Why bug bounties stay small: far more legal hunters than criminals
paul_cal · x · 2026-10-04
Responding to a question about why bug bounty payouts are so small ("this should be retirement money"), paulcal argues the reason is simple: overwhelmingly more people want bug hunting as a legal, stable career than are willing to actually break the law and sell to bad actors. An abundant supply of "normies" keeps prices down — and that's a good thing.
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