Pump.fun launched a new bounty feature called GO on Thursday, letting users create and complete tasks for rewards with few restrictions. Within hours, hundreds of bounties appeared — including a $50,000 offer to skydive into a World Cup match dressed as a memecoin mascot and a 325 SOL bounty worth roughly $23,186 for an interview tied to Henry Nowak's death. The feature is already drawing sharp backlash.
How the GO bounty system works
Users can post bounties for any task, set a reward, and wait for submissions. Pump.fun reviews every submission and holds the funds in escrow until a winner is chosen or the bounty expires. The company says the process is designed to keep things fair, but the lack of content restrictions has raised alarms. At the time of reporting, 230 bounties were active, with 828 submissions and an unclaimed pool of $111,000.
Bounties that sparked concern
The $50,000 skydiving bounty was removed after it appeared, but others remain. A 325 SOL bounty asks for an interview related to the death of Henry Nowak. Other listed tasks include hosting a 'best butt contest IRL,' quitting a job on camera, getting a memecoin name tattooed, and setting a car on fire while wearing a memecoin mascot costume. The range of stunts has prompted comparisons to the 2024 Pump.fun livestream scandal, where users streamed violent acts — including threats of self-harm, shootings, and animal abuse — to pump token prices.
Backlash and parallels to 2024
Critics say GO could revive the same kind of harmful behavior that forced Pump.fun to shut down its livestream feature in 2024 after widespread outrage. The platform later relaunched livestreaming in 2025 with tighter moderation. On X, users called the bounty system 'a Black Mirror episode come to life' and compared it to the movie 'Nerve,' where strangers issue dares for money. Concerns center on incentivizing harassment, stalking, violence, and life-threatening acts.
Pump.fun has not announced any changes to the bounty feature since the criticism started. The company's review process is supposed to catch problematic submissions, but the bounties currently live suggest the filter is loose. With $111,000 in the unclaimed pool and more bounties being posted every hour, the question is whether Pump.fun will step in again — or let the market decide how far users will go for a payout.
