about an average bounty campaign. I experienced it a few times in the beginning of 2018 and I've decided to quit for a while. We'll see what we'll get now in 2019))

I am also losing my motivation to continue this bounty hunting industry. I guess if the market gets well soon I will go back with a big force to promote ICO's again and again.

[maculeth]

I have experienced the same story, when Kyc was rejected and finally got nothing. but for the average that happens now is the process of listing tokens to a very long market exchange, so many tokens are worthless.

[aioc]

I have been there so many times and I know the feeling so after Adab I just stopped doing bounty and shifted to Bitvest they are not an ICO I can also do criticism to these ICO because I am not apart of them anymore, it's hard to become an ICO participant now.

[FUD Expert]

To all crypto bounty hunters who can hardly relate:

Situation: ICO started their main sale and will last 2 months and offers bounty program. ICO price was $0.5.
Bounty Hunter: I will join their signature campaign! Let’s do this!

After 1 month....

Admin: We decided to pause the campaign because our legal advisor suggests for our product to be fully compliant with the country’s regulations.
Bounty Hunter: (facepalm)

After 1 month....

Admin: Good news bounty hunters! We will now resume our bounty campaign. Since ICO was extended for a month, the same goes to our bounty campaign. Happy bounty hunting!
Bounty Hunter: Yippee!!!

After 1 month (one day before the ICO ends)....

Admin edits the ICO countdown timer and replied: Due to overwhelming demand, we decided to extend the ICO to another 2 months!
Bounty Hunter: Whaaaaat??? (But decides to continue the signature campaign).

After 2 months....

Admin: Congrats bounty hunters! Our ICO is successful! Here’s the final spreadsheet!
Bounty hunter looks at the spreadsheet and replied: 1,000 stakes for me! Yippee! I’m excited for my tokens to be distributed.
Admin: Good for you! We will distribute the tokens within 2 weeks!
Bounty Hunter: All right! My hardwork finally pays off in 2 weeks! Can’t wait!

After 2 weeks....

Admin: I received an advise from our legal advisor that bounty hunters must complete KYC process. Since we have an influx of bounty hunters, approving your KYC might take days to weeks.
Bounty Hunter: (sigh) Oh well, it’s better than nothing. I’ll just do it anyway. (Logs in to site and submits KYC verification).

After 3 weeks....

Bounty Hunter receives an email that his KYC was approved and was excited, however.....
Admin: We would like to congratulate those bounty hunters who have passed their KYC. Unfortunately, we had a meeting with the development team. It has come to a conclusion that our team voted for bounty hunter tokens to be locked and will be distributed after 6 months to avoid massive dumping in the exchange.
Bounty Hunter: Admin I HATE YOU!!!!

After 6 months....

Admin: Bounty hunter tokens are now unlocked. You can now transfer your tokens from the dashboard to your ETH wallet. Thank you!

Bounty hunter transfers his tokens to his ETH wallet. After successfully transferred, he goes to Etherdelta exchange where he can trade his token to BTC or ETH. Unfortunately, the token’s buying orders are empty. Only selling orders appear with the lowest bid at $0.001 per token.  

Bounty hunter: F*** you admin!!!!! My efforts are wasted coz’ they’re worth shitcoins!!!!
Admin: (blocks bounty hunter from Telegram channel).

Trust me guys, I’ve been here before. Are you too? 😂🤣😅

I tell you guys this is for real. I don't know what happen with those projects where locking tokens became a thing now. Extensions, Delays and telegram blocking now became a part of bounties because of the market condition. I felt that this is worse than getting scammed in a bounty because you know if your scammed unlike real projects that lets you hope for a reward that is just a dust balance.

[iyah adrian]

That's what often happens to me when participating in a bounty. Very many projects that I have followed admin or telegram the project died. Maybe the project failed so there were no developments in the project. That is the experience that often happens to me when participating in a bounty.