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Re: Show HN: I made a site that shows jobs where you can work pseudonymously

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Post by 0xPersona »

duxup wrote: post #9

>using your legal identity at work is unnecessary, and puts your safety, security, and privacy, at risk. It is? I want this? I tried watching a bit of the video but it kinda lost me with the bitcoin stuff as I don't really think of bitcoin and my relationship with my employer ... have anything to do with each other.

Admittedly, that sentence might be a tad hyperbolic right now, but I do think increasingly it will be the case.

I do think there's no inherit reason why we need to know peoples' legal/irl identities in order to assert that they're suitable for a job. I can even imagine using Zero Knowledge Proofs to prove that candidates reside in certain territories, if that's a requirement that your job might have.

Re: Show HN: I made a site that shows jobs where you can work pseudonymously

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Post by Mo3 »

... yeah not going to happen. There's benefits to non-anonymous employment and the benefits of pseudonymous employment seem to mostly apply to illegal or grey area ventures.

If you work as a blockchain engineer these days I can definitely see why you would want to remain anonymous.

Re: Show HN: I made a site that shows jobs where you can work pseudonymously

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Post by 0xPersona »

dml2135 wrote: post #10

How do these companies address tax reporting requirements?

Hey! Good question. I wish I could give you a better answer but the truth is I don't know (yet). That's one of the reasons I built this. I want to learn how organizations deal with things like that, and share that knowledge so we can create best practices. I promise that soon as I know the answer, I'll circle back!

Re: Show HN: I made a site that shows jobs where you can work pseudonymously

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Post by 0xPersona »

tut-urut-utut wrote: post #15
dml2135 wrote: post #10

How do these companies address tax reporting requirements?

There are legislations and use cases where contractors themselves are responsible for reporting their taxes.

I think this is probably the way most are going about it right now. Though it is one of the questions I'm most eager to get an answer for. And I have been reaching out :)

Re: Show HN: I made a site that shows jobs where you can work pseudonymously

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Post by bitxbitxbitcoin »

0xPersona wrote: post #16
dml2135 wrote: post #10

How do these companies address tax reporting requirements?

Hey! Good question. I wish I could give you a better answer but the truth is I don't know (yet). That's one of the reasons I built this. I want to learn how organizations deal with things like that, and share that knowledge so we can create best practices. I promise that soon as I know the answer, I'll circle back!

Make the max job size $600 and the contracting company technically won’t need to send a 1099…

Re: Show HN: I made a site that shows jobs where you can work pseudonymously

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Post by that_guy_iain »

swatcoder wrote: post #8

Aren't employers in most jurisdictions required to verify work eligibility and report income? Does "pseudonymously" just mean that they these employers commit to supporting your alternative identity when engaging with the public, the way publishers might handle a pen name? Or is this something different? I'm probably not the only person who will wonder about this, so it might help to put the answer as text on the sit…

I would suspect you would not be considered an employee but a contractor. I am not sure how they much they're required to report about their vendors.
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