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It does not. However, bounty managers are not responsible for validity of information provided by others nor are they obligated to check any of that later on (e.g. whitepaper validity, road-map, statements in general). However, when they are made aware of a clear lie the obvious course of action would be to pull the plug (at least make them instantly retract and apologize; which wouldn't be adequate given the scale of the lie here).

I can't cryptographically prove that I didn't know, and you can't cryptographically prove that I knew (which is what was meant with 'objective proof'). The Quickscammer style 'friend of a friend unidentified reliable source' bullshit doesn't do it for anyone with a brain bigger than 2 peanuts.

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I wonder why a "pathological liar" (according to certain baboons) would make reasonable statements regarding validity of proof.