Best bet wrote:
Your best bet is to try to give your friend a bird-in-hand offer. Offer him $300 today to get out of the original bet. You’ll save $700.
I floated the idea of getting out of the bet early, and it was a complete no-go. Not even for $600, let alone the $300 you mentioned. The only partial concession I got was on the timeline. If I can't get the WA profile before 1/1/2025, I'd still have to pay him $1000. But if I somehow got it on or after 1/1/2025, I'd get $500 back the day my profile shows up.



