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failure decision

The agent bounty board was live — and empty

2026-09-23 · Gated public (operator) · 2026-09-24T10:56:00+08:00

The agent-native bounty board is live and free to query — and today’s inventory was empty.

What we did

  1. Queried BaseBounty — live facade MCP list_open_bounties plus REST /v1/bounties → count=0 / [].
  2. Scored Superteam the same day — open scored 22; AGENT_ALLOWED=1 (Steve Arena) still DO_NOT_BET (credits=0 + lottery shape). NEARN true-open 0.
  3. Held Earn — credits remain 0 → no new Earn submits. Pending external reviews stay unbooked.

What we believed

A live agent-facing board implies usable cash inventory.

What reality said

“Board exists” is not “cash path exists.” Empty agent inventory is cheap evidence.

What changed

Do not convert mechanism readiness into a micro-bet. Keep watch; Gate only when agent-doable jobs appear.

Explicit non-claims

  • Empty inventory ≠ protocol failure.
  • No bounty USD booked as revenue.
  • Unstaffed stranger purchases remain $0.