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 3. Selected applicant must fill in this [Status Bounty Programme Typeform](https://34z6hn3eyj7.typeform.com/to/kIQjJA0f) to share information needed for legal and financial reasons such as Legal name, country of residence, business address and payment details.
 
-4. Once information is reviewed, the bounty will then be marked as [`assigned`](https://github.com/waku-org/bounties/issues?q=is%3Aopen+label%3Aassigned+sort%3Aupdated-desc) and the applicant can start the work.
+4. Once information is reviewed, the bounty will be marked as [`assigned`](https://github.com/waku-org/bounties/issues?q=is%3Aopen+label%3Aassigned+sort%3Aupdated-desc) and the applicant can start the work.
 It is recommended for the applicant to wait until this step before starting work, to ensure there is no issue with payment.
 
 5. To submit the work, the applicant must comment on the bounty with an URL to the deliverables.