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Show HN: CryptoTask – a 0% fee freelance platform powered by blockchain

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Re: Show HN: CryptoTask – a 0% fee freelance platform powered by blockchain

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Post by g00gler »

kulikalov wrote: post #4
VukT wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Jobs have no value limit as we don't depend on a third party payment providers and limitations which come with them. Our focus is on becoming the leading freelance platform for blockchain jobs. As for on platform activity you may follow it at https://www.aeknow.org/contract/detail/ct_X3szYGp5irejPsowXp... as current representation of listed jobs isn't accurate, because filled job positions get removed from the list.…

Can you run a quick query in your database and answer my questions? There are plenty of blockchain jobs out there on other platforms. Why should I invest time in your platform? I'm looking for short contracts that are paying over $200 per hour. Is this something your platform can offer?

I’m interested in hearing about this too.

Re: Show HN: CryptoTask – a 0% fee freelance platform powered by blockchain

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Post by VukT »

rawtxapp wrote: post #7

Nice to see different use cases, what's the advantage of paying with your token vs using a stablecoin for payment?

Successfully completed tasks are paid out in stablecoins, DAI being a primary example, as backbone of the CryptoTask is AEternity blockchain with DAI having highest liquidity on AE. CTask has a different utility and you may read about it at https://cryptotask.medium.com/ctask-token-utility-d4aac4ca69...

Re: Show HN: CryptoTask – a 0% fee freelance platform powered by blockchain

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Post by VukT »

timdaub wrote: post #5

Hey, great job on the landing page, it looks good! Two questions: - How are you coping with expensive gas on main net right now? - Do you have a document describing how your token works on a technical level. Like a spec or so. Thanks and good luck!

There are a couple of medium posts describing technical background of the platform and token itself such as: https://cryptotask.medium.com/cryptotask-combines-defr-and-d... https://cryptotask.medium.com/technical-background-of-crypto...

We are running on AEternity blockchain (https://aeternity.com/), making gas fees sufficiently low. There have been 19.5k transactions https://www.aeknow.org/contract/detail/ct_X3szYGp5irejPsowXp... and we are alive :)

Re: Show HN: CryptoTask – a 0% fee freelance platform powered by blockchain

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Post by terhechte »

timdaub wrote: post #5

Hey, great job on the landing page, it looks good! Two questions: - How are you coping with expensive gas on main net right now? - Do you have a document describing how your token works on a technical level. Like a spec or so. Thanks and good luck!

Not the author, but it should be possible for them to move to a Layer 2 solution soon. Examples are Optimism, Fuel, or Loopring. They’re all still in beta though (I think)

Re: Show HN: CryptoTask – a 0% fee freelance platform powered by blockchain

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Post by leifg »

For me as a freelancer the fundamental question was always: "how much money will be in my bank account when I take this job". Yes there is risk of non payment and hidden fees that I don't anticipate but the main driver was the rate of the gig.

I was not able to find that information on the platform looking at the jobs tab. Most of the value was "negotiable".

But leaving that aside, it seems that "value" is not what will be in my bank account.

And from the overview it seems like the fee is only 3% which implies I get to keep 97% of the money. But further down there is a diagram that puts "70%" next to "Freelancer" so I'm not even sure how much percent of a job I get.

Re: Show HN: CryptoTask – a 0% fee freelance platform powered by blockchain

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Post by atlasunshrugged »

This is pretty neat but can you help me understand the core difference between this and Braintrust? How are you making this easy/trustworthy for the demand side of the platform to use? My learnings from a few years in the space (for context, I was early at Gigster, then went to Germany to help build a freelance dev platform for the EU market and now am at Tribe.AI where we specialize in AI focused freelance work with a managed marketplace) is that at the high end especially clients and freelancers are willing to have huge premiums for middlemen that alleviate headaches, take risk off their own plates, and can better manage client relationships.

Re: Show HN: CryptoTask – a 0% fee freelance platform powered by blockchain

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Post by dmautz »

I looked at the available writers on the platform. They all have broken english in their descriptions. I know it's hard to set up a marketplace but you might want to make sure your early providers have at least the bare minimum of skill someone would hire
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