Do not be deceived by inexperienced bounty hunters

[gabbie2010]

Hm, many bounty projects are bad or scam and at the same time bounty hunters still promote them, i understand you very well but don't forget that some bounties are so shady that you will never know they are scam projects until they turned scam right in your face

Honestly you hardly can't differentiate a good bounty from the bad ones in fact the bad ones package their promotions such that one can hardly detect them to be scam, they hired good bounty managers to manage their promotions and assembles arrays of teams of experts all these geared towards attracting investors however after putting every efforts by the bounty hunters its very disappointing to see them goes off the radar this had a been a regular occurrence due to the not being regulated.

[XCANA]

As a bounty hunter I listen to myself and not to other bounty participants. Before I choose to promote any project in this industry, I first carryout a thorough research about the project before making attempt to promote them. I have promoted many bounties and have gained good profits in return. I always check the team of the project before I join and promote the  company.

[mrdeposit]

Try not to be beguiled, there is cash to be make in promoting bounty projects ,the individuals who make colossal cash will never express an announcement about it, don't leave since individuals reveal to you they aren't paying because i still find out today that many bounty hunters still don't know what they are doing when choosing projects to promote, they are still choosing projects blindly and don't depend on a solitary tasks either but the most important is not to get deceived by inexperienced bounty hunters cos they will always have bad news to share about bounties

Certainly, there is someone to encourage the majority, and everyone follows him. In the end, 100x fall at the price.
In my opinion, the latest market situation, the ICO's, the bounty's situation and the scammers have affected everyone, and everyone is headed to the side that they think they can make more profit. But the result is often the same because the main issue is not the main goal of the project, but whether it raises enough money.

[Hypnosis00]

As a bounty hunter I listen to myself and not to other bounty participants. Before I choose to promote any project in this industry, I first carryout a thorough research about the project before making attempt to promote them. I have promoted many bounties and have gained good profits in return. I always check the team of the project before I join and promote the  company.

"Research" is a common problem with the most bounty hunters. They never do it actually cause they only look for an attractive offer and they'll think that they could get much from a certain project they've promoted. What makes these existed problems unresolve because even though they have complained about bounties but they keep promoting on it.

[HabiebRiziq]

Try not to be beguiled, there is cash to be make in promoting bounty projects ,the individuals who make colossal cash will never express an announcement about it, don't leave since individuals reveal to you they aren't paying because i still find out today that many bounty hunters still don't know what they are doing when choosing projects to promote, they are still choosing projects blindly and don't depend on a solitary tasks either but the most important is not to get deceived by inexperienced bounty hunters cos they will always have bad news to share about bounties

This needs to be considered by the bounty hunters, to not easily trust the words of others and continue to believe in their own decisions based on observations and analyzes that have been done. The number of scam projects will certainly make the bounty hunters easier to be influenced by bad news and they will be easy to believe. So, I think everyone must have their respective beliefs in the decisions that have been taken.

[hahay]

As a bounty hunter I listen to myself and not to other bounty participants. Before I choose to promote any project in this industry, I first carryout a thorough research about the project before making attempt to promote them. I have promoted many bounties and have gained good profits in return. I always check the team of the project before I join and promote the  company.

"Research" is a common problem with the most bounty hunters. They never do it actually cause they only look for an attractive offer and they'll think that they could get much from a certain project they've promoted. What makes these existed problems unresolve because even though they have complained about bounties but they keep promoting on it.

After all, to do a thorough research it must have skills and experience. Well, some of us or bounty hunters do not have the skills about it, which in the end will only promote random projects with attractive offers. But there are some who only follow other bounty hunters and of course it will produce a good result and not, because there are many bounty hunters that are worthy to be followed and not. But anyway, choosing to promote it with your own research will be better because it will improve your skills and experience for yourself.

[Mianae]

I agree with you. There's money to be made in bounty hunting given a hunter is dedicated to the act of Bounty hunting. Why it seems money isn't made is because we most times promote bounties blindly.

[lionheart78]

Try not to be beguiled, there is cash to be make in promoting bounty projects ,the individuals who make colossal cash will never express an announcement about it, don't leave since individuals reveal to you they aren't paying because i still find out today that many bounty hunters still don't know what they are doing when choosing projects to promote, they are still choosing projects blindly and don't depend on a solitary tasks either but the most important is not to get deceived by inexperienced bounty hunters cos they will always have bad news to share about bounties

In some ways You are right, but in General the ICO market itself has changed too much.Many startups this year virtually nothing was collected.Accordingly, it is very difficult to earn on bounty programs.

Indeed, gone are the days where bounty hunters are being rewarded by thousands of dollars in a single campaing.  Also gone are the days where a campaign will pay bounty hunters after a week of end of the project crowdfunding.  What in now is the wait of more than 6 months before being paid, an attempt of scam by implementing KYC after the bounty is over to claim the reward, and worst, swapping coins requiring KYC (see Swace). And I forgot to mention, and evading tactics of blaming the campaign manager not doing his job so they won't pay the bounty participants.

No matter how inexperience the bounty hunter is, if these projects paid them accordingly, there won't be any thread about those issues.  They are victims here and it is not deceiving to expose scams in bounty campaigns.

[ven7net]

Try not to be beguiled, there is cash to be make in promoting bounty projects ,the individuals who make colossal cash will never express an announcement about it, don't leave since individuals reveal to you they aren't paying because i still find out today that many bounty hunters still don't know what they are doing when choosing projects to promote, they are still choosing projects blindly and don't depend on a solitary tasks either but the most important is not to get deceived by inexperienced bounty hunters cos they will always have bad news to share about bounties

I agree with you. There are some participants who did not understand the work of the bounty and who received negative experience write about it, thereby pushing away those who really could figure it out and start earning. I believe that you always need to check, try to figure it out and work on your own, only then you will know for sure whether it makes sense to work in the bounty. In any case, the crypto industry is developing and advertising for projects will be needed, which means that there will be work for the bounty sections and there will be earnings.

[pixie85]

I agree with you. There's money to be made in bounty hunting given a hunter is dedicated to the act of Bounty hunting. Why it seems money isn't made is because we most times promote bounties blindly.

If you're ready to waste your time pursuing low wages then yes there's money to be made in bounty hunting.
There's a lot of threads about this problem and you should really consider this before you begin. You will be a tool for devs who will scam you like those who started to require full KYC when the bounty was completed or they will abandon the project and you'll get nothing.

Waste of time, better start trading.

[Mammothcoin]

Bounty hunting is not as profitable as it used to be.  Here are some reasons why:
ICO/IEO participation rate has declined significantly as compared with 2017.

The ever increasing population of hunters participating in the same set of bounties which use staked pools.

The reduction of bounty pools by projects in many cases. Not to mention the general market condition.

[Pinkris128]

Try not to be beguiled, there is cash to be make in promoting bounty projects ,the individuals who make colossal cash will never express an announcement about it, don't leave since individuals reveal to you they aren't paying because i still find out today that many bounty hunters still don't know what they are doing when choosing projects to promote, they are still choosing projects blindly and don't depend on a solitary tasks either but the most important is not to get deceived by inexperienced bounty hunters cos they will always have bad news to share about bounties

The work of bounty hunters should not be limited on promoting a project. Choosing a a good project with great potential is difficult for many people since those are rare. Mainly, bounty hunting is just to gain income but he must also know what exactly the project is. Blindly promoting something will not do any good in the industry. The market is struggling and so the people that's why many just choose any opportunity just to earn money.

[Hypnosis00]

Bounty hunting is not as profitable as it used to be.  Here are some reasons why:
ICO/IEO participation rate has declined significantly as compared with 2017.

The ever increasing population of hunters participating in the same set of bounties which use staked pools.

The reduction of bounty pools by projects in many cases. Not to mention the general market condition.

This means that a lot of people now are quitting their job just for crypto...

It is really disappointing to see those bounty hunters received for almost nothing after their participation in ICO. We know already that the market isn't healthy as of 2017 (living into the hypes), but can't think how these bounty hunters become least fortunate with the bounties today. Actually, I'm a bounty before but I could think that the life of bounty hunters is getting hard day by day especially in the current situation.

[bitgolden]

Tons of ICO projects are trash. Only 1-2% is really legit and paying. But that doesn't mean we give up joining bounty projects. And to think that bounty hunters seems unknowledgeable about choosing which is the right project join or how to spot scam ICO projects, then maybe this may be a great help to those who are seeking what criteria are qe looking for.

How to spot good and scam ICO

Bounty hunters are not dull people as many people may think, the problem is just that the whole situation is really beyond their control, and as you have said yourself, look at the percentage of good project to bad projects out of the many projects that is being released on a daily basis, how would you be able to know them when they all have very good whitepaper?

It is not like before when majority of them use to copy whitepaper, they now even hire a project writer now to write a fresh idea which they know they cannot carry out to make the whitepaper have a real use case, and till they scam, before the whole thing is glaring. Most criteria that people have suggested is not really working again, as many of these scammers are also devising strong strategies too using these advises.

[Fredomago]

Bounty hunting is not as profitable as it used to be.  Here are some reasons why:
ICO/IEO participation rate has declined significantly as compared with 2017.

The ever increasing population of hunters participating in the same set of bounties which use staked pools.

The reduction of bounty pools by projects in many cases. Not to mention the general market condition.

This means that a lot of people now are quitting their job just for crypto...

It is really disappointing to see those bounty hunters received for almost nothing after their participation in ICO. We know already that the market isn't healthy as of 2017 (living into the hypes), but can't think how these bounty hunters become least fortunate with the bounties today. Actually, I'm a bounty before but I could think that the life of bounty hunters is getting hard day by day especially in the current situation.

Those hunters needs to go back to reality, meaning to say that they need to go back and work as usual from their day job careers is no longer the hype of the market where bounty rewards is really huge once the project become successful. But now is lesser to nothing at all. It can be used as a side job whole staying inside this industry but make sure you have a good source of financial funds and not to rely with it.

[mdzahed134]

Could Please try to describe what is your criteria by choosing bounty to work on, it would be helpful I think.

Everyone has different criteria for choosing bounty to work on, but in general everyone is looking for bounty that he will join, if the information is unclear and not worth following, then just leave it, because it is useless to spend time on bounty that are not clear origin.

Yeah, because everyone are not experienced bounty hunters that's why they can't find out which projects are legitimacy and they will be get payment. Actually still now most of the hunters are newbie so that they go to join randomly without analysis. Even they unintentionally promoting a lot of shady projects which are looking really scam/fake core team. At the moment is very difficult to search worthy projects.                   

[Kvalentine]

Crpyto market is struggling presently and many rubbish baked projects keep entering every single day, wise up bounty hunters, you don't need anyone to tell you that not all those projects will be good, good projects are rare to come by nowadays, promote projects that are worth promoting and stop giving scammers a hand

[Genemind]

That's the reason why we have to do researchers on our own. It's risky to join bounties these days without knowing it well. We have colleagues who will share us with the latest campaigns but we still have to do research before grabbing each opportunity. We must check its legitimacy and the team behind it.

[dimonstration]

It is not like before when majority of them use to copy whitepaper, they now even hire a project writer now to write a fresh idea which they know they cannot carry out to make the whitepaper have a real use case, and till they scam, before the whole thing is glaring. Most criteria that people have suggested is not really working again, as many of these scammers are also devising strong strategies too using these advises.

This is how good scammers are now, they are sometimes better than developers, they are script writers and do necessary research to come up with idea of scamming without us noticing. We need to be smarter each day since chances are they are discovering or preparing to something that will trap us. At this time before I engaged in any bounty hunting or ICO or trading new alts, I read reviews and check their support system. Though this past few months since bounty hunting will took months before you received anything mostly I don't bother joining and just focus on trading.

[pawanjain]

The actual problem is, I do not even think bounties are useful for project. There are thousands of projects on social media shared by those people. So how can one be seen better than other? Bounties should turn to 'Social mining' so people should compete with each other to create useful content. I really like the social mining concept to be honest.

Yes, agree that many bounty hunters take part in most of the bounty campaigns but that doesn't mean the project does not have good potential.
There are many projects which have a good potential but get hidden in the plethora of scam projects on the internet.
Bounty campaigns are a good way of promoting a project while earning some money but people have misused it a lot and hence too many scams started to take place.
These days people are much aware and alert of such scams.