The project owner is not responsible to the campaign participants. The manager acts as a guarantor and the participants completely rely on his reputation and his word. Therefore, any costs that arise must be covered from the manager's own funds. Any new or old manager who tries to take on the responsibility of management without taking responsibility for payments should not manage campaigns. We have a lot of pseudo-managers here who try to pass off shit as candy ..
If a manager runs a bounty and has a disclaimer stating they do not have tokens escrowed and the team will distribute the tokens or whatever payment, then the project owner is 100% responsible. Might make sense to make the owner post in a bounty thread if that's the case and make sure they let people know the team is responsible for distribution.
The whole point is if nothing is escrowed and no manager accepts to run the bounty, then the team cannot scam unless they run their own bounty. If that's the case NO bounty hunters should join.
If you join a bounty that has nothing escrowed, no matter who the manager is, you take responsibility for your actions. Don't make a post here crying.