It is a common thing to see most ICOs stating in their whitepaper that the monies of investors will be refunded to them in case the ICO is not able to reach its softcap. Sadly bounty hunters work for like eight weeks or even more and their efforts go waste. Do you agree they should also be compensated?
There is a certain amount of logic in this statement. If the ICO team would turn to a commercial enterprise to provide services for advertising their ICO project, they would be forced to pay for these services, regardless of whether the ICO project is successful or not. The activities of the ICO are practically not regulated for the time being, and therefore the ICO teams so far dictate their conditions for joining their projects. If the activities of the ICO will be regulated by government agencies, then this issue should be taken into account.
For example, in the regulatory act for regulating the activities of ICO, which is prepared in Russia, the ICO team must have a significant amount of funds in a bank account before holding an ICO and this amount can cover the running costs of the ICO project even in case of its failure.