A friend of mine just cashed out about $600 recently from a bounty he participated in last year, I couldn't join because I was not comfortable with my research result and perception, Now I regretted not participating, funny enough the bounty was just for two weeks
Since you are not comfortable with your research you shouldnt have any regrets,your friend might even joined the bounty out of just trying sake,crypto is really unpredictable and all you can do even after good research is to just try your luck,you will see projects with not too good teams doing better than projects with good teams,its so unpredictable