Comment by jacobgkau

> Another one would be discovering malware in a PR and betting loudly enough that it won't get merged. The bet is how you make your certainty rise above the bot noise and attract extra attention on the maintainers' part.

This example seems weaker than the asteroid example. Consider that if you're betting "loudly enough" it won't get merged, the less likely option becomes the malware actually being merged. Now you have a repo maintainer who can bet that it'll get merged (probably a more lucrative bet since it's less likely), and merge it to make money from that bet.