For peace of mind in most participants --using escrow is highly recommended since you are inactive here in the forum and have a previous record of a hacked account. I recommend @bL4nkcode and the portfolio of this user
[ https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/escrow-service-of-bl4nkcode-active-2062906 ].
Or... you will hire a manager that at the same time a trusted manager that can hold the campaign fund,
[@Hhampuz]The amount is quite big for four weeks. I am assuming your fund hasn't been escrowed with you. So in case of any incident, you might fall into a problem since you are the manager.
So, for your safety, force the team to use an escrow service.
It seems OP is having a tougher time choosing than he expected. The campaign also runs from Sunday to Saturday according to the rules but no participants have been selected yet. Please consider hiring someone like @Royse777 to help you with the job.
I'm the campaign manager. I collaborate with the Mintlayer team and they asked me to initiate the campaign, but we have several people helping me with the job.
We are just waiting to fill names in the spreadsheet because we are carefully evaluating every participant. We also want to have a good distribution of posts in different languages and participants that are particularly strong in different topics. Pay rate is good, we also expect really good posts and ROI.
Regarding the escrow, we want to emphasize that Mintlayer development is run by a company - supported by numerous VCs - and is a regulated project. Also, the issuance of the MLT token is regulated and approved by the Republic of San Marino (a national State). You may also check that this Bitcointalk campaign is official asking about it in the official channels (website, telegram group, twitter etc.).
Internal company policies about security and reliability aren't exactly aligned with the idea of handing down bitcoins in custody to an anonymous user of Bitcointalk. Despite good feedbacks and reputation, accidents may occur, especially if on the other side there's a single person rather than an entity following strict protocols.
Instead of custody, we could be fine with a multisignature escrow 2/2 with a third party, where funds can be returned to our wallet in case the third party signature is missing. I also realize that the organization could be particularly annoying when it comes to create the batch transaction to pay all the users, since it would require a lot of coordination with that third party. There are escrow services prepared to do that? Please let us know.
Thanks for all your contribution so far, we are so excited about the amount of applications and questions received so far.