Bounty hunters help to expose ICOs to crypto related audience to attract investors for the project. No matter how promising the project may be, if the ICO fails, the project won't see the light of the day. Bounty hunters are very important in ICOs. But there is one thing am not happy about bounty hunters. They usually dump their coins at any price the moment it is listed on an exchage which usually drops the price of the coin even below the ICO price putting the investors at a disadvantage. I want to advise the hunters to hold their bounty tokens for a while in order to maintain a good price for the coin. We shouldn't forget we are all stakeholders
I don't see any reason why bounty hunters should keep on to their earnings. Some hunters do this to be able to feed their kids or pay their rent. I mean, I can imagine why they would - at some point - convert. Most will probably not sell everything, but tokens are being sold for good reasons.
And there should be nothing wrong with that. I hear/read investors whining all the time about this fact....what they should be doing is trying to keep those bounty hunters involved in the project, instead of treating them like peasants only in it for the money.
I partake in bounties too. Just for fun. I pick good projects I feel I have a connection with. I never sell, never sold anything. No reason to, don't need the money (as it is usually peanuts just after ICO anyway).
But bounty hunters that do sell their earnings have good reasons to. Accept this. They worked their asses off to get awareness for the project. They are the ones that branded it from day 1. They may even be responsible for attracting actual investors. A price dump is acceptible to me and is only a short phase at the start of the project. If investors are whining about this fact too much, I suspect them to be equally uninvolved with the project. They are just pissed they weren't able to sell for higher prices in the beginning. If they are planning to hold and see where the project is really going to, it shouldn't matter if there's some price action at the start. Selling low by bounty hunters often give a lot of possibilities to buy in low for those that are really into the project. I often buy more if price is much lower compared to ICO...yes I do bounty work, but also often invest next to it.
Anyway. I do not like the way bounty hunters are treated. Not all sell, but some do and with good reasons!