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What are Bounties?

Bounties are paid tasks open to anyone in the Arrow community. They are how Arrow gets real work done without a traditional hiring process, covering everything from hardware design to software tooling to community content.

How it works​

Each bounty is a scoped piece of work with a defined deliverable, a reward, and in most cases an expiry date. Anyone can claim a bounty, complete the work, and get paid on approval.

Every bounty is tagged with the contributor disciplines it calls for. Those are the same tags contributors pick on the contributor map, so the tagging works in both directions: it tells you what a bounty needs, and it helps the right people find it.

The board groups bounties into nine discipline categories:

  • Engineering, design and build the aircraft: mechanical, CAD, electrical, aerodynamics, power, propulsion, certification, safety
  • Flight Systems, the brains in the air: firmware, software, controls, autonomy, telemetry, simulation
  • Flight Ops, fly, test and keep them flying: piloting, flight test, maintenance, support, regulatory, missions
  • Manufacturing, make and ship real parts: 3D printing, machining, composites, assembly, sourcing, quality
  • Design, how Arrow looks and feels: industrial, interface, graphics
  • Content, teach and tell the story: documentation, media, social media
  • Growth, bring the world in: marketing, community, business development
  • Local, run Arrow where you live: hosting, workshops, vertiports
  • Operations, run the DAO machinery: governance, tokenomics, coordination, legal, tooling

A bounty can carry tags from more than one category. Something filed under Engineering might still want a Manufacturing tag if the work ends up on a printer.

Who can participate​

Bounties are open to everyone. You do not need to be a long-term contributor or hold any role in the DAO. If you have the skills to complete the work, you can claim it.

Some bounties need specific tools, hardware or domain knowledge, and a few need a devkit in hand. Read the issue carefully before claiming, because that is where the real constraints are written down.

What you'll earn​

Bounties pay in USDC, in $ARROW, or in both. At least one is always set, and which one depends on the work: DAO and governance tasks often pay in $ARROW alone, while bounties carrying an outside cost are more likely to include USDC.

  • USDC is a stablecoin, paid to your wallet within 5 business days of approval
  • $ARROW is the Arrow governance token, which gives you a voice in the DAO

Reward sizes reflect the scope and complexity of the work, so larger and more technical bounties pay more.

Getting started​

Browse the bounty board to see what is currently open, and filter by discipline to find work that matches your background. When something looks interesting, open the linked GitHub issue. That issue holds the full scope, deliverables and acceptance criteria, and it is the authoritative version of the bounty rather than the card on the board.

Ready to claim? See How to Claim for the step-by-step process.