Bounty0x Beta is live

Check it out at beta.bounty0x.io

Dear Hunters, Hosts, Sheriffs, and BNTY supporters.

We are very excited to announce that the Bounty0x Beta is live!

This blog post serves as a summary of everything that the Beta release includes, how the roll-out will happen and our upcoming roadmap milestones.

Bounty0x Beta

After the launch of Alpha 2.0 back in February, user growth on the Bounty0x platform has gone parabolic. There are currently +40,000 Bounty Hunters on Bounty0x that are responsible for +1 million page views per month and that have made a total of +500,000 submissions.

The launch of Beta was the next major milestone on our roadmap.

Features

Along many bug fixes and minor improvements, the Bounty0x Beta introduces the highly anticipated Bounty Sheriff staking functionality. From now on, users will be able to stake their BNTY to review submissions. When a correct review is made, sheriffs earn a small fee.

Here is a quick outline of some of the features and improvements that the Beta includes:

Bounty Sheriff staking

Metamask integration for Sheriffs

Hunter KYC improvement (facial and document matching)

Automated reward calculations per review for sheriff’s

Improvements to various UX points

API updates and performance enhancements

Segregation of hunter, bounty and submission for performance

Automated Reward Distribution mechanism in place for test runs for sheriff’s, to be extended over to hunter side

Dispute and Spam mechanisms in place for sheriff’s and hosts to block malicious hunters

Roll-out

In order to make the experience as smooth as possible and to fix any potential bugs that we might have missed, the Bounty Sheriff functionality will be rolled out in stages.

On June 8th, we opened a Google Form to give Bounty0x users the option of whitelisting themselves to become a Beta tester for the Bounty Sheriff feature.

Due to the overwhelming response, we had to close the form only shortly after it was opened, but everyone that submitted an application will be invited to become a Beta tester.

An email will be sent to Sheriff Beta testers with a username and password which they can use to sign-in as a Sheriff. IMPORTANT: If you are a Beta tester and you receive an email, please make sure that it comes from the Bounty0x team by checking the sender email address.

Sheriff Beta testers will also receive an invite to a private Telegram group dedicated to testing the Beta and reporting potential bugs. Finding and suggesting a fix for critical bugs will be rewarded, of course.

For Sheriffs

If you applied to become a Sheriff Beta tester you will receive an email from us shortly. Please note that since we will be doing a staged roll-out, some candidates will receive the email right when the Beta launches, and others might not receive it until 2 weeks from now.

In the meantime, feel-free to familiarize yourself with our guide on “How to get started as a Bounty Sheriff”.

What’s next on the roadmap

Over the next couple weeks, we will be improving the current Beta platform by incorporating all your feedback, which will result in the launch of Beta 2.0. We are currently also working on a complete redesign for the platform to make it more intuitive and appealing to use.

Sneak peek of the redesign we are working on

Here is an outline of the functionalities we will be working on next throughout this year, after the Beta platform is live:

Bounty Hunter staking: Hunters will be able to stake BNTY to reduce platform fees.

Bounty Host staking: Hosts will be able to stake BNTY to feature their bounties on the platform.

Finalisation of automated reward distribution onto hunter side upon successful trial with sheriff’s

Finalisation of Civic KYC

Finalisation of NEO blockchain support

Sheriff’s dispute mechanism via hunter staking to appeal against a decision

Restructuring and moving onto modern microsservices API architecture with potential move off to a decentralised DB and/or IPFS

Complete UI/UX Redesign implementation

Working with MenloOne to decentralize more components of the system

As always, we are incredibly thankful for all your support and are looking forward to your continued feedback. Stay tuned for so much more very soon.

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