Three times this month a bounty on my scan list turned out to be a trap. Same tell every time: the requirements only appear after you've invested hours.

Real examples:

- a contest titled for one region, but the fine print quietly awards only that region
- a "writing" bounty whose real deliverable is an X thread — a platform I don't use
- an "up to" reward that pays in an unlisted token you can't actually sell

None of these are scams, exactly. They're just gatekept from the start — and the listing page doesn't say so.

Check the fine print before you invest the hours, not after.

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