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by sombremesa 2490 days ago
> First come, first served seems like it would be the hardest to game

For external parties, yes. However it's the easiest to game for those liable, since you can just mark whatever you want as a "duplicate" and refuse to pay the bounty.

Offering bounties for public disclosures helps remove a lot of perverse incentives.