You did the right thing, but less effective. Do not expect full from coins the bounty results, because not all coins have a market value. To get maximum results, try trading while participating in several projects, I think trading will be more effective to get the benefits that you expect.
trading is really a fine option but it's needs to be mastered before you can really accumulate profits. A lots of misfortunes happened to those
who thinks that trading is an easy access to quick profits, there are things that you need to learn before you can generate good incomes from
the market.