Does it matter who posted it, I posted it on my github, and the wiki, he posted it on here. I was talking to him all day since I wanted to make sure it was correct, so he knew I was making it. I handed in a version that wasn't what he wanted so I actually had to go back and redo a lot of things. So there was a lot of time for the other person to take the bounty from me.
Yes it does matter. Now you say you were talking to him all day about it. However the code was posted only an hour and twenty five minutes after the bounty amounts proposed. Seems you just admitted you were working on this anyway ahead of the bounty in collaboration with the original poster of the proposal.
I'm not sure it matters there have been several instances where an already started project applied for and received shares. I don't think this share system was designed to only spur development in untouched areas but to also reward pioneers for the work they are already doing, and then there are groups that do things without requesting bounty solely for the good of the community for reasons of their choosing. This seems like a good project to reward IMHO...
Above I was saying that it matter for propriety in regards to who posted the claim.
I actually was originally trying to figure out more what you are talking about, then jasinlee's reply of bringing in my post count of all things, raised my alarm levels all the more that it is not proper for someone who proposes a bounty to be the one who claims it so quickly thereafter. Had the reply been more like this the tone would have changed quickly.
I do remember that many ongoing projects got put into the rewards for projects already active, so you seem to be right, however something about small bounties being claimed so quickly by the by the original proposer just does not seem right.
I would like to quote two things from
http://www.devtome.com/doku.php?id=devcoinThe primary concern is that in the long term, most organizations become corrupt, regardless of the intentions of the founders.
To further reduce corruption, all meetings and votes will be public, because sunshine is the best disinfectant.
jasinlee's posting of a bounty he then himself appears to have claimed does not seem proper, especially given the time frames.
He then tries to defend it with mention of backdoor talks and tells me to make a new thread and let other people talk about it, through backdoor means. Even if it was all done ethically it has the appearance of impropriety. The follow up post just reenforced that.