As for me I do both together. I am a bounty hunter as well as an investor. When I was introduced to crypto, I started with investment through a friend that introduced me, then I started with around $200 then. That investment has yielded a lot for me and I have never regretted that. As times go on I starting doing bounty campaigns. Left to me, I prefer both bounty and trading, they can really complement each other.  Bounties could take longer time to bring returns depending on the nature of the project whereas trading, especially short term one could bring returns within a short period of time.