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Bounty Meaning

A crypto bounty is an incentive program where blockchain projects reward users for completing predefined tasks. These tasks range from bug discovery and security testing to marketing, documentation, and community growth. The most critical category is bug bounties, where developers and security researchers are paid for identifying vulnerabilities before they can be exploited.

Rewards scale with severity-minor bugs may earn small payouts, while critical exploits can yield five-figure rewards. Crypto bounties are typically:

Bounty programs decentralize quality assurance by turning the global developer community into an extension of the project’s security team.

This approach has become standard across exchanges, wallets, and DeFi protocols. Participants are often called bounty hunters, and many specialize in security audits or exploit research across multiple platforms.

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