One of my bounty project asked participants to pay eth, to 'protect' from bots. For me it is simple cheating. I am not going to pay for my own work. And also it is a big red flag. According to my experience i will never pay for airdrops and bounty.
This is my first time to hear about this matter where you would need to send some eth just to prove something that you are not a Bot.? Its a ridiculous way on having this kind of verification. KYC would already be an enough thing and now they do ask for more.
KYC is protection from multi-accounts, if you can prove your identity, and others can not, then you will get more payments!
I agree but they should announce when the bounty starts not at the end. There are people who do not like it
This is the thing why it do really sucks as a bounty hunter where you have been asked to comply KYC when the campaign or program has ended which you would really have a hard time to make decisions if you do comply or not because it is not being stated since from the start and same as you said there are lots of people who dont like it.