About Truth Bounties
Credibility you can verify. Authors back their claims with real money. Challengers can test them. Independent arbitrators settle it.
The Big Picture
Truth Bounties empowers truthtellers to signal their credibility by holding themselves accountable.
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 processWho 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.
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.