Bounties pay much but the problem is bounties only payout when the projects meet soft and hard caps. If they fails to meet these caps bounties are not usually payout as promised. So due to the massive slump in crypto economy new investment is not entering in the market and new projects are failing to launching. I have seen golden era of bounties in 2017 and mid 2018 when bounties paid out as promised but after that since the recession hit the market everything has gone down...