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The best solution (to me, taking into account the previous paragraph) would be to roll back to the last edit before mentioning it was a VM, awarding the bounty, and marking my answer as answered. … And please, in future, don't change the question after you've put up a bounty. Under other circumstances, you can award second, or further bounties - I've done so myself. …

You need a minimum of 75 reputation to set a bounty - at the time of asking you have 61. Even then, this is a significant part of your bounty. …

Yes. There's a short, one day wait, then anytime within 7 days and a 24 hour grace period.

If a question needs to be closed, and the bounty is stopping that from happening, we will do so. … You can get the "half" bounty amount from having posted after the question is bountied, and having at least +2 and having more upvotes than any other eligible question if any, since the bounty isn't/can't …

I'd like to offer the maximum possible bounty for it, but I absolutely want that bounty going to someone. … Would it be an abuse of the system for me to note that I would offer a bounty, wait till I get a working answer, then posting and awarding the bounty? …

If I'd seen it earlier I'd have considered refunding the bounty to start with. It was brought to my attention after the fact, and I'd assumed the bounty wouldn't have been refunded. So its fine. …

You cannot give yourself a bounty (and its something that would be abused anyway) Refunding bounties is really on a case by case basis. … In theory, once you have offered a bounty, you really arn't meant to get the reputation back There's a few options here, really. …

The automatic bounty is to make it fair for people who post good answers to get the bounty, and if the OP happens to not award the reputation. … And well, sometimes you award a bounty because its a hard question. Lack of answers happen. …

There's even a grace period after the one week/168 hours, but no way to undo a 'lost' bounty or to do anything once the bounty period is over. …

The user who posted the bounty got deleted - and that left the bounty in place. with community as the owner, since deleted users get merged with community. … I've refunded the bounty, just so its less confusing. …

Who the bounty is handed to is entirely up to the person posting the bounty and if they felt another another answer was more helpful - it is entire their choice. … Is everything permitted for getting the bounty? Is a great question. Its never about the bounty, nor should it be. Sportsmanship is about winning. But its not just about you winning. …

I've actually had similar issues with an answer in the past - I ended up posting a low bounty, then promising a higher bounty once answered. …

This is by design - its the opportunity cost of putting out a bounty, and something I urge folk to consider before posting a bounty. …