Truth Bounties

Trust infrastructure
for the modern world

Truth Bounties is a powerful tool to build credibility, challenge misinformation, and resolve disputes.

Why Truth Bounties

Anyone can say they're right, but talk is cheap.

Truth Bounties lets you put money behind your claims. Anyone who can prove you wrong gets the money. When you put skin in the game, people have a reason to believe you.

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Confidence made visible
A Truth Bounty turns “trust me” into a powerful signal of credibility. The bigger the bounty, the louder the message.
Anyone can challenge
Critics don't need a platform to be heard. Anyone with evidence can challenge bountied content.
Independent Arbitration
Disputes go to professional arbitrators through the American Arbitration Association — not a popularity contest, crowd vote, or algorithm.

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Bounties on the board

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A widely shared post claims 94% reduction in hospitalizations without citing the underlying trial.

A think-tank report selectively cites one worst-case scenario from a multi-model IPCC dataset.

Claims a summit expedition was pushed into a deadly window by forecasts that contradicted the real data.

A viral claim that a breakthrough fully reverses Type 1 diabetes by regenerating insulin-producing cells.

8Active Bounties

5Challenges Pending

$66,850Total Bountied

Our Process

How Truth Bounties works

01

Post a Bounty

Attach money to your content—statements, claims, advertisements, etc.

02

Share the Badge

The Truth Bounty badge signals that you stand behind your content.

03

Invite a Challenge

For a fee, challengers can bring evidence that your content is false or misleading.

04

Respond to Challenges

You can concede or defend your content and proceed to arbitration.

05

Resolve with Arbitration

Independent arbitrators consider the evidence and resolve the dispute.

06

The Reward

If a challenger wins, they get the Truth Bounty. If the challenge fails, you keep the money—and your credibility grows.

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The Badges

A signal of trust – and accountability

Bountied content carries a badge. The badge tells the world, at a glance, the status of the content.

Vibrant Badge

Active Bounty

A Truth Bounty is attached to this content, the content is open to challenge.

When it appears: From the moment a bounty is posted until a challenge succeeds or the bounty period closes.
What it means: The author has put money behind this content, and anyone with evidence can bring a challenge

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A different model

Fact-checking, but with real stakes

Good information matters. Conventional fact checking falls short. Truth Bounties raises the bar.

Question	Conventional fact checking	Truth Bounties
When it happens	After content circulates	Badge appears when author posts bounty — can be the moment content goes live
Who starts it	Fact checker chooses what to review	Author puts their own content forward, anyone can challenge
Who decides	Fact checker	Independent professional arbitrators
What the author risks	Nothing concrete	The Truth Bounty
What's the record	Reports on scattered websites	Centralized, searchable database of the content, challenge, and outcome
Who knows about it	Viewers of scattered websites	Anyone who sees the badge or visits the Truth Bounties platform

From the blog

What we're reading

Reporting, research and regulation on trust, AI and misinformation — the ground Truth Bounties is built on.

Business is still the only institution read as both competent and ethical — and the report is candid about the limits of that.Read the article Creators are finding their own faces in advertising for products they have never touched.Read the article Seven AI-generated scams a retail brand's legal team is most likely to meet this year.Read the article A practical guide to catching a false claim about your brand while it is still small.Read the article A sharp, well-documented case of the chart itself being the misleading part.Read the article The annual read on where people get their news, and how much of it they believe.Read the article A live compliance question for any brand running AI-generated advertising.Read the article A research look at whether technology can cover what the platforms are stepping back from.Read the article

Back your claims, build your reputation.

Post a Bounty

Stand behind your statements. Choose the stakes, share the badge, and send a signal of trust.

Post a Bounty

Challenge content

Think bountied content is false or misleading? Prove it to an independent arbitrator — and collect the bounty if you’re right.

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A platform for building trust

About Truth Bounties

Credibility you can verify. Authors back their claims with real money. Challengers can test them. Independent arbitrators settle it.

Post a Bounty How It Works

The Big Picture

Truth Bounties empowers truthtellers to signal their credibility by holding themselves accountable.

Our mission

We think trust can be built. Not with better spin, but with something realer than words: money, put on the line, in public. Truth Bounties gives honest people a way to separate from the noise.

Our vision

A world where information flows freely and facts separate from noise.

Why it works

Trust isn’t built on words alone. It’s built on stakes — having something to lose if you're wrong.

That's why a warranty makes a company's product credible. If the product fails, the company must replace it.

That’s why a contract makes a promise believable. If you break the contract, you have to pay.

Truth Bounties applies this logic to statements. By attaching a bounty to your claim, you have something to lose — and people have a reason to believe you.

Real Stakes

Money on the line, not just words.

Self-Sorting

People who know they're right can post a bounty with confidence. People who don't cannot.

Signal Trust

The badge tells the world about your bounty.

Post a bounty. Invite a challenge. Let an independent arbitrator settle it.

See the full process

Independent arbitration

Who decides

Every challenge that reaches arbitration is administered by the American Arbitration Association — a non-profit organization that has set the standards of fairness, due process and neutrality in alternative dispute resolution since 1926. Truth Bounties pays the AAA the same amount regardless of who wins a challenge, so the arbitrators do not have a stake in the outcome.

The world’s leading authority on alternative dispute resolution—since 1926.

1926: Founded
9M+: Cases administered
4,900+: Arbitrators on the AAA's roster

Independent and not-for-profitA separate organization from Truth Bounties. The AAA administers the case; it doesn't take a side in it.
Bound by a code of ethicsArbitrators complete mandatory training, must disclose any conflict of interest, and are held to the Code of Ethics for Arbitrators in Commercial Disputes.
A century of leadershipThe AAA leads the world in resolving disputes fairly and efficiently.

Learn more at adr.org See the arbitration process

The founders

Mike Gilbert & Bao Kham Chau

Truth Bounties comes from two people who’ve spent years studying the same problem from different directions. Mike approaches trust and misinformation with economics — how incentives shape what gets said and what gets believed. Bao looks at it as an engineer — how the systems we build shape what spreads and what doesn't. Both are also trained in law, and both teach it. They hold the same idea: the internet isn't short on information; it's short on tools to tell the honest from the dishonest. Truth Bounties is their attempt to help.

Signal trust

How It Works

By attaching money to a claim — and opening that claim to challenges — anyone can demonstrate confidence in what they say.

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6 monthsChallenge window

After you post a bounty, anyone can challenge for six months.

14 daysAuthor's response

Author has 14 days (longer in exceptional circumstances) to concede to a challenge or file a rebuttal.

45 daysArbitrator's decision

Target timeline for arbitrator to resolve a challenge.

01

Post a Bounty

Attach a Truth Bounty — a cash pledge — to any claim or statement you stand behind. Choosing the size of the bounty and uploading your content takes minutes.

To post a bounty, log into the platform, upload your content, and choose your bounty amount — there is a minimum, but no maximum. Deposit the bounty through the platform into escrow. You also have to pay a user fee.

Your bounty is open to challenge for six months. When the six months are up, and assuming no challenge has succeeded, you can close the bounty and get your money back, or you can renew for another six months.

02

Share the Badge

Your content displays a Truth Bounty badge, so audiences can see at a glance that it has been bountied. The badge sends a clear message: the author has made a promise, backed by real stakes, that this content is accurate.

The Truth Bounties platform displays the badge next to your content. If you don’t want us to display your content, we’ll display the badge next to a short summary. You can also display the badge next to your content on your own site.

The badge reflects the status of the bounty in real time, as shown below. Clicking the badge takes a reader to the Truth Bounties platform, where more information is available.

Vibrant Badge

Active Bounty

A Truth Bounty is attached to this content, the content is open to challenge.

Gold Badge

Closed Bounty

A Truth Bounty was attached to this content, the content was open to challenge.

Red Badge

Successful Challenge

A Truth Bounty was attached to this content, and the bounty was won by a successful challenger.

1 halo1st challenge failed
2 halos2nd challenge failed
3 halos3rd challenge failed
4 halos4th to 6th failed

Halos are added when challenges fail. The more halos a badge carries, the more scrutiny the content has withstood. If a challenge succeeds, the badge turns red and any halos are removed.

03

Invite a Challenge

Anyone who believes the content is false or misleading can bring a challenge. To keep challenges serious, a challenger must pay a fee and submit a written basis for the challenge. Frivolous challenges don't get far; substantive ones do.

To bring a challenge, send the URL where you found the bountied content, and submit your case—a written explanation and evidence showing that the content is false or misleading. To deter frivolous challenges, you have to pay a fee.

If multiple challenges are brought against the same content, they're organized into a queue. One challenge goes first, selected by a process that gives an edge to challengers with a strong track record on the platform. If the first challenge fails, the next one gets a turn.

For full transparency, most of what a challenger submits is made public. The only exceptions are narrow — for example, information belonging to a third party the challenger has no right to publish.

04

Respond to Challenges

The author receives the challenge and can choose to concede or go to arbitration. If the author concedes, the challenger gets half the Truth Bounty, and the author keeps the rest. Authors who proceed to arbitration submit a written defense of their content.

The author gets the details of the challenger’s case and has 14 days (longer in exceptional circumstances) to decide what to do. The author can concede and split the bounty 50/50 with the challenger, or the author can proceed to arbitration.

An author who proceeds to arbitration must submit arguments and evidence in support of their content within a short period. As with the challenger’s submission, most of what the author submits is made public.

05

Resolve with Arbitration

Independent, professional arbitrators review the evidence from both sides and decide whether the challenger has shown that the bountied content is false or misleading. The process is rigorous, independent, and final.

Arbitrators answer this question: Has the challenger shown, by a preponderance of the evidence and argument, that the content is materially false or materially misleading? “Materially” means something a reasonable reader would consider important — not a trivial error. Content that expresses an opinion can't be “false,” though it can be misleading if it leads readers to a false conclusion of fact.

06

The Reward

If the challenge succeeds, the challenger gets the Truth Bounty. If the challenge fails, the Truth Bounty remains in place — and the signal of trust is stronger than ever.

Want to learn more? Check out our FAQs. For every detail, read our Terms of Service.

Arbitration by the gold standard

Every challenge that goes to arbitration is administered by the American Arbitration Association (AAA) — a not-for-profit organization that has led the world in fair, efficient dispute resolution since 1926.

Learn more at adr.org

1926Founded

9M+Cases administered

$29BB2B claims & counterclaims in 2025

4,900+Experienced panelists

Independent and not-for-profit

The AAA is a not-for-profit organization, separate from Truth Bounties. The AAA and its arbitrators do not take sides. Truth Bounties pays the AAA the same amount regardless of who wins a challenge, so the arbitrators do not have a stake in the outcome.

Held to the highest standards

Arbitrators on the AAA's roster complete mandatory training and must disclose any conflict of interest. They're bound by the Code of Ethics for Arbitrators in Commercial Disputes — the same standard that governs AAA arbitrations everywhere.

The record speaks for itself

The AAA is the world's largest private provider of alternative dispute resolution — administering $29 billion in claims and counterclaims in 2025 alone, backed by a roster of more than 4,900 experienced arbitrators, and resolving disputes on average three times faster than the courts.

Figures from the American Arbitration Association, adr.org.

Details

Frequently asked questions

Yes. Posting a bounty requires a fee, based on our current fee schedule.

It's held in escrow by an independent third party — not by Truth Bounties. It stays there until the challenge period closes or a challenge succeeds.

Yes. We need a fixed record of what content you've bountied. Without it, someone could post a bounty on one version of their content and then swap in something different while still displaying the Truth Bounties badge.

That's up to you. You can let us show it in full on our platform, next to your badge. Or you can keep it private, meaning we will just show a short summary next to your badge. Either way, we keep the copy so we can check that what you originally posted matches what a challenger is disputing.

Not exactly. As long as no challenge is in the queue, you can withdraw your bounty, revise your content, and post it again with a new bounty, at a reduced fee. If a challenge is active, you can't edit or withdraw your content.

No. Your content has to be accessible to the public — free, or available on reasonable terms, like through a paywall. The Truth Bounties system depends on people being able to see your content and challenge it. We also need our own access to it: if your content isn't freely accessible, you'll need to give Truth Bounties free access to it for as long as the bounty is open, so we can retrieve and check it during authenticity review. If we don't already have that access when we need it, we may get access another way and charge you for the cost.

Six months from the day you post it. The clock runs continuously and doesn't pause, even while a challenge is underway. As that period nears its end, you'll choose to either close the bounty and get your money back, or repost it for another six months. If a challenge is still in progress when the period would otherwise end, the bounty stays open until that challenge is finished.

They're canceled, and the challengers get their money back.

That's always your choice — you can do that at any time, even after a challenge has succeeded and your badge has turned red. You can also leave the content up and just remove the badge. We don't control what happens on your own site. Whatever you do there, we keep a permanent record of what happened on the Truth Bounties platform.

Want all the details? The full terms governing every step of this process are available here.

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Browse the Board

Every bounty, every challenge and every arbitration — published and searchable.

$42,150Currently at stake

8Active bounties

5Pending challenges

Newest first

Recently posted

Active bountyDaily vitamin D halves winter respiratory infections@wellness_desk·1 challenge defeated$900Closes 22 Nov 2026

Active bountyHousehold recycling scheme diverts 60% of plastic from landfill@greenloop·1 challenge pending$3,000Closes 8 Jan 2027

Active bountyStem cell research in China cures Type 1 diabetes@biomed_watch·1 challenge pending · 5 defeated$1,000Closes 25 Dec 2026

Active bountyClimber's trek was sabotaged by false weather reports@summit_report·2 challenges defeated$750Closes 19 Dec 2026

Active bountyOpen-weights model matches frontier systems on a reasoning benchmark@openbench·1 challenge pending · 1 defeated$25,000Closes 10 Dec 2026

Active bountyVaccine efficacy claims in viral social post lack primary sources@pulse_health·1 challenge pending · 2 defeated$1,800Closes 2 Dec 2026

Active bountyCity water fluoride levels exceed federal guidance@civic_water_watch·1 challenge pending$6,500Closes 2 Nov 2026

Active bountyClimate model projections distorted in think-tank report@open_climate·4 challenges defeated · 1 withdrawn$3,200Closes 20 Oct 2026

Showing 13 of 13 bounties

BountySizeStatusDetailsTiming
Daily vitamin D halves winter respiratory infections@wellness_desk$900Active bounty1 challenge defeatedCloses 22 Nov 2026Full page
Household recycling scheme diverts 60% of plastic from landfill@greenloop$3,000Active bounty1 challenge pendingCloses 8 Jan 2027Full page
Stem cell research in China cures Type 1 diabetes@biomed_watch$1,000Active bounty1 challenge pending · 5 defeatedCloses 25 Dec 2026Full page
Climber's trek was sabotaged by false weather reports@summit_report$750Active bounty2 challenges defeatedCloses 19 Dec 2026Full page
Open-weights model matches frontier systems on a reasoning benchmark@openbench$25,000Active bounty1 challenge pending · 1 defeatedCloses 10 Dec 2026Full page
Vaccine efficacy claims in viral social post lack primary sources@pulse_health$1,800Active bounty1 challenge pending · 2 defeatedCloses 2 Dec 2026Full page
City water fluoride levels exceed federal guidance@civic_water_watch$6,500Active bounty1 challenge pendingCloses 2 Nov 2026Full page
Climate model projections distorted in think-tank report@open_climate$3,200Active bounty4 challenges defeated · 1 withdrawnCloses 20 Oct 2026Full page
Remote-work productivity study drew on 12,000 employees@workfutures$2,200Bounty claimedAuthor concededClaimed 9 Apr 2026Full page
EV battery pack retains 90% capacity after 200,000 km@northwind_labs$4,000Closed bounty2 challenges defeatedClosed 22 Jul 2026Full page
Quarterly revenue was restated without disclosure@ledgerline$12,000Bounty claimedChallenge upheldClaimed 30 Apr 2026Full page
Transit expansion cut average commutes by 18 minutes@metro_insight$5,000Closed bounty3 challenges defeated · 1 withdrawnClosed 20 May 2026Full page
Streaming subscriber count excludes free trials@signal_media$1,500Closed bountyNo challenges yetClosed 3 May 2026Full page

Reading the Board

The badge tells you where a bounty stands.

Each bounty carries the same badge its content does. It changes as the bounty moves, so the Board and the page the content lives on always agree.

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Active Bounty

A Truth Bounty is attached to this content, the content is open to challenge.

Closed Bounty

A Truth Bounty was attached to this content, the content was open to challenge.

Successful Challenge

A Truth Bounty was attached to this content, and the bounty was won by a successful challenger.

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Questions about posting a bounty, bringing a challenge, or arbitration? Send us a message and we'll get back to you.

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Privacy

Our privacy policy is being prepared and is not published yet.

This page will carry the privacy policy in full. Until it does, nothing here should be read as the terms on which Truth Bounties operates.

If you need to know how something works in the meantime — what happens to a bounty, how a challenge is decided, what we do with the details you send us — the process is written out in full on How It Works, and we answer questions directly.

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Legal

Terms of Service

Our terms of service is being prepared and is not published yet.

This page will carry the terms of service in full. Until it does, nothing here should be read as the terms on which Truth Bounties operates.

If you need to know how something works in the meantime — what happens to a bounty, how a challenge is decided, what we do with the details you send us — the process is written out in full on How It Works, and we answer questions directly.

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TB-2026-0196ExpiredMedia

Streaming subscriber count excludes free trials

A platform's statement that its reported subscriber base counts paying accounts only.

Posted by: @signal_media
Bounty: $1,500
Posted: 3 Nov 2025
Closed: 3 May 2026

The bountied content

Every subscriber in our reported base is a paying account. Free trials are excluded until they convert.

Read it where it was published — example.org

History

3 Nov 2025Bounty posted
3 May 2026Challenge window closed — bounty returned

Outcome. Six months passed with no successful challenge. The bounty was closed and returned; the badge turns gold.

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TB-2026-0215ExpiredPolicy

Transit expansion cut average commutes by 18 minutes

A transport authority's before-and-after figure for the corridor it opened last year.

Posted by: @metro_insight
Bounty: $5,000
Posted: 20 Nov 2025
Closed: 20 May 2026

The bountied content

Average commutes along the corridor fell by 18 minutes in the year after the expansion opened, measured door to door.

Read it where it was published — example.org

History

20 Nov 2025Bounty posted
Jan – Apr 2026Three challenges failed
20 May 2026Challenge window closed — bounty returned

Outcome. Three challenges failed and the bounty ran its full term. Closed and returned; the badge turns gold.

4 challenges

Case 1-2025@methods_check v. @metro_insight

Failed 19 Dec 2025

Challenge failed

Case 1-2026@source_trail v. @metro_insight

Failed 18 Jan 2026

Challenge failed

Case 2-2026@claim_check v. @metro_insight

Failed 17 Feb 2026

Challenge failed

Case 4-2026@numbers_desk v. @metro_insight

Withdrawn 19 Mar 2026

Challenge withdrawn

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TB-2026-0241FailedFinance

Quarterly revenue was restated without disclosure

An analyst's claim that a mid-cap retailer quietly revised two quarters of reported revenue.

Posted by: @ledgerline
Bounty: $12,000
Posted: 8 Dec 2025
Claimed: 30 Apr 2026

The bountied content

Two quarters of reported revenue were revised downward, and the revision was never announced.

It appears in the filing, in a footnote, with no accompanying statement and no press release.

Read it where it was published — example.org

History

8 Dec 2025Bounty posted
2 Mar 2026Challenge filed
13 Mar 2026Author filed rebuttal
31 Mar 2026Arbitrator appointed
30 Apr 2026Verdict: materially misleading — bounty paid

Outcome. The arbitrator found the claim materially misleading: the revision had been disclosed in a filing footnote. The full bounty was paid to the challenger.

One challenge

Case 7-2026@data_review v. @ledgerline

Decided 30 Apr 2026

Arbitrator sided with challenger

The filings

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The challenger filed2 Mar 2026

The restatement was disclosed only in a footnote, and the claim describes it as undisclosed

Challenge argument.pdfDocument · 412 KB
Q2 and Q3 filings, marked.pdfDocument · 2.8 MB
Revenue comparison.xlsxSpreadsheet · 88 KB

The author replied13 Mar 2026

A footnote in a filing is disclosure, and the analyst community read it as such

Author response.pdfDocument · 306 KB
Analyst notes, 4 March.pdfDocument · 1.1 MB

The arbitrators’ opinion30 Apr 2026

Challenge upheld · unanimous

The opinion runs to a few pages and is open to anyone signed in.

The record of every case is public. The documents behind it open to anyone with an account. Sign in or create one.

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TB-2026-0289ExpiredTechnology

EV battery pack retains 90% capacity after 200,000 km

A manufacturer's durability claim, backed by fleet telemetry from 1,400 vehicles over four years.

Posted by: @northwind_labs
Bounty: $4,000
Posted: 14 Jan 2026
Closed: 22 Jul 2026

The bountied content

Across 1,400 vehicles and four years of telemetry, the median pack retains 90% of its original capacity at 200,000 kilometres.

The fleet is mixed-use and mixed-climate, and the figure holds in both.

Read it where it was published — example.org

History

14 Jan 2026Bounty posted
3 Mar 2026Challenge failed
2 Jun 2026Challenge filed
15 Jun 2026Author filed rebuttal
22 Jul 2026Verdict: challenge failed — opinion published

Outcome. Challenge failed at arbitration. The arbitrator found the telemetry sample representative; the bounty stands and the badge turns gold.

2 challenges

Case 3-2026@due_diligence v. @northwind_labs

Failed 1 Mar 2026

Challenge failed

The filings

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The challenger filed2 Jun 2026

The telemetry sample excludes vehicles retired before four years, which removes the worst packs

Challenge argument.pdfDocument · 380 KB
Fleet retirement records.xlsxSpreadsheet · 1.4 MB
Pack teardown photographs.zipImage · 22 MB

The author replied15 Jun 2026

Retired vehicles are a known and disclosed exclusion, and including them moves the median by under a point

Author response.pdfDocument · 291 KB
Recomputed medians.xlsxSpreadsheet · 140 KB
Telemetry methodology.pdfDocument · 760 KB

The arbitrators’ opinion22 Jul 2026

Challenge failed · unanimous

The opinion runs to a few pages and is open to anyone signed in.

The record of every case is public. The documents behind it open to anyone with an account. Sign in or create one.

Case 6-2026@counterpoint v. @northwind_labs

Failed 17 Apr 2026

Challenge failed

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TB-2026-0310ConcededScience

Remote-work productivity study drew on 12,000 employees

A consultancy's headline figure for the sample size behind its productivity findings.

Posted by: @workfutures
Bounty: $2,200
Posted: 17 Feb 2026
Claimed: 9 Apr 2026

The bountied content

Our productivity findings draw on a sample of 12,000 employees across four sectors.

Read it where it was published — example.org

History

17 Feb 2026Bounty posted
27 Mar 2026Challenge filed
9 Apr 2026Author conceded — bounty split 50/50

Outcome. The author conceded within the response window and published a correction: the sample was 4,100. The bounty was split 50/50.

One challenge

Case 5-2026@factline v. @workfutures

Conceded 9 Apr 2026

Author conceded

The filings

Sign in to open

The challenger filed27 Mar 2026

The sample is 4,100, not 12,000; the larger figure counts survey invitations

Challenge argument.pdfDocument · 254 KB
Survey vendor correspondence.pdfDocument · 900 KB

The record of every case is public. The documents behind it open to anyone with an account. Sign in or create one.

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TB-2026-0377OpenScience

Climate model projections distorted in think-tank report

A think-tank report selectively cites one worst-case scenario from a multi-model IPCC dataset.

Posted by: @open_climate
Bounty: $3,200
Posted: 20 Apr 2026
Closes: 20 Oct 2026

The bountied content

The projection everyone quotes is the high-emissions scenario, and it is the one our report leads with, because it is the one that matches the emissions we are actually producing.

Critics say we have cherry-picked from the multi-model ensemble. We have not. We have chosen the member that tracks observed forcing, and we say so in the methodology note on page 41.

Every other scenario in that ensemble assumes a decline in coal that has not happened. Reporting the median of a set whose assumptions have already failed would be the dishonest choice, not the careful one.

The full set is published alongside the report. Anyone can run the comparison themselves; the data and the code are both open, and have been since the first edition.

What we will not do is soften a finding because it is uncomfortable. The number is the number, and we will defend it here with our own money.

Read it where it was published — example.org

History

20 Apr 2026Bounty posted
May – Aug 2026Four challenges failed at arbitration

5 challenges

Case 8-2026@open_audit v. @open_climate

Failed 9 May 2026

Challenge failed

Case 9-2026@the_footnote v. @open_climate

Failed 29 May 2026

Challenge failed

Case 10-2026@methods_check v. @open_climate

Failed 18 Jun 2026

Challenge failed

Case 14-2026@source_trail v. @open_climate

Failed 8 Jul 2026

Challenge failed

Case 21-2026@claim_check v. @open_climate

Withdrawn 28 Jul 2026

Challenge withdrawn

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TB-2026-0398In arbitrationHealth

City water fluoride levels exceed federal guidance

A local advocacy group's reading of eighteen months of municipal testing reports.

Posted by: @civic_water_watch
Bounty: $6,500
Posted: 2 May 2026
Closes: 2 Nov 2026

The bountied content

Eighteen months of municipal testing reports put the city's fluoride concentration above federal guidance in a majority of samples.

The city has not disputed the readings. It has disputed what they mean.

Read it where it was published — example.org

History

2 May 2026Bounty posted
14 Aug 2026Challenge filed
26 Aug 2026Author filed rebuttal
31 Aug 2026Arbitrator appointed

One challenge

Case 18-2026@verify_desk v. @civic_water_watch

Challenge active 17 Jul 2026

Challenge pending

The filings

Sign in to open

The challenger filed14 Aug 2026

A majority of samples sit below guidance once the two outlying sites are read correctly

Challenge argument.pdfDocument · 466 KB
Eighteen months of readings.xlsxSpreadsheet · 2.2 MB
Site visit recording.mp4Recording · 180 MB

The author replied26 Aug 2026

The two sites are the ones that serve the most households, and the readings are the city's own

Author response.pdfDocument · 338 KB
Distribution map.pngImage · 4.1 MB

The record of every case is public. The documents behind it open to anyone with an account. Sign in or create one.

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TB-2026-0431Under challengeHealth

Vaccine efficacy claims in viral social post lack primary sources

A widely shared post claims 94% reduction in hospitalizations without citing the underlying trial.

Posted by: @pulse_health
Bounty: $1,800
Posted: 2 Jun 2026
Closes: 2 Dec 2026

The bountied content

The trial data is unambiguous: a 94% reduction in hospitalisations among those who completed the course, measured against the control arm over the same period.

People keep asking me for the primary source. It is the manufacturer's own submission, and the figure has not moved since.

Read it where it was published — example.org

History

2 Jun 2026Bounty posted
18 Jul 2026Challenge failed
20 Aug 2026Challenge failed
1 Sep 2026New challenge filed
2 Sep 2026Authenticity check passed

3 challenges

Case 12-2026@verify_desk v. @pulse_health

Failed 26 Jun 2026

Challenge failed

Case 19-2026@data_review v. @pulse_health

Failed 21 Jul 2026

Challenge failed

Case 28-2026@factline v. @pulse_health

Challenge active 28 Aug 2026

Challenge pending

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TB-2026-0441In arbitrationTechnology

Open-weights model matches frontier systems on a reasoning benchmark

A research lab's leaderboard claim, and the evaluation harness it published with it.

Posted by: @openbench
Bounty: $25,000
Posted: 10 Jun 2026
Closes: 10 Dec 2026

The bountied content

Our open-weights model matches frontier systems on the reasoning benchmark, and the evaluation harness is published with it.

Anyone can reproduce the run. We have made that as easy as we know how.

Read it where it was published — example.org

History

10 Jun 2026Bounty posted
12 Jul 2026Challenge failed
4 Aug 2026Challenge filed
15 Aug 2026Author filed rebuttal
20 Aug 2026Panel of three arbitrators appointed

2 challenges

Case 11-2026@primary_source v. @openbench

Challenge active 19 Jun 2026

Challenge pending

Case 16-2026@second_look v. @openbench

Failed 9 Jul 2026

Challenge failed

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TB-2026-0452OpenInvestigation

Climber's trek was sabotaged by false weather reports

Claims a summit expedition was pushed into a deadly window by forecasts that contradicted the real data.

Posted by: @summit_report
Bounty: $750
Posted: 19 Jun 2026
Closes: 19 Dec 2026

The bountied content

The author has chosen not to display this content on Truth Bounties. It is published at its source, linked below.

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History

19 Jun 2026Bounty posted
Jul – Aug 2026Two challenges failed

2 challenges

Case 15-2026@numbers_desk v. @summit_report

Failed 8 Jul 2026

Challenge failed

Case 22-2026@second_look v. @summit_report

Failed 28 Jul 2026

Challenge failed

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TB-2026-0460Under challengeHealth

Stem cell research in China cures Type 1 diabetes

A viral claim that a breakthrough fully reverses Type 1 diabetes by regenerating insulin-producing cells.

Posted by: @biomed_watch
Bounty: $1,000
Posted: 25 Jun 2026
Closes: 25 Dec 2026

The bountied content

A single infusion restored insulin production in every patient in the cohort, and all of them were off exogenous insulin within ninety days.

This is a cure in everything but name, and the reluctance to call it one is a failure of nerve, not of evidence.

Read it where it was published — example.org

History

25 Jun 2026Bounty posted
Jul – Aug 2026Five challenges failed
5 Sep 2026New challenge filed

6 challenges

Case 13-2026@primary_source v. @biomed_watch

Failed 5 Jul 2026

Challenge failed

Case 17-2026@peer_note v. @biomed_watch

Failed 16 Jul 2026

Challenge failed

Case 20-2026@ledger_check v. @biomed_watch

Failed 27 Jul 2026

Challenge failed

Case 25-2026@field_notes v. @biomed_watch

Failed 7 Aug 2026

Challenge failed

Case 26-2026@the_margin v. @biomed_watch

Failed 18 Aug 2026

Challenge failed

Case 27-2026@cross_ref v. @biomed_watch

Challenge active 19 Aug 2026

Challenge pending

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TB-2026-0473Under challengeClimate

Household recycling scheme diverts 60% of plastic from landfill

A regional operator's diversion figure, as published in its annual sustainability report.

Posted by: @greenloop
Bounty: $3,000
Posted: 8 Jul 2026
Closes: 8 Jan 2027

The bountied content

The scheme diverts 60% of household plastic from landfill, measured by weight at the sorting facility.

That figure is published in our annual sustainability report and audited alongside it.

Read it where it was published — example.org

History

8 Jul 2026Bounty posted
27 Aug 2026Challenge filed
28 Aug 2026Authenticity check passed

One challenge

Case 23-2026@open_audit v. @greenloop

Challenge active 4 Aug 2026

Challenge pending

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TB-2026-0489OpenHealth

Daily vitamin D halves winter respiratory infections

A supplement brand's efficacy claim, citing a single randomised trial.

Posted by: @wellness_desk
Bounty: $900
Posted: 22 Jul 2026
Closes: 22 Nov 2026

The bountied content

A daily vitamin D supplement halved winter respiratory infections in the trial we have built this product around.

Read it where it was published — example.org

History

22 Jul 2026Bounty posted
30 Aug 2026Challenge failed

One challenge

Case 24-2026@the_footnote v. @wellness_desk

Failed 6 Aug 2026

Challenge failed

Case 1-2025Challenge failed

@methods_check v. @metro_insight

A challenge to Transit expansion cut average commutes by 18 minutes, a $5,000 bounty by @metro_insight.

Challenger@methods_check

Author@metro_insight

Bounty$5,000

Filed19 Dec 2025

Challenge failed. Failed 19 Dec 2025.

The bounty this challenges

A transport authority's before-and-after figure for the corridor it opened last year.

@source_trail v. @metro_insight

A challenge to Transit expansion cut average commutes by 18 minutes, a $5,000 bounty by @metro_insight.

Challenger@source_trail

Author@metro_insight

Bounty$5,000

Filed18 Jan 2026

Challenge failed. Failed 18 Jan 2026.

The bounty this challenges

A transport authority's before-and-after figure for the corridor it opened last year.

@methods_check v. @open_climate

A challenge to Climate model projections distorted in think-tank report, a $3,200 bounty by @open_climate.

Challenger@methods_check

Author@open_climate

Bounty$3,200

Filed18 Jun 2026

Challenge failed. Failed 18 Jun 2026.

The bounty this challenges

A think-tank report selectively cites one worst-case scenario from a multi-model IPCC dataset.

@primary_source v. @openbench

A challenge to Open-weights model matches frontier systems on a reasoning benchmark, a $25,000 bounty by @openbench.

Challenger@primary_source

Author@openbench

Bounty$25,000

Filed19 Jun 2026

Challenge pending. Challenge active 19 Jun 2026.

The bounty this challenges

A research lab's leaderboard claim, and the evaluation harness it published with it.

@verify_desk v. @pulse_health

A challenge to Vaccine efficacy claims in viral social post lack primary sources, a $1,800 bounty by @pulse_health.

Challenger@verify_desk

Author@pulse_health

Bounty$1,800

Filed26 Jun 2026

Challenge failed. Failed 26 Jun 2026.

The bounty this challenges

A widely shared post claims 94% reduction in hospitalizations without citing the underlying trial.

@primary_source v. @biomed_watch

A challenge to Stem cell research in China cures Type 1 diabetes, a $1,000 bounty by @biomed_watch.

Challenger@primary_source

Author@biomed_watch

Bounty$1,000

Filed5 Jul 2026

Challenge failed. Failed 5 Jul 2026.

The bounty this challenges

A viral claim that a breakthrough fully reverses Type 1 diabetes by regenerating insulin-producing cells.

@source_trail v. @open_climate

A challenge to Climate model projections distorted in think-tank report, a $3,200 bounty by @open_climate.

Challenger@source_trail

Author@open_climate

Bounty$3,200

Filed8 Jul 2026

Challenge failed. Failed 8 Jul 2026.

The bounty this challenges

A think-tank report selectively cites one worst-case scenario from a multi-model IPCC dataset.

@numbers_desk v. @summit_report

A challenge to Climber's trek was sabotaged by false weather reports, a $750 bounty by @summit_report.

Challenger@numbers_desk

Author@summit_report

Bounty$750

Filed8 Jul 2026

Challenge failed. Failed 8 Jul 2026.

The bounty this challenges

Claims a summit expedition was pushed into a deadly window by forecasts that contradicted the real data.

@second_look v. @openbench

A challenge to Open-weights model matches frontier systems on a reasoning benchmark, a $25,000 bounty by @openbench.

Challenger@second_look

Author@openbench

Bounty$25,000

Filed9 Jul 2026

Challenge failed. Failed 9 Jul 2026.

The bounty this challenges

A research lab's leaderboard claim, and the evaluation harness it published with it.

@peer_note v. @biomed_watch

A challenge to Stem cell research in China cures Type 1 diabetes, a $1,000 bounty by @biomed_watch.

Challenger@peer_note

Author@biomed_watch

Bounty$1,000

Filed16 Jul 2026

Challenge failed. Failed 16 Jul 2026.

The bounty this challenges

A viral claim that a breakthrough fully reverses Type 1 diabetes by regenerating insulin-producing cells.

@verify_desk v. @civic_water_watch

A challenge to City water fluoride levels exceed federal guidance, a $6,500 bounty by @civic_water_watch.

Challenger@verify_desk

Author@civic_water_watch

Bounty$6,500

Filed17 Jul 2026

Challenge pending. Challenge active 17 Jul 2026.

The bounty this challenges

A local advocacy group's reading of eighteen months of municipal testing reports.

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Case 19-2026Challenge failed

@data_review v. @pulse_health

A challenge to Vaccine efficacy claims in viral social post lack primary sources, a $1,800 bounty by @pulse_health.

Challenger@data_review

Author@pulse_health

Bounty$1,800

Filed21 Jul 2026

Challenge failed. Failed 21 Jul 2026.

The bounty this challenges

A widely shared post claims 94% reduction in hospitalizations without citing the underlying trial.

@claim_check v. @metro_insight

A challenge to Transit expansion cut average commutes by 18 minutes, a $5,000 bounty by @metro_insight.

Challenger@claim_check

Author@metro_insight

Bounty$5,000

Filed17 Feb 2026

Challenge failed. Failed 17 Feb 2026.

The bounty this challenges

A transport authority's before-and-after figure for the corridor it opened last year.

@ledger_check v. @biomed_watch

A challenge to Stem cell research in China cures Type 1 diabetes, a $1,000 bounty by @biomed_watch.

Challenger@ledger_check

Author@biomed_watch

Bounty$1,000

Filed27 Jul 2026

Challenge failed. Failed 27 Jul 2026.

The bounty this challenges

A viral claim that a breakthrough fully reverses Type 1 diabetes by regenerating insulin-producing cells.

@claim_check v. @open_climate

A challenge to Climate model projections distorted in think-tank report, a $3,200 bounty by @open_climate.

Challenger@claim_check

Author@open_climate

Bounty$3,200

Filed28 Jul 2026

Challenge withdrawn. Withdrawn 28 Jul 2026.

The bounty this challenges

A think-tank report selectively cites one worst-case scenario from a multi-model IPCC dataset.

@second_look v. @summit_report

A challenge to Climber's trek was sabotaged by false weather reports, a $750 bounty by @summit_report.

Challenger@second_look

Author@summit_report

Bounty$750

Filed28 Jul 2026

Challenge failed. Failed 28 Jul 2026.

The bounty this challenges

Claims a summit expedition was pushed into a deadly window by forecasts that contradicted the real data.

@open_audit v. @greenloop

A challenge to Household recycling scheme diverts 60% of plastic from landfill, a $3,000 bounty by @greenloop.

Challenger@open_audit

Author@greenloop

Bounty$3,000

Filed4 Aug 2026

Challenge pending. Challenge active 4 Aug 2026.

The bounty this challenges

A regional operator's diversion figure, as published in its annual sustainability report.

Read the Bounty Back to the Board

Case 24-2026Challenge failed

@the_footnote v. @wellness_desk

A challenge to Daily vitamin D halves winter respiratory infections, a $900 bounty by @wellness_desk.

Challenger@the_footnote

Author@wellness_desk

Bounty$900

Filed6 Aug 2026

Challenge failed. Failed 6 Aug 2026.

The bounty this challenges

A supplement brand's efficacy claim, citing a single randomised trial.

Read the Bounty Back to the Board

Case 25-2026Challenge failed

@field_notes v. @biomed_watch

A challenge to Stem cell research in China cures Type 1 diabetes, a $1,000 bounty by @biomed_watch.

Challenger@field_notes

Author@biomed_watch

Bounty$1,000

Filed7 Aug 2026

Challenge failed. Failed 7 Aug 2026.

The bounty this challenges

A viral claim that a breakthrough fully reverses Type 1 diabetes by regenerating insulin-producing cells.

@the_margin v. @biomed_watch

A challenge to Stem cell research in China cures Type 1 diabetes, a $1,000 bounty by @biomed_watch.

Challenger@the_margin

Author@biomed_watch

Bounty$1,000

Filed18 Aug 2026

Challenge failed. Failed 18 Aug 2026.

The bounty this challenges

A viral claim that a breakthrough fully reverses Type 1 diabetes by regenerating insulin-producing cells.

@cross_ref v. @biomed_watch

A challenge to Stem cell research in China cures Type 1 diabetes, a $1,000 bounty by @biomed_watch.

Challenger@cross_ref

Author@biomed_watch

Bounty$1,000

Filed19 Aug 2026

Challenge pending. Challenge active 19 Aug 2026.

The bounty this challenges

A viral claim that a breakthrough fully reverses Type 1 diabetes by regenerating insulin-producing cells.

@factline v. @pulse_health

A challenge to Vaccine efficacy claims in viral social post lack primary sources, a $1,800 bounty by @pulse_health.

Challenger@factline

Author@pulse_health

Bounty$1,800

Filed28 Aug 2026

Challenge pending. Challenge active 28 Aug 2026.

The bounty this challenges

A widely shared post claims 94% reduction in hospitalizations without citing the underlying trial.

@due_diligence v. @northwind_labs

A challenge to EV battery pack retains 90% capacity after 200,000 km, a $4,000 bounty by @northwind_labs.

Challenger@due_diligence

Author@northwind_labs

Bounty$4,000

Filed1 Mar 2026

Challenge failed. Failed 1 Mar 2026.

The bounty this challenges

A manufacturer's durability claim, backed by fleet telemetry from 1,400 vehicles over four years.

@numbers_desk v. @metro_insight

A challenge to Transit expansion cut average commutes by 18 minutes, a $5,000 bounty by @metro_insight.

Challenger@numbers_desk

Author@metro_insight

Bounty$5,000

Filed19 Mar 2026

Challenge withdrawn. Withdrawn 19 Mar 2026.

The bounty this challenges

A transport authority's before-and-after figure for the corridor it opened last year.

@factline v. @workfutures

A challenge to Remote-work productivity study drew on 12,000 employees, a $2,200 bounty by @workfutures.

Challenger@factline

Author@workfutures

Bounty$2,200

Filed9 Apr 2026

Author conceded. Conceded 9 Apr 2026.

The bounty this challenges

A consultancy's headline figure for the sample size behind its productivity findings.

Read the Bounty Back to the Board

Case 6-2026Challenge failed

@counterpoint v. @northwind_labs

A challenge to EV battery pack retains 90% capacity after 200,000 km, a $4,000 bounty by @northwind_labs.

Challenger@counterpoint

Author@northwind_labs

Bounty$4,000

Filed17 Apr 2026

Challenge failed. Failed 17 Apr 2026.

The bounty this challenges

A manufacturer's durability claim, backed by fleet telemetry from 1,400 vehicles over four years.

@data_review v. @ledgerline

A challenge to Quarterly revenue was restated without disclosure, a $12,000 bounty by @ledgerline.

Challenger@data_review

Author@ledgerline

Bounty$12,000

Filed30 Apr 2026

Arbitrator sided with challenger. Decided 30 Apr 2026.

The bounty this challenges

An analyst's claim that a mid-cap retailer quietly revised two quarters of reported revenue.

Read the Bounty Back to the Board

Case 8-2026Challenge failed

@open_audit v. @open_climate

A challenge to Climate model projections distorted in think-tank report, a $3,200 bounty by @open_climate.

Challenger@open_audit

Author@open_climate

Bounty$3,200

Filed9 May 2026

Challenge failed. Failed 9 May 2026.

The bounty this challenges

A think-tank report selectively cites one worst-case scenario from a multi-model IPCC dataset.

@the_footnote v. @open_climate

A challenge to Climate model projections distorted in think-tank report, a $3,200 bounty by @open_climate.

Challenger@the_footnote

Author@open_climate

Bounty$3,200

Filed29 May 2026

Challenge failed. Failed 29 May 2026.

The bounty this challenges

A think-tank report selectively cites one worst-case scenario from a multi-model IPCC dataset.

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