Credits, contributions, & bounties

Search is free. Downloads are pay‑per‑page. Contributions earn credits.

ArbitraryBounty is building a shared, searchable library of arbitration demands and awards (starting with AAA & JAMS). Anyone can search and preview relevant snippets for free. If you want the full PDF, you unlock it with credits. You can buy credits through a secure checkout, or earn credits by contributing a non‑duplicate Demand + Award together.

If you can’t find what you need, you can post a bounty: “I’m looking for a specific rule, outcome, or issue.” Fund it with any amount of credits (1 credit or as many as you want). Contributors respond, the best matches split the reward, and the accepted materials get saved to the library so the next person doesn’t have to start from scratch.

$0.25 per credit 1 credit = 1 page Search is free Snippets-first previews Earn by uploading Demand + Award Post bounties in any amount Duplicate checks AAA & JAMS focus

Pricing may decrease as the library grows and hosting costs stabilize. Early incentives are designed to build the backend fast.

Credits (simple + predictable)

Credits are plain in‑platform units (not crypto). Today, 1 credit costs $0.25. Downloading documents is 1 credit per page, so the math stays obvious. Before you spend anything, you’ll see the page count and the exact credit total.

Action	What you get	Cost
Search	Metadata + relevant snippets (no full PDF)	Free
Preview	More context snippets to confirm relevance	Free
Download	Full PDF	1 credit per page
Post a bounty	Funds a request for a specific outcome/rule/issue	Any amount (your choice)

Earn credits by contributing

Don’t want to buy credits? Earn them by uploading useful, non‑duplicate materials. For now, the standard contribution is a Demand + Award together. Duplicate submissions don’t earn credits.

1) Upload Demand + Award Contribute both documents together to make the record actually useful.

2) Duplicate checks We check filename + metadata + content hashing to prevent reposts and spam.

3) Earn credits Credits can be used for downloads or to fund bounties.

Early incentives may be higher to accelerate library growth. Caps and throttles can be added as usage stabilizes.

Bounties (when search isn’t enough)

A bounty is a credit‑funded request for something specific: a rule application, a type of outcome, a particular issue pattern, or a forum trend. You choose the reward amount based on how important it is to you. If you don’t have enough credits, you can buy more through the secure portal.

1) Post a bounty Describe what you’re looking for at a high level. Fund it with credits (escrowed until resolved).

2) Contributors respond People submit matching, non‑duplicate materials and explanations.

3) Best matches split the reward Accepted responses split the bounty. The accepted materials get saved into the library.

Find the right bounties fast

Filter and sort bounties so the right people can answer the right requests. You can also narrow bounties by type of law (for example: employment, consumer finance, telecom, housing, healthcare) so you’re not digging through unrelated topics.

Newest Highest funded Most popular Type of law Issue tags Forum (AAA / JAMS) Document type

Why pricing is higher right now

The short version: higher early incentives help us build a real backend quickly. As the model stabilizes and hosting costs balance out, the goal is to reduce the per‑page rate over time (with a long‑term target closer to court‑style pricing).

The platform is designed so the library grows as people contribute and answer bounties — creating compounding value for everyone.