I Built a Freelance Alternative Where Anyone Can Claim Your Bounty

How I Built a Real-Time Bounty Marketplace with Supabase and 14-Layer Edge Security I wanted to build a platform where anyone can post a task (a "bounty"), set a reward, and have people complete it with verifiable proof. Think freelance work, but optimized for quick, composable task completion — with proof submission as the core trust mechanism. The result is BountyClaimer — a real-time marketplace running on Supabase + Vercel with a security system baked into Edge middleware and scattered across every layer of the stack. 🛠️ The Tech Stack Frontend: React + Vite + TypeScript Backend: Supabase (PostgreSQL, Realtime, Storage, Auth) Payments: Stripe Hosting: Vercel (Edge Middleware) Security: Custom "Armadillo" system (14 layers) Architecture Pattern: Phoenix Architecture for real-time state consistency 🔄 The Core Workflow Post — A user posts a bounty with a reward and description Claim — Others browse and claim available bounties Submit — The claimer completes the work and submits proof (images, video, audio, text, files) Settle — The bounty owner reviews and approves — funds are released Sync — Real-time updates keep both sides in sync instantly The hardest parts were real-time state sync across multiple users , anti-abuse without hurting legitimate users , and security at the edge . 🏛️ The Phoenix Architecture One pattern I'm particularly proud of is what I call the Phoenix Architecture — a real-time state management approach that ensures every client sees the same truth without polling. The core idea: instead of each client fetching data and hoping it's current, database changes (bounty status updates, proof submissions, claim state transitions) are broadcast out via Supabase Realtime. Every connected client receives the same event stream and updates locally. // The Phoenix pattern — subscribe to changes once, // update locally from the event stream const channel = supabase . channel ( `entity- ${ id } ` ) . on ( ' postgres_changes ' , { event : ' * ' , schema : '