Mastering Bounty Creation for NearCon on Heroes.build
Published: 2023-11-05 08:51:10

Delegating tasks can be tough, but it's essential to scale success. NearCon '23 will host more than 3000 builders in Lisbon, ready to take on new challenges. You can reach out to this eager pool of talent by posting work bounties on [HEROES.BUILD](http://linksta.cc/@heroes). This guide will show you how to do it quickly and effectively, even if you are very busy. 

[HEROES](http://linksta.cc/@heroes) streamlines your bounty experience with a secure, transparent platform for task-based payments, featuring smart escrow transactions, straightforward invoicing, and optional identity verification for worry-free tax compliance. Let's dig in!

## Sign In, Set Up

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You can create an account using email or log in directly using GitHub. 


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After you're in, connect the wallet you'll use to fund bounties. 


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Once your wallet connects it's time to create a bounty! On mobile it's in the hamburger menu. 

## Description

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Apply the NEARCON2023 tag so that your bounty will get a special call out on heroes. You can add as many tags as you like. 

Type of "Other" and Experience of "Any" are fine unless you see a type that describes your bounty better than the tags. 

## Details


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Submit as an individual because DAO functionality is coming soon™️.

When it comes to successful delegation, accurately describing the work and expectations are the absolute number one key for success. 

Boot up your favorite LLM and start bouncing things off it to generate a comprehensive description of the work. Markdown is allowable so you can make headers for the Background, Objectives,  Deliverables, Criteria, and Worker Requirements. GPT/Claude/Bard can probably write a snappy title for you too! Here's an example prompt to get you started:

> I need to write up a bounty so I can delegate a task to a gig worker. It's important for the request to be really clear and easy for an international audience to read and understand. If you can help with that give me a 👍 and I'll describe the work.

**Acceptance criteria** is a sentence describing the point of handoff. For example, link to published work, GitHub repo, gDrive link with sharing enabled, etc. 

Provide a full URL to your telegram, twitter, etc to make it easy on the hunters trying to contact you outside of the messaging built into HEROES. 

## Duration

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For flexibility I suggest leaving Duration/Deadline alone & just hit next. 

## Payment

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To foster trust HEROES will escrow the funds you are committing to for the bounty. 

If you want to fund bounties with a token we're missing, please [get in touch](https://linksta.cc/@heroes).

Pop open advanced settings and check invoicing to get your paper trail (thank is later). 

## Advanced Settings 

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You made it this far which is totally advanced! Multitasking and Application Restrictions are worth digging into. Before that let's review the lifecycle of a bounty on HEROES. Funder actions above the dots, hunter actions under the dots. By default, once delegation happens other hunters are blocked from starting any work (like if an RFP has been rewarded). 

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### Multitasking

**Contest/Hackathon** applies to the delegate step. It allows multiple hunters to begin work at the same time, even if there will be only one of them which is paid out in the end. 

**One For All** is for tasks you want multiple hunters to claim and submit, with each of the hunters earning the same amount when their work is verified. 

**Different Tasks** splits a bounty up so that multiple team members can work together towards the same goal. Each subtask can earn a different amount when the work is verified. 

### Application Restrictions

**Manual Approval** is the default. No hunters can begin work until you approve a claim proposal. 

**Whitelist** allows you to specify wallets that are allowed to propose claims. For example, you could snapshot NFT holders and only allow them to make claims. 

**Whitelist Auto** allows anyone in your list to begin and submit work without you manually approving their claim proposal. This is useful if a hackathon bounty is being rewarded to a specific team after judging has occured. Another use case is efficiently delegating to trusted teammates. 

**Auto Approval** skips the claim and delegate steps entirely, allowing a free for all of work to be submitted for verification. If you're running a One For All bounty this can cut your clicks in half. 

## Review & Publish

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That's it! If everything looks good you can publish your bounty!

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After you publish you can see your bounty in the feed. 

Click on the bounty card to get a deep link to the bounty so you can share it to your community. 

You'll also get the bonus eyeballs of everyone hacking at Nearcon in Lisbon or Virtually. 

## Accepting Claim Proposals

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You'll get an email notification when Hunters have applied to claim your bounty. When you're back in HEROES head to "your bounties." 

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After you click into the relevant bounty head to the Applicants tab so you can approve or reject claim proposals. 

Accepting the claim will start the time commitment countdown (the hunter is required to provide an estimate if you don't specify any time constraints). 

## Verifying Submitted Work

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When a hunter has completed and submitted their work you'll get another notification to verify that it meets your requirements. 

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Inside the bounty it will be marked as completed to indicate your approving the work rather than a claim. The chat will include any final details from the hunter for your review. 

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After your approval funds will be released from escrow to the hunter, mission accomplished! 

## Any Questions?

Shoot a comment below or hop on [telegram to chat with the HEROES community](https://t.me/heroesHQ/)!