Make Freelancers Free Again, A Flipstarter Campaign!
Here is a new Flipstarter campaign to bridge the gap between the freelancers community and the crypto currency community.
It's often difficult to find freelancers that accepts BCH or crypto in General. This is a different attempt using a different approach based on openness in database and in source code. It's not about monopoly or locking people to one platform but about having a common format to list skills and get jobs that could be used by
different websites and tools.
It uses tools like GIT, Markdown, static site generators to handle the workflow from user entry of his data till display on website in a categorized searchable service pages.
Example file
file_version = "0.1"
tags = [ "Programming", "javascript" ]
[data]
name = "John Doe"
profile_image = "https://randomuser.me/api/portraits/men/32.jpg"
user_description = "I'm a programmer working on many professional projects. I like to do translations from time to time on interesting topics. I'm a fan of crypto currencies and free market."
payment_methods = [ "Crypto Currency", "CashApp" ]
hourly_rate = 50
[[data.website]]
text = "https://github.com/alessandro-tucci-visiontech"
id = "cbc9db2g5"
[[services]]
category = "Programming"
sub_category = "javascript"
title = "Javascript programming"
description = "I've few years experience in Javascript. I've worked with next and svelte. I'm paid hourly. "
price = 50
service_image = [ "https://i.imgur.com/domFFg0.png" ]
id = "x84unf4nx"
Workflow
User fills his information and services he can offers in the frontend
Human and machine readable toml file is generated from that data
Data submitted to the server or linked from the user own repository (he has control over it both way)
Data is read and converted to markdown pages which are simple nice looking html pages
Website uses data from toml file to categorize the user info and have it in proper tags
Full text search engine will help website users to find freelancers
What is open about this?
Source code for website frontend, backend and user data will be open to the public.
Anyone can build his own interface using the data provided with user permission.
User can backup his data and move it to another website or host it by his own.
Sneakpeak
Service provider creating his profile
Full profile Rendered on website
User searching website
Issue
I've been trying to spread the word about BCH and crypto currencies in few communities. However one hand can't clap. I needed to find other enthusiasts and hire some people for few tasks. It was difficult to find freelancers that are welling to accept crypto currencies. The ones that do are finding it hard to connect with business owners and employers.
Many projects have failed in the past like Valenzuela Workers and many other similar websites seems stale and the code and effort spent is behind closed doors.
Solution
My idea is to create the following:
Standard simple human readable data format to share skills and services
Web interface for user to create their profile and submit it
Website that collect and organize the data and allows searching
Open database (collection of files) that anyone can build upon it.
User store their profile in a Git repository they control
Easy to opt-in opt-out of indexing by flag in the file.
Open source - You can build upon it
Mostly static websites
More detail
Please check the Flipstarter campaign as it has some more information
Link to campaign: https://freelancers.googol.cash/en
Archived copy: https://archive.is/aILDe
If you have some question please ask in https://t.me/hur_project
Thank you