User blog comment:Kaido King of the Beasts/Chapter 836: Man of a Thousand Pounds/@comment-68.41.13.84-20160818142742

I'm pretty sure Robin got a bounty for nothing. Yes, the government thinks of her as a threat just for having knowledge, but she didn't really do anything to earn her original bounty amount. Kidd got a bounty for being a dick and killing lots of a people. This site's very own mythbusters page outlines how a bounty doesn't always tell how strong a character is. It's simply how much of a threat the government deems them as. I can see why people DO equate bounty to strength, but my point is that it's not always an accurate measure. Cracker could've gotten his bounty from just taking down a pirate perceived as powerful by others, it's all up to the government's impression of them as a threat.

Let's also not forget poor Chopper's bounty...