If the bet can't cause any change in behavior then the whole thing is useless. The whole point is to do some good with it. The constraint is that the bettor can't alter the outcome.

Another one would be discovering malware in a PR and betting loudly enough that it won't get merged. The bet is how you make your certainty rise above the bot noise and attract extra attention on the maintainers' part.

Granted that's also theoretical, but it's worth theorising about how we'll get things done in a world where the only way to be heard is to put your money where your mouth is.