Stellar Quest Bounties is an extension of the traditional, series based Stellar Quest challenges allowing seasoned and passionate Stellar Questers to continue their journey of education and earning during the "lean times" between Stellar Quest series.
Additionally, Stellar Quest Bounties provides an avenue for directing smaller amounts of XLM towards more granular, achievable, back-burner tasks as determined by SDF, Stellar partners and you! the Stellar Community.
Stellar Quest Bounties are broken up into two distinct groups (well, really three but primarily two): Hunters and Reviewers. The names are pretty self explanatory with Hunters being those doing the work to achieve the specification (spec) of the bounty, and Reviewers auditing that work to ensure it meets the standard and sufficiently accomplishes the task. The unique bit here is that both Hunters and Reviewers get paid in this system, not just those doing the bounty work.
The third group at work here are those writing and funding the bounties, but that most often will be SDF and/or other Stellar-based businesses and enterprises. However, you too can write bounties! (Hint there's even a continuous bounty for writing bounties!). This third group isn't heavily involved in the bounty process outside of an initial PR into the ./bounties
directory so we won't spend too much time on them.
For more information about creating a bounty see our Bounty Template, our "Submit a Bounty" bounty, and the Bounty Ideas Discussions category.
Can claim and accomplish bounties in exchange for rewards.
Hunters claim open bounties at the level they are qualified for and complete the objectives, finally submitting the task for review by a reviewer (or two). The reviewer will assign the task a state of either pass, fail, or retry. Once the bounty has received a pass state, the hunter is awarded their share of the award amount as detailed by the bounty spec.
Can review bounties in exchange for rewards.
Reviewers claim reviewable tasks and complete a review on the task assigning it a state of pass, fail, or retry. Upon review completion the reviewer is awarded their share of the award amount as detailed by the bounty spec.
There are three types of bounties in the Stellar Quest Bounties universe. Each with their own merits, joys, and sorrows. Choose wisely.
The first and most common bounty type is the continuous, educational bounty. These are intended as longer format and less strict Stellar Quest challenges. These are evergreen bounties able to be claimed forever and always by any curious newcomer able and eager to test their knowledge and increase in experience. Don't let the lower value award fool you, these are great bounties to level up your skills such that bigger bounties and future Stellar Quests are more easily conquered.
The second bounty type is the capped bounty. These tend to be relatively short-lived and achievable bounties. There exists a limited number of awards for each bounty as denoted by the cap. These are most often employed when a PR, service, or contribution is needed quickly and the cost is related more towards an answer arriving speedily and less that it be something specific. It's also a great bounty type for exploring innovative answers and testing assumptions by allowing for several different answers and explorations from multiple unique perspectives.
The last bounty type is the competitive bounty which is rewarded in a graduated manner according to the details laid out in the bounty spec. These will be short-lived, well-structured, and event-based bounties with awards being paid out top-to-bottom for anyone meeting review criteria. These aren't incredibly common, as we primarily use the SCF for more structured, long-format, competitive funding but occasionally you just need a little something different and for that we have competitive bounties.
Ready to start claiming bounties and earning rewards? Here's how.
Step 1: Pick a bounty
/bounties
directory in this repo. They are divided into 3 difficulty levels so chose one which feels appropriate to your skill, level of involvement, and the earning potential that excites you.Step 2: Open a new issue
You are strongly encouraged to search for other, similar issues before beginning work to ensure you're not about to compete for a bounty which already has a max number of claimants. If that's the case though feel free to explore any open issues and offer assistance where it's needed. Team bounties often do better than solo efforts.
Step 3: Work on your bounty
Step 4: Have your bounty reviewed
Step 5: Claim your reward
Ready to review bounties and get paid for your expertise? Here's how.
Step 1: Choose a bounty
Issues
tab in this repo. They are divided into 3 difficulty levels so chose ones which feel appropriate to your skill, level of involvement, and the earning potential that excites you.Step 2: Review the bounty
Step 3: Claim your reward