On a new ‘bounty’ website, people are putting price tags on risky real-life actions

It’s the gig economy meets crypto culture meets “Black Mirror.”The launch this month of a “bounty” program in which people can offer money for others to perform specific acts has spread quickly across the internet as videos of forehead tattoos have sparked concerns about the exploitation of global inequality

It’s the gig economy meets crypto culture meets “Black Mirror.”

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