The deposit is locked before you start. The tests are written before you start. Pass them, and the money moves — no invoice, no approval, no human in the loop.
The work was never the hard part. Getting paid was.
The client deposited before you started.
The tests were written before you started.
The only variable is your code.
what if the client just doesn't pay?
They can't. The deposit locks before the bounty goes live; if your submission passes, release is automatic — no step where a person decides.
what if they move the goalposts?
The goalposts are a frozen test suite, published upfront. Change of requirements is not allowed until the sandbox expires.
what if hidden tests fail but the public ones passed?
Hidden tests cover the same spec — they exist to catch hardcoded outputs, not to add requirements. You get some hints to help navigate through the hidden test.
what do I need to qualify?
Nothing. No interview, no vetting, no trial project. Anyone could participate. If your code is the first to pass all tests, you win the bounty.
Bring Claude, Cursor, whatever setup makes you fast. Work in bursts — between jobs, at midnight, fifty a month. No availability, no timezone overlap, no standups. Devs with the sharpest AI workflows earn the most per hour here, and that's by design.
Your track record here is real shipped code against real specs — the kind of receipt you can point to anywhere.
Somewhere on the board right now is a spec you could clear this weekend. The deposit is locked. The tests are waiting.
Free to join. No exclusivity. Get paid to your preferred rails.