GitHub’s Search API Reveals 327 Open Bounties – 35/60 Were Bots and Bounty Farms

说明与用途

GitHub 的 bounty 搜索 API 返回 327 条记录，但 60 条最近记录中有 35 条是机器人或农场。过滤后仅剩少量真实任务，集中在少数仓库，并使用加密支付。Discourse 和 dev.to 等其他平台显示稀疏、低参与度的列表。

问题

Finding genuine paid tasks on public platforms is hard because many listings are noise or automated, leading to wasted effort and inaccurate demand metrics.

结果

The raw total_count from GitHub’s bounty search is misleading; after filtering, real opportunities are scarce and concentrated. Discourse’s marketplace is sparse but high-quality, while dev.to tags show low engagement variance.

工作流

• 1. Query GitHub Search API: GET /search/issues?q=label:bounty+state:open+created:>2026-08-20
• 2. Retrieve total_count and fetch the 60 most recent issues
• 3. Inspect authors: count bot accounts and bounty-farm repos
• 4. Filter out noise (bots, farms, unrealistic price strings)
• 5. Verify payment method: check for crypto wallet addresses in PR templates
• 6. Assess acceptance rates: look for published accept/reject records
• 7. Compare with other platforms (Discourse Meta, dev.to tags) for context

证据

35 of 60 were pure noise. The farms are the funny part — they post issues with a dollar figure that is literally 80+ digits long

来源

One of those boards publishes its own claim record. A worker quoted it back in a pre-claim question on bounty #128: 10 delivered / 0 accepted / 11 returned.

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