some are; some aren’t
in some cases the people backing you and paying you out have no financial relationship with the people organizing the “challenges” and are not even in the same country
in some cases it’s very quick and easy to verify independently that you’re trading a real, funded account
this is among the many reasons why futures are, overall, a much safer, better bet than spot/CFD’s
sometimes it’s factual, not opinion
again, some do; some don’t
again, some do, right from the start, and that can quickly and easily be independently verified
the people (i’m not suggesting you’re one of them!!!) screaming that “they’re ALL scams and nobody’s really funded and nobody’s really paid out” are just conspiracy theorists with absolutely no idea at all what they’re talking about
it would clearly be crazy to pay to take a challenge/evaluation, if you don’t!!