The amount of rep spent on bounties ***should not*** affect a user's ability to answer a question, since bounties *are themselves* a sign of useful participation. 

If anything, a history of placing bounties should have no bearing or even a slightly positive bearing on whether a user ought to be able to answer a question. 

### Solution

Allow the 10 rep to be performed on ***gross*** rep, not net rep. Keep a column of gross rep in the database, and only change it when a user places a bounty (so gross rep will always be a users rep + any rep spent on bounties)

### Example

User get association bonus, get 10 upvotes on an answer for a total of 201 rep, then places a 200 rep bounty. Their rep is 1, but their gross rep is 101, well about the 10 rep threshold for answering a highly active question. 

### Is it worth it? 

The only remaining question is the effort worth it to cater to a relative small number of potential answerers. That's a question I can't answer.