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bounties

how this works

most of these pay in full for a real, verified answer — not an attempt, not vibes. partial payout, at my discretion, for a lead i chase down myself and it turns out to be right.

email submissions to mackenziesharp5@gmail.com.

practical

genomic sequencing i can actually trust — $50–$200

$50 for a provider you can make a real case for trusting with raw genomic data — i own it, i can delete it, it's not getting resold to a data broker. up to $200 for the whole pipeline: provider, how i store the raw data myself long-term, how i run interpretation without a phd, and how any of it turns into an actual decision instead of a novelty pdf.

a genuinely good date — $50

referral bounty. pays out after date three, not date one. the third date is the proof, not the intro.

cut me in on your scheme — $10

you're working on something interesting and want another person on it. pitch me.

find my doppelgänger — $10

photo evidence required.

learning & skills

no real benchmark data exists for most of this. bring your own if you have it.

meaningfully increase my learning rate — $30–$200

$30 for a real, evidenced protocol i haven't tried. up to $200 if we can actually measure it — i pick a topic i've never touched, we track time to competence with your method vs. without, and even something like a 2% improvement gets the full payout. inspired by eli tyre's bounty for the same thing.

give me real baseline learning-rate data — $25

how long it actually takes to get meaningfully good at something, sourced, not guessed. even one well-cited domain counts.

speed up my time learning a language — $50

has to be a real before/after, not a study tip i already know.

speed up my time learning an instrument — $20

same deal — measurable, not just "practice more."

increase my vo2 max / cardio capacity, measurably — $20

a protocol with a real before/after number attached.

improve my deep-focus / attention span for real work — $25

not "try pomodoro." something with actual evidence behind it.

speed up my typing speed — $15

i've tried the obvious stuff.

connect me with people

doing personalized medicine or serious self-experimentation at home — $25 per real connection

paid once an actual conversation happens, not on the intro alone. bonus points if it connects back to the genomic sequencing bounty above.

find my new favorite ___

book — $15

restaurant — $15

place to travel — $20

paid if i actually go and it becomes a repeat.

change my mind — $20

get me to genuinely update on something i currently hold with real confidence.

take me sailing — $50

boat, competence, and an actual plan required. i'll bring snacks.

plan me a good surprise — $25

a half day or full day, fully arranged, i show up with zero information beforehand. you're taking on all the logistics risk. that's the point.

get one of my pieces in front of someone who could actually run it — $30

an editor, a publication, a newsletter with real reach.