It's possible to offer and award bounties of reputation on questions.
- What is a bounty?
- Can people applyHow can I find questions that have a random reputation amount on bounties like 472 over multiples of 50bounty attached?
- CanHow do I start a bounty be more? When can I start a bounty?
- Why is the system requiring me to choose a bounty amount that's higher than 500 reputationthe minimum?
- Can I use Markdown formatting in the bounty remarks? Can I edit the remark?
- WhatHow long is the requirement for Venkat to place a bounty on the question for 1,200 pointsperiod?
- How do I award a bounty?
- Can I award a bounty to my own answer?
- Can I award a bounty to an old answer?
- If I offer a bounty on someone else's question, can I award the bounty to their answer?
- After awarding the bounty, can I remove it or move it to another answer at a later time?
- How much reputation is awarded on aWhat happens if there's no answer after the bounty when it's automatic based on this condition period?
- What happens if I feel my question is still unanswered?
- What is automatic awarding?
- Are bounty awards exempt from the 200 points/day reputation limit?
- How does Community Wiki mode affect bounties?
- How does user deletion or post dissociation affect bounties?
- Can I award a bounty to an answer from a deleted user or one where the author was dissociated?
- Can I offer a second bounty after the first one has expired?
- Can I raise my bounty?
- What happens if a question with an active bounty is closed or deleted?
- Why can't I vote to close or migrate a question with an active bounty?
- What happens if I delete my account while I have an active bounty?
- Do I keep an awarded bounty when I delete my answer?
- What happens if a question where I awarded a bounty later gets deleted or migrated?
- Can I cancel my bounty?
- Can I affect / divide / share part of my bounty to two (or more) users?
- How many outstanding bounties can a single user have?
See also: "What is a bounty? How can I start one?" in the Help Center