Bugmark

Discontinued Unverified

Last updated 2026-03-15 · Update this page

Discontinued. This listing is kept in OSS.Fund for reference, but the platform no longer appears active.

Bugmark explored whether software issues could be turned into tradeable contracts so price signals and incentives could help coordinate bug fixing and other maintenance work. The project appears inactive today, but it remains an interesting historical attempt to merge prediction markets with OSS contribution funding.

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Official website	https://bugmark.net/
Organization	Corporation
Open source status	Closed source
Platform technology	Closed source experimental prediction-market platform
Monetization model	A marketplace for issues and selective incentives
Payment methods	Not publicly documented
Platform fees	The current public footprint is too thin to validate a stable pricing model.
User activity	The original site could not be validated during this audit. The surviving evidence is an academic paper describing Bugmark as a proof-of-concept implementation.
Evidence	https://academic.oup.com/cybersecurity/article/5/1/tyz011/5580665