<p>A link from our <a href="https://stats.stackexchange.com/faq#bounty">FAQ</a> was provided when you created the bounty:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>If you do not award your bounty within 7 days (plus the grace period),
the highest voted answer created after the bounty started with at
least 2 upvotes will be awarded half the bounty amount. If there's no
answer meeting that criteria, the bounty is not awarded to anyone.</p>
<p>If
the bounty was started by the question owner, and the question owner
accepts an answer during the bounty period, and the bounty expires
without an explicit award – we assume the bounty owner liked the
answer they accepted and award it the full bounty amount at the time
of bounty expiration.</p>
<p>In any case, <strong>you will always give up the amount of reputation
specified in the bounty</strong>, so if you start a bounty, be sure to follow
up and award your bounty to the best answer!</p>
</blockquote>
<p>[Emphasis added.]</p>
