It is not 100, it's 75 as mentioned in the [Set Bounties privilege page](https://meta.stackexchange.com/help/privileges/set-bounties): >[![][1]][1] At 50 reputation one gets the Comment Anywhere privilege, so the Set Bounties is between that and the three privileges given at 100 rep. Makes sense for me. [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/3gRNh.png