[tstrimple]

1. Create issues for items I need fixed on my github repos.

2. Offer a $100 bounty to people who can trick me into getting some string into my projects. The easiest way to "trick" me of course is to hide it inside of a PR which fixes a real issue.

3. Find and remove the string before merging the PR. I've had one of my issues fixed for free. Rinse and repeat!

Bonus Round: Stage an announcement on twitter and have someone cleverly trick me into including the string on my website (which I was totally going to do anyway). Post clever trick to code geek social media and reap the sweet free viral marketing and hackers trying to earn a Benjamin.

[reledi]

It's worrying that something as harmless as this comes across as a stunt with some ulterior motive. Not everything is a viral marketing campaign.

[Bromskloss]

I like to suspect everything that gains attention to be a marketing campaign.

[joepie91_]

As somebody who knows the person in question: Nice theory, but no. Not everybody has ulterior motives like this.

[cranklin]

steps 1 and 2 remind me of how Congress works

[kika]

I started laughing then remembered that I live in the US for the last 5 years and started crying instead.

[DonkeyChan]

He offered him BTC for it. Not so much free...

[PhasmaFelis]

You've discovered that social media is mostly used for getting attention. Congratulations, that was very clever of you.

[dclowd9901]

I was trying to figure out the actual angle here because the challenger couldn't have been that stupid. I think you've hit the nail on the head.