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Open Source Bounty Board

Fund GitHub issues and pay contributors automatically when the PR merges.

Intermediate16h2–3 people17/20 fit
TL;DR

Build Open Source Bounty Board for maintainers and contributors in ~16h with 2–3 people. Stack: Solidity + GitHub API + Viem.

Why it wins: Bridges open source and payments.

Build flow

01 · Problem
Maintainers struggle to reward contributors fairly.
02 · Solution
Sponsors fund an issue escrow, a verifier checks the merged PR author and releases funds to their linked wallet.
03 · Build
  1. 1Write escrow
  2. 2Link GitHub to wallets
  3. 3Verify merges
  4. 4Release funds
04 · Demo
Merge a PR and show the payout.

MVP checklist

  • Issue funding
  • Wallet linking
  • Merge verification
  • Payout

Tech stack

TechRole
SoliditySmart contracts
GitHub APIRepo + PR data
ViemEthereum client

Reference repos

Open-source projects you can build on. Links checked 2026-10-31.

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