Announcing Bounty0x Partnership with Civic

Civic identity authentication will enable Bounty Hunters on the Bounty0x platform to undergo identity verification, access new bounties and reduce fraudulent submissions.

Bounty0x will be partnering with Civic to support optional Bounty Hunter identity verification. Bounty hunters who complete Civic identity verification will be given access to participate in new bounties available only to hunters who have completed level 2 identity verification. This partnership will also minimize fraudulent bounty submissions and fake accounts, and open up new types of bounties. Civic identity verification support will be added in the second half of 2018.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Identity verification will NEVER be a requirement to use the Bounty0x platform. It’s only an additional tool that Bounty Hosts will be able to leverage for bounties where identity is important.

About Civic

Civic’s Secure Identity Platform provides multi-factor authentication without a username, password, third-party authenticator, or physical hardware token. Civic also provides Secure Private Sign-up (SPS), a new account creation service that prevents fake or duplicate accounts.

What types of bounties will benefit from Identity Verification?

The ability to perform ID verification of Bounty Hunters enables Bounty Hosts to create new bounty types and ensures that received submissions are not fraudulent. Some examples are:

Whitelist bounties : Bounties reward people with whitelist spots for ICO’s requiring KYC verification of participants.

: Bounties reward people with whitelist spots for ICO’s requiring KYC verification of participants. Influencer Marketing bounties : Ensuring the owner of the social media account is a real person. Preventing fraudulent tweets and fake accounts.

: Ensuring the owner of the social media account is a real person. Preventing fraudulent tweets and fake accounts. Location-based bounties : The ability to verify a person’s location and target bounties to bounty hunters located within a specific geographic areas.

: The ability to verify a person’s location and target bounties to bounty hunters located within a specific geographic areas. Medical research bounties: Medical research bounties and other very high-end tasks should require some sort of identity verification to filter out harmful actors or to limit the bounty to a certain number of participants.

Medical research bounties and other very high-end tasks should require some sort of identity verification to filter out harmful actors or to limit the bounty to a certain number of participants. Consulting bounties: In high-end consulting bounties it is very important that the consultant is actually the person who he claims to be. Our Civic integration will solve this point of friction.

What does the Bounty0x partnership with Civic consist of?

Bounty0x will utilize Civic for secure new account creation, and level 2 verification of existing accounts. It’s important to note that ID verification will never be a requirement to sign-up at Bounty0x and is optional for Bounty Hunters that want to participate in ID-authentication-restricted bounties.

Why will identity verification improve the Bounty0x platform?

Civic identity verification is our approach to fight Sybil attacks on the Bounty0x platform. Certain types of bounties are vulnerable to fraudulent activity unless identity verification has been completed. Additionally, identity verification will expand the scope of bounties that can be offered on the Bounty0x platform.

Without secure identity verification, Bounty Hunters would be able to create multiple fake accounts, and complete bounties several times using fake or fraudulent accounts. This is a vulnerability that can be exploited for bounty types related to social media, and many other tasks where identity is involved, like consulting. Level 2 identity verification through Civic will significantly increase the barrier to this type of exploit. In addition to level 2 verification, we will also be exploring 2FA and other secure identity verification tools.

How will Civic be integrated into the Bounty0x platform?

After a Bounty Hunter creates a new account, he will be given the option to undergo additional level 2 verification wherein he submits proof of identification consisting of various types of photo ID. This will ensure that new Bounty Hunter accounts are not duplicate or fake accounts, but correspond to an individual. In the future, we will continue to expand the types of identity verification documents accepted. Level 2 verification will increase the integrity of the Bounty0x platform, and decrease fraudulent bounty submissions.

When will Bounty0x support Civic identity verification?

Bounty0x will support level 2 identity verification and new bounties related to it in the second half of 2018.

Bounty0x is also open to working with other identity verification providers. If you would like to work with Bounty0x email contact@bounty0x.io

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