The decentralized nature of cryptocurrency seems not be effective when it comes to investing in cryptocurrency, seeing that investors in most cases are asked to do KYC, bounty hunters inclusive.
I do not think investors should be compelled or made to do KYC by submitting their personal data and documents, because project initiators do not stand any risk of losing their money. Rather project initiators or developers should be made to do KYC, in order to gain the trust of investors, who want to invest in their projects.
This is necessary because we have seen cases of scam ICOs, which have made investors to lose trust in a lot of them. So to gain the trust back, we would need to know whom we are giving our money to as investors.
I can't agree more. KYC for bounty hunters is a must to prevent multiple accounts and KYC for the team offering the ICO is also to be considered to be sure that they are real people with real names and real credentials. I also don't like investors being asked for KYC considering they are those who can make the project happen and giving this kind of hassle is somehow shameful.