Bugcrowd CSO David Baker on targeted ‘Researcher Grants,’ Waning ‘Crowd Fear’ approach. Baker: “Traditionally you’ve had a large group of people sort of gamified – the first one to find a bug gets paid, and so that tends to work very well” Baker: As technology evolves, more web and mobile applications rely on APIs, more specialized types of technology review and testing need to be brought to bear. That’s given rise to a more “gig economy” approach, called researcher grants.”]