Bizarre bounty site has desperate risk-takers tattooing their foreheads, climbing Mount Everest for crypto
A new dystopian “bounty” site has challenged daredevils to do the unthinkable — stick their heads in toilets, get forehead tattoos and climb Mount Everest to win a crypto payout.Crypto launchpad Pump.fun started the controversial feature, prompting people around the world to submit videos of themselves in often humiliating and dangerous situations.The website has doled out over $370,000 since the madness started on June 4.
The California-based platform said more than $200,000 in crypto remains up for grabs among the roughly 270 open bounties.Some of the tasks have been wholesome, like feeding stray cats and donating clothes to Goodwill, which earned $71 and $114 winners, respectively.Other undertakings have been harmless but strange, with one guy scoring $72 for dumping a gallon of milk over his head while shouting a type of cryptocurrency.Another netted $322 for venturing out in public dressed in a full gorilla suit with “$bountywork” scrolled across his chest.A man with “$viral” written across his forehead eagerly filmed himself sticking his face in a toilet and flushing it for $71.
“Humans & money are undeniably the most powerful tools on Earth,” the company wrote in an X post.“We’re combining both of them with GO: an all encompassing bounty platform where ANYONE can create or complete bounties for ANY task for UNLIMITED rewards.”Individual users, mostly crypto enthusiasts, are the ones who create and post the bounties.Pump.fun warned on its site that anyone who participates is doing so at their own risk.And the tasks with the biggest payouts have been treacherous.One man from the Philippines won $15,000 worth of crypto for tattooing “bounty.fun” on his forehead.
Several others pulled similar stunts, NBC reported.Current bounties include outrageous feats, with the top task encouraging people to climb to the top of Mount Everest to place a bet on Howl.com — for a staggering $57,200.The second-largest haul comes from a World Cu...