If I choose the best answer before I know the question expires, will the bounty points be refunded?

No, it won't, it's this.

1.If the questioner does not work on your question (selection, extension of the question by increasing the bounty extension, setting up a poll, and selecting no satisfactory answers) within 15 days, and the question has one or more questions that do not meet the conditions for automatic closure, the question expires. For questions with 2 or more overdues, they will be automatically transferred to voting, and for questions with only one overdue, they will automatically enter the "Resolved" status.

2.20 points will be deducted from the questioner when the question is transferred to voting, and 10 points will be returned to the questioner when the question is voted on. If the ballot is not elected, the overdue question still needs to be handled by the person who asked the question.

3.These overdue questions will be listed separately in the "My Questions" section of the questioner's personal account, and you can continue to work on them (select and select no satisfactory answers).

4.For each overdue issue you deal with, you will receive 10 points back from the system.

5.As long as you have expired questions outstanding, you won't be able to make new questions in Know.

As long as you offer a bounty on the score, no matter what you do, even if you don't, the score will not be deducted, this is for the rights and interests of the protector.

No, if you set a reward point within the specified time and choose, your reward point will automatically go to the person who provided it. (Bounty points are deducted from your points).

Why do some people who know to ask questions rather wait for the expiration date than give the bounty to someone else?

1) Sometimes you are a novice and don't know how to do it;

2) Sometimes it is neglected, such as a business trip or computer or network failure;

3) Sometimes there is really no satisfactory answer, or there is no answer at all;

4) Sometimes it's negligence;

These are all questions that have occurred to me myself.

Will the bounty points be returned to me?

No, the bounty was wasted.

The problem is expired, if there are two, the system will automatically transfer to the voting when it expires, and at the end of the voting, the system will automatically select the person with the most votes, and then the reward points will be awarded to the one.

If the vote fails, no election is made, or there is only one question, which cannot be transferred to the vote, then the bounty points cannot be added to anyone.

However, after such a question expires, the questioner can still go to the correct point at any time, and if the questioner chooses one as the best when dealing with it, then the reward points can still be added to that person.