> If you don't see the bounty button on a question, one or more of the following applies:
- The question has been asked in the last 48 hours. Give the community a chance to answer your question normally first.
- You already have three outstanding bounties. You can only have three open bounties at any one time. To start a bounty on this question, you must award at least one of the previous bounties first.
- The question already has a bounty. To start a second bounty on this question, you must wait for the current bounty to be awarded first.